Production Orders

spena

Hi,

In the Released Production Order screen, I see we can have multiple line items. Does this mean we can produce multiple top level items on one production order?

What would be a typical situation when this is used?

Thanks,

Steve

Wisa123

Hi Spena,

What you could do:
1.) Work with the Description field of your Bike-Line
2.) Use Variant Codes if you dont use them for something else already.
3.) If your seat is a Item inside NAV you could try to just create a Line with Qty. Zero and without Quantities and time values in Components/Routing. I haven't tried this but it might also work.
4.) Create a new Line for the Bike, without actually providing the Item No. and just use the Description field.

Maybe my suggestions are bad because i don't know why you would even want to display a subassembly already included in your main item.

regards, wisa

Wisa123

Does this mean we can produce multiple top level items on one production order?
Exactly.

What would be a typical situation when this is used?
Some of our customers for example, produce on a sales order basis. This means they don't really have anything in stock, and produce whenever a customer requests something. This way you have a clear relation from Sales Order to Customer Order.

regards, wisa

spena

Hi Wisa,

Thanks for the reply. Yes, that is the situation we have. We actually use a configurator which sends multiple make to order items to the sales order and creates a singe production order with all the make to order items.

I do have one question, which may seem odd. One of the make to order items on the production order is truly a configured item, and hence, we (the configurator) are adding BOM components and routing lines to the make to order item.

What we are trying to accomplish is to add a description line or a "charge item" to the production order for display purposes only.

For example, we have a line on the production order for the bike. The bike was configured to include a red seat. The red seat is a subassembly. We would like our production order to appear as follows:

Line - Bike
Line - Red Seat

However, when finishing the production order, we only want the Bike to be produced. If the Red Seat was produced as well, we would be double-dipping the components.

Do you have any recommendations for adding a description or "charge item" to a production order?

Thanks,

Steve

Wisa123

Hi Spena,

What you could do:
1.) Work with the Description field of your Bike-Line
2.) Use Variant Codes if you dont use them for something else already.
3.) If your seat is a Item inside NAV you could try to just create a Line with Qty. Zero and without Quantities and time values in Components/Routing. I haven't tried this but it might also work.
4.) Create a new Line for the Bike, without actually providing the Item No. and just use the Description field.

Maybe my suggestions are bad because i don't know why you would even want to display a subassembly already included in your main item.

regards, wisa

spena

Hi Wisa,

Thanks for the reply. Your answers are great. This is an unusual process we are dealing with and we are evaluating alternative solutions.

Thanks Again.

osimren

If you set the 'Red Seat' to be a Make-to-Order item and it is part of the BOM of the 'Bike' which is also a Make-to-Order item then you get a multi level production order where the 'Red Seat' is indented below the 'Bike' as a second line on the production order.
The 'Red Seat' then has is own components and they should not be in the BOM of the 'Bike'.

This would be my recommendation.

spena

Hi Olef,

I'm interested in your answer. With a multi level production order, where the red seat is indented below the bike, will the cost of the producing the red seat roll up in to the cost of the bike?

In NAV, the red seat in NOT in the BOM or Router of the Bike. However, our configurator has the ability to create a multi level production order, where the red seat is indented below the bike. I just need to confirm the cost of the Bike will include the material and labor when closing the production order.

Thanks!

Steve