Creating and updating manual work orders
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Select Manage Work Orders, and click
Create.
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Specify this information:
- Company
- Select a company.
- Location
- Select a valid stock location. It is also the production
facility where finished goods are produced for work orders.
- Work Order
- Select a work order. This field identifies the work order
and can be automatically assigned or manually assigned, depending on the option
defined for each production (inventory) location.
- Item
- Select an item.
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Use the Finished
Goods tab to specify information that applies to the production of the
finished good on this work order. The estimated and actual costs are displayed for
components, packaging, burdens, and total unit cost. Specify this information:
- Production Start Date and End Date
- Specify the production start and end dates for the work
order.
- Date Needed
- Specify the date required for the finished
good.
- Plan Quantity
- Specify the planned quantity for the finished good being
produced by this work order.
- Production Credit Account
- Select a production credit account unit to record credit
to a production facility for finished goods produced.
- Burden Absorption Account
- Select a burden absorption account unit to record burden
expenses associated with a production facility.
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Use the Burdens tab to specify information for burdens associated with this work
order or to create a new burden. You cannot assign a burden to a work order with an
unreleased or released status. Specify this information:
- Code
- Select the burden code. The burden code identifies a
burden that has cost and rate information that is used to determine costs and
inventory item costs that are associated with a production process.
- Flat Amount
- Specify the estimated amount for flat amount
burdens.
- Amount Per Unit
- Specify the estimated amount per unit used in the
calculation of per finished good burdens and per burden unit burdens.
- Alternate UOM
- Select an alternate unit of measure.
- Quantity
- Specify the quantity used.
- Multiplier
- Specify the actual multiplier used along with actual
amount per unit and actual quantity for calculation of per burden unit
burdens.
- Percent
- Specify the estimated percentage. This is used along
with inventory cost for the calculation of percentage of inventory cost
burdens.
- Vendor
- Select the vendor.
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Use the Components tab to
specify information for components that are used to create the finished good for this work
order. Specify this information:
- Item
- Select the component item.
- Location
- Select the inventory location from which the component is
taken or the offsite location for offsite components.
- Type
- Select the component type. The component type specifies
the component as an inventory component that is used in the production of the
finished good, a packaging component, an offsite component, or a rework
component.
- Planned Quantity
- Specify the planned quantity for a component on a work
order.
- Waste
- Select the Waste quantity information for this
component. This is the cost of damaged or discarded components that are expensed and
are not used as part of the cost of goods sold.
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On the Byproducts tab,
select the defined product.
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On the Comments tab, attach assembly
instructions or add other comments.
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Click .
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Click .