Creating finished good kit items

Use the following procedure to define finished goods.

To define finished goods

  1. Use Finished Good (IC62.1) to add a finished good.

    In the Status field, if you select Inactive, the finished good cannot be produced in the Production Order application.

  2. Select one of the following tabs to add details to a finished good.
    Choose this tab To add
    Finished Good

    Stock unit of measure, quantity and cost tolerance percentages. You can copy a finished good that is set up at one company and location to another company and/or location.

    Click the Byproducts button to add byproducts that are produced as a result of producing the finished good.

    Components

    Components (and component types), locations, quantities, start and stop dates, component types, and zero quantity tolerance.

    Click the Account button to select an account for posting component waste and material expense.

    Click the C button to see the components that make up the subassembly (for components that are also finished goods).

    Burdens Burdens and burden type estimates (flat amount, amount per finished good unit, percent of finished good inventory cost, or amount per burden unit).
    Scheduling Finished good quantity limits and the length of scheduling periods. These two values default to Production Schedule (WO20.1).
    Accounts

    General ledger accounts to a finished good. These accounts default to work orders that make a specific finished good.

    Note: If the days in which you produce a finished good must occur one immediately after another, select the Contiguous Process flag on the Finished Good tab.
  3. Optional. To attach assembly instructions to a finished good item number:
    1. After typing the item number, select the Attachments option.
      • In LID, click the A icon on the toolbar.

      • In Portal or Smart Office, right-click to select the attachments option or Ctrl+Shift+T.

    2. Type the assembly instructions.
  4. Optional. To change a finished good to a make-to-order kit, select the Make Code form action.

    Finished goods have a make code of S (Make-to-Stock). To change a finished good to a make-to-order kit, you must first delete any byproducts, burdens, and comments assigned to the finished good.

Related reports and inquiries

To Use

List finished goods for a company and location

Note: Leave the Finished Good field blank to list all finished goods for a company and location.
Finished Good Listing (IC262)
Inquire on all kits (both make-to-order and finished goods) that are associated with a component Component Where Used (IC65.1)

Inquire on components that are available for a finished good

Note: To inquire on availability at substitute locations, you must define substitute locations and select Yes in the Chk Sub Loc field.
Finished Good Component Availablility (IC68.1)