24 Print Material and Operation Reports

This chapter contains the topic:

• Section 24.1, "Printing Discrete Manufacturing Reports."

24.1 Printing Discrete Manufacturing Reports

Print discrete manufacturing reports to effectively manage your work order and rate schedule information. Two types of discrete manufacturing reports are available:

Type	Description
Materials reports	Work Order Summary Component Shortages All Shortages Supply and Demand
Operations reports	Dispatch List Hours and Quantities Proof

You can use discrete manufacturing reports to identify all:

• Work orders in your system

• Component parts that are required to complete a work order and its availability

• Item shortages

• Supply, demand, and available quantities for an item

The system uses information in the following tables to produce reports:

Table	Description
Work Order Summary	Work Order Master table (F4801)
All Shortages	Shortage Maintenance Master table (F3118)

What You Should Know About

Topic	Description
Kanban implementation	You can implement a kanban system to simplify inventory control in a discrete manufacturing environment as well as a repetitive manufacturing environment. See Section 29.1, "Processing Kanbans" for instructions on using kanbans.

See Also: Section 5.2.1, "Printing a Summary of Work Orders," Section 14.5.1, "Printing Component Shortages," Section 14.5.2, "Printing All Shortages," Section 18.5, "Printing Scheduling Information for Work Centers," "To print supply and demand"