Manage Production Using Discrete Orders

You can manage discrete orders for regular, rework, or teardown production by creating production IDs for each production quantity that you want to track. Once you've created the production ID, you release production, and then either generate pick lists to issue material to production or maintain a maximum quantity on hand for components in a WIP location.

Once production begins on the shop floor, perform the following steps. These steps assume that all operations are performed in-house and none of the operations are subcontracted.

To record completions and scrap for in-house production IDs:

Indicate whether the business unit will record completions and scrap production IDs using the online or deferred method by selecting the PID Completion option on the MFG BU Prdn Options page. Select one of these:
1. Online: The background process calculates the associated production costs (such as earned labor and machine hours) and overhead conversion costs and consumes material utilizing the issue or replenishment issue methods.
2. Deferred: This option indicates that you're running the completions process at a later time.
  
  All associated production costs are calculated when the completions update background process is run. You must run the Prdn Compl/Scrap process (production completions and scrap process) if you select this option.
Record completions and scrap quantities for in-house production using the Record Completions/Scrap page.

Record completions by operation, by count point, or for the entire production quantity, or perform a partial backflush of completed end items.
(Optional) If you're completing a production ID with multiple outputs, the Outputs Detail area appears.

You can complete planned or unplanned by-products at any operation. Scrapped end items are recorded at the batch level, but not for each output. You must record completions and scrap for primary items and co-products at the last operation.
(Optional) Change component information using the Edit/Issue Components page.
(Optional) Transfer completions data to PeopleSoft Quality by clicking the Quality link.
(Optional) If you're using serial in production or serial- or lot-controlled items, and the components are issued to production using the Replenish or Issue method, select the serialized components or lots from which to consume the components.
1. Automatically generate serial numbers by using the Rapid Serial Numbers page.
2. Access the Edit/Issue Express page, or click the button next to the serial- or lot-controlled component on the Edit/Issue Components Summary page. For lot-controlled components you can use the backflush lot selection rule to automatically select lot IDs during backflush. For more information on the backflush lot selection rule, see the "Automatically Consuming Lot-Controlled Stock During a Backflush" section of this topic.
3. Use the Route-To PID/Stor Locations (route to production ID and storage locations) scroll area on the Record Completions/Scrap page to assign a lot if the completed end item is lot-controlled.
  
  Note:
  
  You can move end items to an existing lot or create a new lot.
Move completed end items out of production.

You may route them to a production ID, to another production area for further processing, or to a stores inventory location. You cannot route waste by-products.
1. (Optional) Click the Apply Defaults link to route the end items to a default putaway location.
  
  Note:
  
  The completions process puts away items in their standard units of measure (UOM).
2. (Optional) Select an alternate putaway location.
  
  Note:
  
  If you're routing the end item to another production ID, the putaway process is not required.
3. If you are using serial genealogy, you must perform completions at the last operation.
  
  In addition, select the serial number for the appropriate assembly.
(Optional) Run the Completions Update process.

You run this process to update completions transactions that are staged by other processes, such as Edit Components updates, production completions, or subcontracted completions recorded through electronic data collection.
(Optional) Make reversing entries to correct data entry errors.

You can return components to their original storage location or to an alternate location. If you're returning lot- or serial-controlled components, you must select the serial IDs or lot IDs from which the components were originally consumed.
(Optional) Move excess components out of WIP locations using the Maintain Inventory navigation.

You can move these components to another production area or back to a stores inventory location. You can also move excess components from the production ID using the Kit issues transactions. Kit issue transactions are used for components whose issue method is Kit.
Record actual labor and machine hours.
Indicate that production is complete by using the Complete Production page.