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Wanting to gather the over production qty's but not setting entire system to allow for over production so the qty's have to match on all the operations after

  • March 20, 2026
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We overproduce on our first operation sometimes. I want to be able to overproduce at that time. However, I do not want to allow for people to be to go crazy or not have the rest of the order qty’s controls in place that make each operation qty’s match. 

 

Example set system to overproduce

 

So, on operation 10 qty to produce was 100

They were able to produce 150, and they complete 150

 

Then on operation 20 because system is set to allow over production, even though there are only 150 to make they complete 180. 

 

I was trying to come up with the best solution so I could overproduce but keep the integrity of the locked system in place. 

Maybe some kind of buyoff and order adjustment? 

Operator triggers an over production buyoff, and some corrects the order qty? 

I don’t want to reinvent the wheel if something already exists. 

 

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Debbie Baldwin
Community Manager
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  • September 25, 2026

@Aqohre - were you able to get any advise on this? What did you end up doing? 


valentynbeznosiuk
Jr Varsity III
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Thank you for bringing it up, ​@Debbie Baldwin .

​@Agohre , please let us know what solution you found in your case. It would be interesting to know.

In the meantime, I'll leave a note for anyone who runs into the same need in the future. We had a customer who needed overproduction to be allowed, but only within a limit. We built a customziation that added a tolerance % on the Production Order Types screen and a check on the Move transaction. The check works out a maximum allowed quantity (the base quantity plus the tolerance %), adds up what's already been moved, including unreleased moves, and blocks the transaction with a clear message if the new total goes over the limit.

For the case described here, I'd apply the tolerance only to the first operation and limit every operation after it to what the previous operation actually completed. That way Op 10 can go to 150 but no further, and Op 20 can never exceed 150.

It also can be extended with an approval step or by updating the order quantity automatically when the first operation goes over, but that depends on how you want to handle the extra material and costs.