Bottling

A bottling operation is the final step of the blend process that records the movement of bulk material to bottles, resulting in transfer of inventory.

A bottling operation removes the bulk material from inventory and adds it to raw materials in the finished goods system, in addition to any transaction required for the finished goods bottling inventory. A bottling operation creates a single end-use reservation (EUR). If multiple EURs are in the From vessels when you are blending their contents for a bottling vessel, a single EUR is created. You can issue the EUR item to a parts list for producing bottled product.

A bottling operation:

• Costs the blend lot, accounting for variance to standard cost and gains and losses.

• Instructs the To After details.

  There can only be one bottling vessel per bottling operation.

• Records bottled, sampled, and broken quantities.

• Accounts for bulk losses incurred in bottling, such as bottles used as samples and broken bottles to be used for legal reporting.

• Incorporates the operational losses in a calculation for a complete lot yield for the blend lot.

• Records quality tests to the To After blend lot.

• Updates the bottling operation with bottling details associated with the To After blend lot.

You enter the bottling completion quantities either in volumes or using the production unit of measure. You can enter the bottling quantities only on the Movement Details tab on the Edit Operation Detail form. The Edit Bottling Vessel Details form displays both volume and production unit of measures, but only the volume quantities are saved. The volume unit of measure used is set up in the winery constants.

You can also enter the COLA Number (U.S.) or Internal Approval Number (Australia).