How should I structure work orders for items of di...
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Alan Fitch
06/04/2021, 2:30 PMHow should I structure work orders for items of different counts? So far I've been making an interim "Formula" work order and assembly but I wonder if there is a better way to do it?
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KevinJ of Kansas
06/04/2021, 2:40 PMCan you give example? I'm not quite following.
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Alan Fitch
06/04/2021, 2:43 PMI make food items. Sometimes we package 6 ct sometimes 12ct etc. The packaging is different but the recipe is the same.
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KevinJ of Kansas
06/04/2021, 2:44 PMI am not a fan of the functionality - but UOM does exist.
KevinJ of Kansas
06/04/2021, 2:44 PM(I feel like it creates as many problems as it solves)
KevinJ of Kansas
06/04/2021, 2:45 PMSince you package and sell it to your customers in those different quantities - I'd be inclined to have a Formula that creates a "1" as a phantom component as a member of your 6 and 12 count items.
KevinJ of Kansas
06/04/2021, 2:46 PMIf you are selling on a website - you might be able to leverage matrix items, but I've not used those in combination with assemblies.
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Alan Fitch
06/04/2021, 2:46 PMWhy a phantom object. I pretty much do that now but the source is stock.
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KevinJ of Kansas
06/04/2021, 2:47 PMWell, then you don't have to build the sub assembly independently you can just build your 6/12 count directly.
KevinJ of Kansas
06/04/2021, 2:48 PMthat said - if it matches your assembly process to build the cans and then later turn them into the finished good and you need to capture that inventory of those components, then yeah, leave your source as stocked.
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Rich Keller, CSCP
06/04/2021, 2:59 PMTo me, these should be different items because of the different item attribute (pack size), BOM structure and for financial analysis.
Rich Keller, CSCP
06/04/2021, 3:00 PMWhich would mean 2 different work orders
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KevinJ of Kansas
06/04/2021, 3:00 PMWell, even with UOM, you're going to have 2 different work orders.
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Rich Keller, CSCP
06/04/2021, 3:03 PMWork Orders will always be in the base UoM which would be an Each of the 12 pack or 6 pack. Depending on how many levels people wish to have in their BOMs, you could either make the "formula" item for a single unit then consume 6 or 12 of those in the top level packaged good - potentially as a phantom - unless there's a batch size for the formula item which is common in F&B
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Alan Fitch
06/04/2021, 3:10 PMIf i want traceability do I need to set it as stock?
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KevinJ of Kansas
06/04/2021, 3:12 PMIf you are lot numbering the component? yeah, probably.
KevinJ of Kansas
06/04/2021, 3:13 PMassuming two different lots on the component can go into a finished product.
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Adam K
06/10/2021, 1:21 AMif using Advanced BOM and use the same BOM (receipe) for multiple Assembly items: i.e. 1 item =package 6, 2nd item package 12.....
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