Work Order Revision

After you create a work order and attach a parts list and routing, you might need to make revisions. If you revise the quantity requested, the parts list, or the routing, you might also revise the cost of the work order. These revised costs are called planned costs.

When you run the Manufacturing Accounting Journal Entries program (R31802A), the system calculates the planned costs from the values in the parts list and routing instructions and updates the Production Cost table. The system compares the current costs to these revised planned costs. When a discrepancy exists between the current costs and the planned costs, the amount of the discrepancy becomes the planned variance.