Defining finished goods
Finished goods consist of components, packaging, byproducts, burdens, and comments. They are stocked on the shelf as a kit, unlike make-to-order kits.
You can define a finished good for a company and production facility (which must be set up as an inventory location).
Before you can define a finished good, you must have already added the components, kit item, by-product, and burden.
Components
All components for finished goods are required.
Component types indicate the kind of component you are assigning to the finished good. The four component types are shown in the following table.
| Component type | Indicates |
|---|---|
| Component (C) | A normal component; you must type a non-zero quantity on Finished Good (IC62.1). The component must be inventory tracked. |
| Packaging (P) | A packaging item; you can type either a zero quantity or a non-zero quantity on Finished Good (IC62.1). The packaging components must be tracked in inventory. |
| Offsite (O) | A component that is supplied by an offsite location (the offsite location does part of the finished good production). You must type a non-zero quantity on Finished Good (IC62.1). |
| Rework (R) |
After production is complete, a finished good may need to have further work performed on it because of poor quality or incomplete assembly. Another work order can be created for the finished good by adding the item as a component of itself, and selecting the rework component type. You do this using Finished Goods (IC62.1) or Work Order (WO30.1). |
Offsite locations are external locations that add components to a finished good. They are defined in Location (IC02.1) but not as a production facility.
Byproducts and burdens
Byproducts are products that are created as a result of producing a finished good. For example, for a finished good consisting of a box of hamburger patties, a by-product could be edible fat. The fat can be ground up to use in chicken feed (you can sell byproducts in addition to selling the finished good). Byproducts must be set up as inventoried items and must be assigned to a location.
A burden assigned to this finished good could be the machine setup time.
Attachments
When you define finished goods using Finished Good (IC62.1), you can attach comments to
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burdens,
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finished goods,
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components, and
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byproducts.
The following table shows how the attachment feature works on Finished Good (IC62.1).
| To attach comments to | Put the cursor |
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| Burdens |
In the Code field on the Burdens tab. Select the Attachments option and click the Add button. Type the burden notes.
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| Finished goods |
In the Item field. Select the Attachments option and type the assembly instructions for the finished good.
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| Components |
In the Item field on the Components tab. Select the Attachments option and type the component notes.
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| Byproducts |
On the Byproducts button within the Finished Good tab. Click the Byproducts button and put the cursor in the Item field. Select the Attachments option and type the byproduct notes.
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