Redwood: Complete an Item Multiple Times in a Discrete Manufacturing Work Order

In certain manufacturing industries, scrap or waste can be recovered throughout the manufacturing process and then recycled or repurposed for other uses. You can now plan, complete, and cost each occurrence of a co-product or by-product in a standard discrete manufacturing work order.

A co-product or by-product can be assigned to multiple operations in a work definition, where the unit of measure and cost allocation basis of fixed or variable are consistent across instances of the item. You can also report the same co-product or by-product in multiple work order operations using the Redwood pages for production execution, mobile production reporting, and postproduction reporting.

Same output in multiple operation of a discrete manufacturing work definition

Same Output in Multiple Operations of a Discrete Manufacturing Work Definition 

Same output in multiple operation of a discrete manufacturing work order

Same Output in Multiple Operations of a Discrete Manufacturing Work Order 

Same output in multiple operation of a discrete manufacturing work order transaction

Same Output in Multiple Operations of a Discrete Manufacturing Work Order Transaction 

REST API changes: Work Definition Requests REST, Discrete Work Orders REST and Work Order Material Transactions REST have been enhanced to support adding the same output multiple times in a work definition, a work order, and in transaction reporting.

File-Based Data Import (FBDI) changes:  WorkDefinitionTemplate,  WorkOrderTemplate and  WorkOrderMaterialTransactionTemplate have been enhanced to support adding same output multiple times in a work definition, a work order, and in transaction reporting.

Flexible assignment and reporting of a recurring output models the physical manufacturing process to support accurate inventory tracking and cost allocation.

Steps to enable and configure

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Tips and considerations

  • The primary product can be associated with only one operation, but the other products or by-products can be associated with multiple operations.
  • The other product or by-product can be associated only once within an operation in a discrete manufacturing work definition and work order.
  • You can't complete other products or by-products multiple times in a rework, transform, nonstandard, or contract manufacturing work order or flow schedule.
  • When a work order has multiple instances of a product or by-product across operations, scheduling considers the output completion at the last scheduled resource in the associated operation. 
  • This feature is available only with the Redwood experience. For a consistent user experience, you can enable the Redwood pages for work definitions, work orders, production execution, mobile production reporting, postproduction reporting, and production transaction history.
  • Refer to the related feature Report a Co-Product or By-Product Across Multiple Operations in a Process Manufacturing Work Order in 26A for additional information.

Key resources

Access requirements

Users who are assigned a configured job role that contains the following privileges can access this feature:

Work Definition Privileges:

  • Manage Work Definitions (WIS_MANAGE_WORK_DEFINITIONS_PRIV)
  • Manage Work Definitions by Service (WIS_MANAGE_WORK_DEFINITIONS_SERVICE_PRIV)

Work Order Privileges:

  • Manage Work Order Headers (WIP_MANAGE_WORK_ORDER_HEADERS_PRIV)
  • Manage Work Order Operations (WIP_MANAGE_WORK_ORDER_OPERATIONS_PRIV)
  • Report Operation Transactions (WIP_REPORT_OPERATION_TRANSACTIONS_PRIV)
  • Report Material Transactions (WIP_REPORT_MATERIAL_TRANSACTIONS_PRIV)
  • Report Postproduction Transactions (WIE_REPORT_POSTPRODUCTION_TRANSACTIONS)