When manufacturing takes place in a warehouse, reporting production activities follows the same requirements as other transactions. Record the retrieval of production materials from their storage bins, as well as the placement of finished production goods in the warehouse. Execute these movements against specifically defined inbound and outbound production bins. All production activity passes through these bins.
Items used in production must be taken from their storage bins and placed in a designated bin from which production consumption is posted. Production materials can be retrieved through one of two methods:
Production picks
Movements to replenishment areas
You cannot use both retrieval methods in the same location.
Production picks
The same directed picking parameters that guide picking activities for outbound transactions also instruct warehouse personnel where to retrieve production components. When a production pick is generated, the program uses predefined picking logic to suggest bins from which to retrieve production materials, along with instructions to place each picked item into the location's defined inbound production bin. Complete picking for every necessary production component before consumption can be posted.
Production picks provide a high level of control over the material requisition process. In addition, the directed picking suggestions provide useful instructions for users. However, the strict requirement that picks be created based on specific production order lines may be too limiting for production environments that demand greater flexibility when retrieving and consuming materials.
Steps - Production picks
In the search box, enter Production Picking, and then choose the related link.
On the Production Picking page, select the production order or orders for which you want to generate a pick.
On the Navigate tab, in the Order group, choose Pick. The Warehouse Pick page appears, containing pick lines for the selected production orders.
Alternatively, create a staged pick. See Pick items with a warehouse staged pick.
Fill in the pick lines as appropriate.
On the Actions tab, in the Registering group, choose Register Pick. The picked items are placed in the location's inbound production bin.
Replenishment areas
Rather than set up a single inbound and outbound production bin for a location, define several replenishment areas, each with its own inbound and outbound bin, then assign them to production orders. The program uses the production orders assigned to a replenishment area to suggest warehouse movements of production materials to that replenishment area's inbound production bin. Once items are moved to the replenishment area's inbound production bin, consumption can be posted.
Consuming from a common replenishment bin instead of a specific picked quantity may be more desirable than the exacting requirements of a production picking setup. Several replenishment areas (rather than a single inbound and outbound production bin for the entire location) can also be convenient. Because replenishment areas do not use warehouse picks, however, you cannot readily generate directed picking instructions for individual production orders. The level of control is therefore not as great as with production picking.
Steps - Replenishment areas
In the search box, enter Bin Reclass. Journal, and then choose the related link.
On the Actions tab, in the Functions group, choose Pick for Production.
Fill in the fields in the request page as desired and choose Print.
The printed replenishment report provides a list of the materials required to complete production for the specified production orders. Move these materials from their storage bins to the replenishment area's inbound production bin.
In the bin reclassification journal, move items from storage bins to the necessary consumption bins. See Enter and post bin movements.
Alternatively, use the Bin Status page to move items between bins. For more information on replenishment areas, see Replenishment areas.
Production reporting
Once materials are moved to a consumption bin, use the Batch Reporting page to report production output and consumption. This page lets you simultaneously record production results for a batch order and one or more related package orders.
When opened from the Production Picking page, the Batch Reporting page automatically displays the output and consumption lines for the selected production order. If this order is linked to other batch or package orders, these orders are also displayed.
The process of recording production results in the Batch Reporting page is the same in a warehouse environment as in a non-warehouse location. For more information, see Report production.
Production put-aways
Production output is recorded to a designated outbound production bin. Depending on how the warehouse is set up, this output bin is defined for either the entire location or a specific replenishment area. Regardless of which output bin is used, production items in it must be moved to a storage bin before they can be picked for use in shipments, transfers, or other production activities.
The process of creating a put-away from an outbound production bin to a storage bin is no different from creating a standard warehouse movement. For more information, see Enter and post bin movements.