Trigger to create a manufacturing work order
Order Must Be Authorised
Deposit Received or not required
External components must be ordered - example material
External supplied components are identified on the order line and an ETA is required before can create a manufacturing job
From the Order create the required Jobs.
Production Process Overview
Creating Production Job (one per Sofa Order Line)
On the Sales Order > right click on the sofa to create the job
Quantity will be the order line
The production process linked to the top level item will create Production steps
Where a component has a TAG that tag will be respected to add or remove production steps
Example
Production Process step “sew cushion full cover” is only required when feathers are chosen
Feather choice has a tag of “F”
Production step has a tag of “F” and is set to “Include only with TAG”
So a 2 Seater sofa with a feather fill seat will have an additional step of sewing cushion covers
Production Planning
Work Orders and production
Delivery Management
Manufacturing setups
Manufacturing Stations
Production work orders pass through manufacturing stations
Special types can trigger other system processes > like label printing etc
Production rate factors are used if some are faster than others for the same production process
Location is used if raw materials are issued to a job at the start of the job to hold the material in WIP until completion
Manufacturing Processes - configurable Job
Manufacturing processes involve
Production Centres
Production Steps
Expected times
A Product Category that components may come from
Tag (used to include or exclude based on component choices)
SKU BOM settings
Manufacturing Flag
When the SKU has manufacturing flag ON the product will default to manufacturing
Manufacturing Process link
Link to the manufacturing process from the manufacturing tab
SKU component TAG
The TAG is used to include or exclude manufacturing process steps in a Job
