Conventional Work Order Plug-ins
Advanced Manufacturing plug-ins search for inventory details to accelerate data entry and standardize material use. They also help control material consumption and finished good production. NetSuite Advanced Manufacturing provides the following plug-ins to help customers better manage their manufacturing workflow:
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Assembly Bin Plug-in
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Assembly Lot/Serial Plug-in
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Component Item Bin Plug-in
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Component Item Lot/Serial Plug-in
For more information about the plug-ins and default implementations NetSuite provides, see the following help topics:
Plug-ins identify which bin to take material from and which bin to send finished items to. If you don't enable NetSuite bins, the system doesn't call the bin plug-in. However, you can use NetSuite to run your operation without bins.
If you use bins, the plug-in identifies the bin to use for each item. The lot/serial plug-in then determines the lot/serial number information to extract from the selected bin. If the item is associated with a lot/serial number, the plug-in provides details about material consumption. It also provides the lot/serial number you want to assign to the finished goods. If an item doesn’t have a lot or serial number, the system doesn’t call the plug-in.
NetSuite enables you to develop alternate implementations of any plug-in to better suit how you generate inventory details for assembly and component items. For more information, see Managing Plug-ins.
The following table summarizes how the default Advanced Manufacturing plug-ins work:
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Item Uses Bin Controlled |
Bin Plug-in |
Lot/Serial Plug-in |
Available Quantity |
Issuance |
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Use bins controlled |
One or more bins (work centers preferred, user defined) Least quantity bin first |
Lot/serial numbers in plug-in bins and their quantities |
Total of all lots in bins from plug-in Location quantity |
Least quantity lots first from plug-in bins Least quantity bins first from plug-ins |
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Use bins not controlled |
One or more bins (work centers preferred, user defined) Least quantity bin first |
— |
Total of all lots in bins from plug-in Location quantity |
Least quantity lots first from plug-in bins |
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No bins controlled |
— |
Least quantity lot first One or more lots |
Total quantity of lots in bins from plug-ins Location quantity |
Least quantity lots first from plug-in bins |
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No bins not controlled |
— |
— |
Location total |
No restrictions |