Manufacturing

I have an Attribute added to Production Orders.  I need to update the value via the API.  I’ve tried PUT/PATCH/POSTing to the ProductionOrder endpoint with a body like:{  "OrderAttributes": [    {      "AttributeID": {        "value": "PKGMETHOD"      },      "Value": {        "value": "B"      }    }  ],  "OrderType": {    "value": "WO"  },  "ProductionNbr": {    "value": "00000006"  }}...but I just get an error like "The system failed to commit the ProductionAttributes row."  What do I need to do to update the attribute?

The goal is to leverage the width given earlier in configuration and a bottom spreader type selection to include a target option. So WIDTH = 36, BST = ‘ST’; Thus target option is BST36. My initial thought was to create a rule under the BST attribute like so:Include, Custom Condition,  Value 1: =([width]=36 And [bst] = ‘ST’, True, False), etcBut I’ll get an error when trying to run a test config when referencing the attribute I am creating a rule inside. I think it doesn’t like referencing itself ([bst] being the attribute in this case)To make things even more odd, I was able to do this on the attribute above this one, but this one is the last one and for some reason it just keeps throwing this error. Thoughts? Edit: Upon further investigation, I found that the test configurator doesn’t like having custom condit

We are in the middle of implementation and I am writing a workflow for issuing Purchase Orders to Outside Process vendors for metal finishing (Ie: Powdercoating, Plating, etc),  however I am not certain that I am totally clear on the correct process. We have setup non-stock items to represent the outside processes.  These have been defined as a service, They have vendor(s) associated with them on the vendors tab and the default price as been set to $1.00.   On the manufactured (stock) item I have defined a BOM and on the operation step for the outside service I have added the Non-Stock item (Powdercoat) to the BOM as a material.  The qty required has been set to the per-piece cost that I was quoted,  the Unit cost remains at $1.00, The material type has been set to “Sub Contract” and the Subcontract Source has been set to “Purchase”.  On the Outside processes tab I have also checked the “Outside Process” box and have selected the preferred vendor for this operation.  

Hi, is there a simple way to restrict creating POs from a sales order, if there is no active BOM?

Hi,We are dealing with a very large and complex GI that includes massive data, which is causing timeout issues even after applying filters.Is there a way to increase the server timeout, or are there other solutions you recommend for handling such GIs with large volumes of data? ErrorThanks,Prasad

We were eagerly awaiting 2025R1 to be able to cancel/correct purchase receipts without having to go through AP to get the process completed.  We were hoping for a simple reversal feature that could make things easier when a mistake was made.I’m just now learning that if we want to use the purchase receipt cancel/correct functionality, the Manufacturing or Service Management functionality cannot be enabled in the Enable/Disable Features. Does anyone know the reason why this feature is not available if you use the Manufacturing or Service Management functions?

Hello !   My client produces custom unit and the components used will be fairly new and would not have purchased it earlier. So there is no history or the costing saved in Acumatica.They will use Estimation module to estimate for all components and will convert the Estimate to BOM. I was expecting that the unit Cost from estimate will be transferred atleast to the planned cost field in BOM. But it updates to 0 as there is no average cost in the inventory. so when the Production order is created the Planned material cost will be 0. Has anyone run into this situation? Do you have any ideas of how this can be handled?

We had a production order completed without doing the final move. So the Order is in completed status. We would like to move this into inventory. What is a good way of accomplishing this? 

We want to use scrap as a way to track raw material loss when getting non conforming product.  The problem we discovered is that we backflush boxes and pallets in the BOM.  When we scrap product, we do not use a box or pallet.  How do we stop the system from adding those in a material backflush issue on scrap moves?  

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We have one bin location set on our BOMS to backflush from.  We transfer materials to that location from different Inventory stocking bin locations.  The issue is if we have Critical material on our Production order, it may just not have been transferred or we may not have it.  The only location the Production Order looks at for inventory is our bin location set on BOMS.  We do not want material backflushing from any other location, but we need our Production Manager to see availability within our Inventory quickly.  Any suggestions? 

Hello all,We are having issues when creating a move transaction for a production order, even though all materials have been allocated to the production order, when we try to release the move transaction we get a backflush error : “Backflush material shortage was found for the item in the 1 line of the operation in the order.”.Error MessageTraceWe noticed that this happens when we allocate material, by clicking Line Details on Production Order Details and checking the allocated box, and the available quantity in that location is less than the material required. 

We run manufacturing operations at multiple warehouses. We use the same BOMs at all warehouses because the same materials are consumed. However, due to much higher manufacturing volume at our main facility, there are materials that are stocked at that warehouse, but are custom order at the lowest volume facility. Acumatica has the “Dflt. Mark For” checkbox on the stock item level which, when the “Purchase” option is selected for an item, then system will suggest a purchase order when that item appears on a production order. However, I don’t see this option on the Item Warehouse Detail level, which we really need for those items that are regularly stocked at some warehouses, but only ordered on an as-needed basis at other warehouses. Am I missing something, or is Acumatica missing this simple feature?

Any one having a experience about BOM structure for Glove Manufacturing Industry?

Hi Everyone, I'm currently working on an implementation for a manufacturing business and am wondering what best practices for tracking “downtime’’ in production orders during the manufacturing process. For example:a production worker is injured during the production run and the manufacturing line halts for 30 minutes.  or a piece of machinery has techincal issues and is serviced on the fly for 10/15 minuteswhat would be the best way to track this downtime vs the actual labor captured.Open to any ideas, recommendations.Much appreciated 

Client is using the clock entry to record labor on production orders.  The calendar has specific break times noted.  It appears that the employee has to clock out for breaks.  What is the point of setting up these break times if they are not taken into account in clock entry?  This just adds another set of clock in and clock out for the employee. Am I missing a setting?  What are the break times used for?  Seems just informational on the calendar.  (client is not using MFG - APS Module) Any advice? 

ERROR received after Move on a Production order and picking “Close”.  Have to back out and pick “Completed” Production Order again to Close 

We have production orders set to ‘Preassign lot serial numbers.’ We can populate each one manually but it is extremely cumbersome.  I am trying to get the below result(base on full box qtys of 60) through an import scenarioThe import scenario functionality has this at the order level but there is no where to specific qty. At the line details level it looks like I would need to manually assign lot # and qty  At the end of the day we are looking for a non-manual way to serialize our full cases of product. I kno

We’ve processed a shipment for the full line quantity but needed to only ship a partial.  The shipment is now in Confirmed status.  No invoice has been created as yet.  We tried the Correct Shipment link under the ellipses but get an error “The line cannot be deleted because it is linked to a purchase order.” (even though it is not linked to any purchase orders).   How do we correct it?  Thank you in advance

I am trying to create production orders from a sales order, but I keep getting this message:   Thank you

At the end of most months, we end up with move transactions that are stuck in the On Hold status because they’re related to production orders that are in the Completed status. How can we disallow the completion of a production order if it is related to a move transaction that is not in the Released status?

If a user does not have any previous Time Clock entries created in the browser, the mobile app does not have an option to + Add a new entry.I’ve seen demos in YouTube that show a + button to start new entries.We checked settings and user rights.The user can create new clock entries in the browser, but not in the app.Any suggestions? Thanks 

We have a few questions around assigning Non-Stock items as consumable items in the Bill of Materials and the related account entry generation.I have outlined the scenario below that we need to cover. Create BOM. Assign the Stock and Non-Stock items. The purpose of adding a Non-Stock item is to account for inventory consumable items that do not need to be maintained in stock.Create a Bill of Material and assign both a Stock Item and a Non-Stock Item under the Materials tab. Create a Production Order and release it. Issue the materials. I can see both stock and non-stock items here.

How do you record scap qty when using MDC and the scanning screens for MFG?We don’t see anywhere to enter a scrap QTY.Example:Produciton order was for 10We made 7 good ones and 3 bad ones(Scrap).Where do I enter the bad (scrap) qty?Thanks! 

There is no history in transactions of the item showing anything bringing it to zero.  Is there a utility in Acumatica that I can run to recalculate the Average Cost of an item?