Production - Batch Processing

vj2000

My client is in the business of bakery and manufactures bakery products. We are implementing the production module in the company and trying to map the bakery process into AX.

Planned production orders will be created from sales orders using master planning. The production happens through the following stages:

1. From the raw material (flour, yeast, sugar, water) to dough. (measured in Kg)
2. From dough to Raw bread (measured in pieces)
3. From Raw bread to baked bread. (measured in pieces)

Now, in the 2nd stage, i.e. from dough to raw bread, the production can be done in batches of fixed capacities of dough. E.g. the raw bread can be produced any of 40, 30, 20 or 10 kg batches of dough.

The requirement is to configure the system such that it automatically generates different production jobs (or split the production order) according to the batch sizes, from the total production quantity.


Example: There is an order to for 100 cases of bread. (=200 quantities of bread if 2 breads/case). For 200 breads, let dough required is 110 kg. So for the second operation (i.e. dough to raw bread) system should generate the production job/schedule as below

3 nos of 30 kg batches
1 no of 20 kg batches

Is there any way I can make the system generate these job batches automatically?
I tried to achieve this using work center capacity and process quantity but could not achieve this. The system goes on scheduling the job on the same machine rather than scheduling on a different machine.

I request you to suggest me a solution if this can be done using the AX production module.

vj2000

Only views no replies, no suggestions/solutions :-(

AdamRoue

So how much of planning and production do you understand?

At a base level set the maximum quantity to 30, this would batch but if you want the system to randomly select a batch of 40, 30, 20 or 10 this will not work, it has to be based upon an item. I would also set the minimum to 10, however as dough is non traceable and standard to all related parent products (generally) I would not advise this. I would also advise you look at the Fullscope Process add-on which is incorporated into AX2012.

kabir_shenvi

I will suggest to evaluate the option to map this Production process in the Process Manufacturing solution, with Dynamics AX.

AdamRoue

Kabir the Process elements do not impact here, whether it is a BOM or Formula or Works Order or Batch Order the requirement of the original post does not change.