Production Management will work similarly to JobOps in terms of material usage and linked purchase orders. These transactions are based on items on a Work Ticket on the Materials tab (Parts Entry tab in JobOps) and associated to a Work Ticket step. Required items may be issued directly on the Work Ticket or items may be added and issued by entering the quantity issued in the Issued column (Qty Used column in JobOps).
Purchase orders may be cut directly from the Work Ticket for items included on steps or a Purchase Order may be created and linked back to the Work Ticket and the item will be added to the designated step. Receipt of Goods transactions will automatically change that quantity on the Work Ticket step in the Issued column.
Backflushing will not duplicate the issue of items nor exceed the quantity required.
When the Inventory Replenishment Planning (IRP) function is released, then that provides another function to cut purchase orders and link to the Work Ticket steps, This will be similar to how Component Exception Manager (CEM) works.
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John Hoyt
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