Manufacturing

We’re trying to use planning BOMs, but don’t understand how Acumatica intends for us to handle them. Does anyone know of a good resource that explains the intended functionality? What we are envisioning is:Engineering creates a BOM that is somehow designated as “Planning” This BOM would not be able to be used to create a production order This BOM would work for MRP planning At some point, engineering converts the planning BOM to a “real” BOM Then manufacturing can create a production order and proceed as normal. Is the above at all similar to the process Acumatica designed?

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We have a few blends of product that need to sit in the tank overnight to finish processing.  Our shift is M-TH 6:00am - 4:30pm.  The tank (machine) shows the same schedule, but we have machine time on the BOM as 16 hours.  The APS module is scheduling it over 2 - 3 days depending on the start time.  Our employees do not need to be present for the processing to take place once ingredients are placed in the tank.  If I change the machine shift to 24/7, it still will not calculate appropriately.  If I change the work center to have the 24/7 shift, it schedules around the clock.  I have tried to use queue time and finish time as well, but they are not yielding appropriate results either.  Essentially, I need 1-2 hours of shift time and the remaining is processing time overnight, then the tank can be emptied the following morning, cleaned and reused.  Is it possible to replicate this scenario on a BOM & in the APS module?

Hi Community,I have two configuration- related questions regarding Production Order behavior1.Default Status when creating a New Production Order: when creating a new Production Order, it automatically goes to Planned Status. Is there a way to make it default to Hold status first?2. In the Production Order Maintenance – Reference tab- when using an Inventory ID that already has a BOM assigned, should the system automatically pull the BOM ID and Revision? Is there any way both BOM ID and BOM Revision can be left blank by default? I’m trying to understand if this is standard system behavior or controlled by configuration.

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?

For exmaple,Vendor Lead Time as 100 days for Warehouse 1Vendor Lead Time as 200 days for Warehouse 2  etc...

Hello All,We are implementing Acumatica and are debating whether to use AWS or SharePoint to store document.  In our case, we would like to give access to a Contract Manufacturer only to specific subset of design documents.  Has anyone implemented solution capable of controlled access, upload nottifications, and revision control?

Hi All,Acumatica's Production Cycle for a manufactured product consists of 2 major steps: 1) produce volume first and then 2) subsequently, pack the volume into the required SKU.In such a scenario, is there a way to ensure that there is full availability of all materials required for producing a specific volume of a product, prior to confirming a Production Order? If yes, how and where can this be implemented/checked? In other words, a Production Order should not be allowed to proceed further (any subsequent steps) if there is either no or not enough material as required to produce a specific volume of the manufactured product.The same applies to the 2nd part above i.e. to again ensure that all packaging material required is available in full quantity during a request for Packaging Materials. Since this is a separate TR request (Inter Warehouse Transfer), how to ensure that this TR request is tied to the Production Order from step 1 above? The reason being, in our case we use some comm

Hello Experts, I am unbale to figure out how to view the total number of production order with ageing category. I Tried creating GI but still facing problem how to group .Please let me know where am i missing .So my output result should look like:- 

I have a GI that shows the Qty On Hand for each item by Warehouse. I want to get the total quantity on open Production orders at that warehouse for that item.  What tables/DACs do I need to join to my GI to pull in those numbers? 

Hello experts, I was looking to create a Generic Inquiry for Aging category of production order , I found this Generic inquiry for reference can anyone suggest me is it fine for the reference but still i am confused is it possible can we  show the aging category in this GI Report ? 

Looking for some clarification & guidance. We are testing the Inventory Planning in Acumatica and one of the things I have noticed is the Min Order Qty on the Inventory Planning Tab of a Stock Item does not seem to utilized during the Planning Regeneration.In the example below, Stock Item 68000 has Safety Stock = 5, Min Order Qty = 10. I currently have Qty On Hand = 0.I would think that when Regeneration occurs, it would look at demand (currently 0), then check Safety Stock, determine in this case we need to place an order to fulfill the safety stock demand, and then use Min Order Qty if value exists. However, it doesn’t seem to use it at all. Only workaround I have found, is to set Min Order Qty on the Vendor Tab for the default Vendor and that does seem to work. If it is intended to be Vendor Dependent, then it seems odd this setting is there.Reading the Form Reference, I can see it get’s populated from the Item Class, but still not sure why the Inventory Planning doesn’t use it.

Hi Everyone, I’d like to pass a list of values instead of calling out the items 1 by 1. There are many options in the conditions drop down. But the documentation does not specify how they should be used, or provide limitations.  

In Acumatica Manufacturing, is it possible to configure variable overhead GL postings to use the same WIP subaccount as the related Production Order, instead of the subaccount defined on the Overhead Code?

We are working through some orphaned data in our system from our conversion. This data is all from 2022. I hoped there was a way to use buckets or something else to exclude this data from everything else ( or ignore it altogether). This is throwing our MRP numbers off and reconciling these orders is happening, but is time consuming, 

Hello Manufacturing and Distribution Experts,I am currently working with a customer who is transitioning from SAP to Acumatica. We've encountered a significant difference in how the two systems handle MRP planning suggestions when the required action date (start date) is in the past due to lead times. In SAP's MRP logic, the system typically performs automatic "forward scheduling" when a backward-scheduled start date falls in the past. It automatically moves the suggested order date to the earliest possible current date and issues an exception message. Acumatica, as we understand it, requires a more manual process using exceptions and date updates.I am thinking about  proposing the following workflow to our client, and I'd like the team's validation:Our Proposed Workflow for Past-Due Demands:MRP runs and generates planned order suggestions with dates in the past. The planner uses the Inventory Planning Display screen (AM402000) or Exceptions screen (AM403000) to identify these items. T

I created a Bill of Material with operation IDs 10, 15, 20, and 30. When I create a production order using this Bill of Material, the operation IDs in the production order appear as 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50.The custom columns maintained in operation ID 15 of the Bill of Material are shown under operation ID 20 in the production order. Additionally, an extra operation ID 50 is created in the production order, even though it does not exist in the Bill of Material, and operation ID 15 is missing from the production order.Similarly, the custom columns maintained in operation ID 30 of the Bill of Material are shown under operation ID 40 in the production order. 

We manufacture items using a Lot/Serial Class configured as follows:We want the system to auto-generate serial numbers by default when these items are finished in a Production Order. However, we want to manually override the auto-generated serial number occasionally, as when we are making R&D items.My Question: If I keep “Auto-Generate Next Number” enabled to handle the majority of our volume, does the system prevent manual editing of the serial number field during the Production receipt/move process? I am looking for a workflow that defaults to the auto-generated sequence but still allows a user to manually override the serial number on specific units before the transaction is released.

I’m trying to use a third-party service (Skyvia) to sync records from Acumatica to our local SQL server.  When I pull data from the Manufacturing endpoint, it cannot do incremental updates because the data does not have either a 'CreatedDateTime' or 'LastModifiedDateTime' column.  Is there a way that I can get this information in the endpoint?

We have a stock item that is primarily manufactured, but can also be purchased / outsourced when required.Since the Item Master allows only one Replenishment Source, we would like to understand how MRP handles order quantities: If MRP generates a Manufacturing Order, does it use the Inventory Planning tab (min / lot size)? If the same item is planned as a Purchase Order, does it use the Vendor tab minimum order quantity? As per my understanding, MRP behavior is driven by the Replenishment Source, and standard MRP does not support planning the same item as both Make and Buy automatically with different order quantities.Please let me know if this understanding is correct or if there is a supported approach.

We are experiencing a workflow issue related to Production Orders in Acumatica Manufacturing and would like clarification on expected system behavior.In our case: A Production Order was marked as Completed After completion, the system still allowed posting additional transactions, including Move transactions However, when attempting to Close the Production Order, we receive the following error: “Select a production order for which transactions are allowed according to the workflow.”We understand that Acumatica may allow late Labor or Material adjustments after an order is marked Completed, but we have not seen clear documentation confirming whether Move transactions are expected or supported after Completed status.Questions: Is it expected behavior that Acumatica allows Move transactions after a Production Order is marked Completed? If allowed, should this prevent the Production Order from being Closed later due to workflow validation? Is this considered a workflow limitation,

Hello all,We are documenting our business processes (in Visio swimlane flowcharts) prior to implementing Acumatica modules. The manufacturing module looks like it will work well as is. As a time saver: does anyone have flowcharts already developed that document manufacturing workflow (with standard Acumatica configuration)?Thank you in advance,Gerry

I work in a manufacturing environment that requires production work orders to be split for validations, new tooling runs, qualifications that were not originally planned for.  The problem is that I don’t see the functionality that allows me to split a production order.  The worst part is that we have to link our SO’s to the production orders when created for lot tracing. Every time I get a request for splitting, in order to keep the linking correct, I have to go all the way back to the original Sales Order and make changes, and so on... Reduce the original sales order lineCreate new lines for the split qty’sMark those new lines for productionGenerate new production ordersPrint new production ticketsReduce the production order and print a new ticketWhen shipping, this then creates additional work as now they have several lines instead of 1 line int he sales order.  I was wondering if I missed this functionality or maybe someone has a similar problem and came up with a less time-consumin

Our company utilizes our Quality Assurance team for Supplier Management. Does Acumatica have any Supplier Management functionality with regards to monitoring specific stock items that are on back order with vendors? Also, is there a way to restrict items to only being purchased from specific vendors, or vice versa (vendors can only sell a specific category(ies) of items)?

Hello Experts, i was looking to create a GI to show material planned cost and actuaL cost for production order, i was in doubt that the data which i am looking because values may be calculated value, it may not be stored value. can anyone suggest me your opinion for this.