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Operations Menu - Create Production Operations

If the Production is a complex one with several assembly stages (i.e. if the Production has a Routing), you cannot simply mark the Production as Finished in order to remove the components from stock and add the assembled Item to stock. Instead, you need to use this function to create the Production Operations that represent each stage in the process, and then mark each Operation as Finished in turn.

Selecting this function opens the 'Specify Create Production Operations' window shown below. If the window does not open and the Production has a Routing, the probable reason is that the Qty field in the header of the Production is empty.

Click the [Run] button in the Button Bar to confirm that you want to create Production Operations. The function will create Production Operations specific to the Production, as follows:
  1. The function will refer to the Routing specified in the Production to obtain the sequence of Standard Operations.

  2. The function will then refer to the first Standard Operation in the sequence to obtain a list of Materials.

  3. The function will then look in the Production to find the Input and Output Items that share the first Material in the list in step 2.

    If an Input Item in the Production has a Recipe (i.e. the Input Item is a sub-assembly), the function will also look in the sub-assembly Recipe for Input and Output Items with the Material in question.

  4. A Production Operation will be created, containing the Input and Output Items found in step 3.

  5. Step 3 is repeated for each Material in the Standard Operation, and the Input and Output Items that share those Materials will be added to the Production Operation created in step 4.

  6. Steps 2-5 are repeated for each Standard Operation in the Routing.
If any of the Input Items in the Production are Phantom Items (Plain Items with Recipes) whose Recipes contain Routings, the sequence described above will be carried out for those Routings first, before being carried out for the Routing in the Production itself.

You can produce a Create Production Operations report before using this function to preview the Production Operations that will be created.

If the 'Specify Create Production Operations' window illustrated above appears but no Production Operations are created, the probable reason is that there is no valid record in the Number Series - Production Operations setting. This problem will usually occur at the beginning of a new year.

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