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 do not enable NetSuite bins, the system does not 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 is not associated with a lot/serial number, the system does not 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 |