Manufacturing

We are trying to cancel a order and the following error is generated “The status of the production order cannot be changed because it has related transactions that are not released.”  Here is the background on this production: When the production ticket was created the wrong BOM was used.  We corrected the BOM issue No materials were issued and no labor was added. The router was in releases status. Where can I locate this “related transaction that isn’t release as of yet.”?

I have stock in several locations in my warehouse, I want to be able to change the location from which I am pulling stock from within the sales order. Can I do this and how?

This is related to blanket sales orders.  Customer places an order for 500 widgets to be shipped out 50 pcs per month.  Our production process is optimized to make 50 widgets on each production order timed to the desired ship dates.  We can create 10 production orders and then create POs from the 10 production orders, but we get better pricing on the raw materials if we combine the POs and make one bulk purchase. Is there a good way to do this?  We have tried creating a production order for the entire 500 pieces and creating the PO from that Production order, but then we need to create the actual production orders for 50 pieces that the materials will be issued to. It get confusing because the materials are issued to production orders that are not the production order the materials were purchased for.

The customer has a Production Order and configures to Backflush Material and Labour. I discovered that when the customer uses Create Move, the system uses the Branch with WIP and Recovery Accounts. (Basically, driven by the User and Current Logged-in Branch).  Is there any way to override Branch Selection for GL Posting from the Work Centre in (BOM).Thanks for your quick pointers  

Error when trying to release production order when using parent item lot on completion selection. 

Ideally, making an MRP forecast dependent makes sales orders “chip away” at the total forecast number, right? If this is the case, let’s say this month, I have a forecast of 200 cases. I just shipped 20 cases. This should make the remaining forecast 180 cases. Why would the forecast stay at 200? I feel like I’m missing something. Thanks in advance for any help!

There are certain inventory items that we “manufacture” into kits- large quantity items that get broken down into smaller items.  However we need to be able to list a different cost for the new item, and incorporate a labor cost per item in the kit.  How can we do this?  Let me give an example of what we’re trying to do with a generic setup:Bulk Item A- cost $1/lbKit Item B- cost $2.50/lb, container for Item B $2 per kitLabor for 1 Kit $5

I am having a difficult time recording production waste from a raw material input. In a BOM I have configured, it takes 3lbs of an item for a yield of 1.95lbs. I set this up in the BOM material line item indicating that 1.95lbs are required with a scrap factor of 0.538462 so that a total of 3lbs is removed from inventory. I set up a production reason code and in the Work Center and BOM I set scrap action to Write Off. The raw material is a lot tracked item, so I issue the material and I see 3lbs removed from inventory and go into WIP. When I perform the move transaction, the cost of 3lbs is moved into inventory when only 1.95lbs should be in inventory with 1.05lbs written off. I have also tried changing the settings to quarantine and set a scrap warehouse and location (set up in the order type and stock item (but I cannot get that to work wither. This is not the produced product that is waste...it is one of the input materials so I cannot specify a scrap amount on the move transaction

We have two warehouses where we manufacture; East & West. Most of our production (>80%) occurs in the West facility. We purchase most of our items to West and will transfer to East as needed (however there are still scenarios where we purchase directly to East. We have set up re-order points in the West facility for many items that we typically hold in stock. We have encountered the following situation: Item X has the following inventory balance: East - 5250 units West - 0 units  This item has been set up with a re-order point in the West facility at 5,000. However, since the total of both warehouses is above this re-order point, we are not being triggered to purchase in MRP. Additionally, since East has been set up to receive transfers from West (not the other way around), we are not being triggered to transfer from East to West. Is this a normal scenario? How do we ensure, through MRP, that we purchase at our re-order point within West facility? Are we able to set the supply

Is there any way to Cancel the Closed Production Order. If we are using Disassembly option, Will it reverse the Labor and other components in that particular Production Order.

in one tenant/company we are not seeing forecast showing in MRP Demand. Has anyone had this happen or can suggest troubleshooting to resolve this issue? 

Can someone suggest a good process for performing rework for a production order that is already in process.For example, they decide that some additional insulation needs to be added to a part in an opeation that has already been completed.  This means that additional material and labor will need to be added and captured as rework material and labor.

what's the best way to get rid of or a process I should do to get rid of qty remaining in a production order when it's in the Completed & closed stage since we can't go back and edit it. In some of the production reports it still says qty remaining when it was scrap. If there’s a way to figure this issue out that would be great since it will help at lot in a reporting.  

When we do an inventory count, the adjustment hits 66102 - Physical Inventory Adjustments which we have specified as a COGS account. However, there are certain items (such as packaging), which, when adjusted should flow through a different account (the one specified on the stock item screen).  Is there a way to set up inventory counts that post adjustments directly to the related stock item expense account rather than the physical inventory adjustment account?  

I’m trying to add work centers.  The shift is required, but the system is not allowing the shift to be added.  There is a valid shift, but when selected, it is blanked out when I tab out of the field.

We have a process where we produce WIP stock items from various raw material stock items via production orders. We then produce packaged finished goods from the WIP items plus a few more components via production orders.  If an error were to occur, such as an improperly costed raw material found its way into the WIP item, that flows through to our sales orders on finished goods and COGS is incorrect. I have experience other ERPs where this is an issue and this is how it has been handled: Reverse sales orders to reverse GL entries to Sales/COS etc Reverse production orders to reverse impact to various produced items, whether WIP or FG Make corrections to materials Repeat steps 2 and 1 to arrive at the correct amounts.Obviously this is important for order/item margin analysis, but am I missing any unique ways of handling this in Acumatica? I could envision an inventory adjustment but that won’t reflect on the order/item level, simply on the GL/financial statement level. 

Hello,Need to send one PO to vendor along with parts for treating.However, the PO needs to be linked to multiple production orders.Can this be done in ACU?Any suggestions?Thanks,Larry

We purchase material and it is not received here.It is shipped directly to another vendor to perform service on the material.After that service, it is physically received here.How can this process be improved from what is described below to limit the number of transactions required and allow better visibility to the material.PO to purchase the material.  In notes on this PO, specify where this is to be shipped.  (Outside service vendor) When Vendor 1 ships to vendor 2, receive the material into Acumatica. (ask vendor to notify us when this occurs) Create a production order with the outside service (nonstock item and material) Create PO from the production order for the outside service. Send it out for service in Acumatica Receive it into stock on the production orderThanks!

I need help to figure out whats best to handle a production order that has been closed and still says there’s a balance remaining to produce even though you have scrapped some of the order that needed to be fulfilled and we don’t wish to issue more material to complete the order. For instance we wanted to produce 10 nozzles and issued the materials that were needed to full that order but 2 of them were damaged in the process. In the move transaction we moved the 8 the were completed and in the scrap section we put 2. Since we produced 8 and cant issue anymore material.What would be the best way to approach something like this since someone closed the order and can’t back track it?  

Hie , Does the Advanced manufacturing module cater for multiple base currencies.

Hi Everyone,Currently, we are working on the customization where we need to identify the level of the BOM/Subaseembly at the Production order level.We are looking to fetch the Level information while triggering the 'GENERATE ORDERS FOR SUBASSEMBLIES' action in the Production Order Maintenance screen.In the standard Acumatica, nowhere in the physical tables, we have this information maintained always. Seems the levels are determined on the fly while calculating the BOM Cost.Any thoughts on this would be helpful. Thanks for your support. Best Regards,Vidyakeerthi K 

Hello,We have a multi-level BOM that requiresOutside Processing at the Sub-Assembly level The Components require shipment to the Outside Processing Vendor (“Vendor Shipment)Issue:When Running MRP at the top level Finished Good level - MRP Display will suggest the creation of the Sub Assembly Production Order But MRP will NOT suggest the Components on the Sub Assembly that are marked for “Vendor Shipment”. (It does suggest if a Component is short and is marked as Regular)Options that I tested If a Production Order is created for the Sub Assembly and MRP is run - it will suggest Prod Order for the Sub-Assembly. The problem is 2 fold - There are Sub Assemblies that are 3-5 deep and hence will require a lot of effort to create and keep track of all the Prod Orders and Components required. Very Heavy and a lot of Multi-Step “Outside Processing”  (Components shipped to Vendor 1 → who in turn will ship to a second one → who after processing will send it back to the client) Seasonal Business -

We want our manager to have the opportunity to approve PTO in Acumatica.  I’m not sure if we have the correct modular installed.  What modular is require?

What’s the best way to block or place a certain quantity of an item on hold in Acumatica?  This would be useful if you have missing inventory and want to have that amount not show as available for production while you look for/investigate it prior to returning back to available or writing it off.

Upgraded to 2022R2 last week.  I was attempting to remove material previously allocated to a production order incorrectly.  I was able to put in the negative quantity but the dollar amount is positive.  The unit cost selection is grayed out so I couldn’t change the value.  Once released, it was actually adding to the production order total rather than decreasing by the amount removed.  My example below shows how the amounts worked prior to upgrade.  Anyone else experience this?