Answer:   If you’ve already started up the production line in Shop Floor Tracking , back it down to the Material Staging Work Center. Go into Kitting and De-Kit the order. This will return the components to the Inventory Management module. Use the Inventory Handling MRB tab to transfer into MRB.

 

Q.  How do I serialize Work Orders which are partially done?

A.  In order to invoke serialization for a product, it has to be an all-or-nothing situation. You can’t have some parts serialized and some not, otherwise there would be no way to enforce serialization tracking through the Shop Floor Tracking module and then the Packing List module.

If the user has Work Order(s) that have product BELOW the Work Center in which they wish to invoke serialization, then the user will have to move the parts (temporarily) to a work center above that point in the Shop Floor Tracking module. If the user wants serialization throughout the process, then all of the parts will have to be moved back to the Material Staging Work Center.

Locate the product number in Inventory Control Mgmt module and check the serialized box for that product.  The user can then go into the WO Traveler Setup  for the product and setup the Work Center in which serialization is required.  After completing that process, update the Work Order(s) in process. (This action may reset the quantities in the Work Order back to the Material Staging Work Center, so that a record of the location of the product in each Work Order should be kept before doing this).

 

The user must then enter the WO Serial Number Control module to assign serial numbers to the Work Order before you will be able to move parts past the Work Center in which serialization is required. 

 

Enter the Shop Floor Tracking module, move the parts back down to their respective position, including any in Finished Goods. 

If the user did have to use the Inventory Handling to put the shipped product back into Finished Goods, they will have to use the Inventory Handling Issue screen to remove them from Finished Goods again. The same change number used in receiving should be used for the issuing.

Q.   Why are my Work Order Numbers out of Sequence?

 

A.   When users create a Sales Order they have the option at this time to issue the Work Order(s).  If they choose this option the Work Order(s) are created, within this screen the user then has the option to "Add" more Work Order(s), or "Delete" the Work Order(s) that were created.  If the user chooses to "Delete" the Work Order(s) that were created, these Work Order numbers will be removed from the Sequence.  Also, at this time the user can "Save" or "Abandon Changes" if the user selects to "Abaondon Changes" the Work Order numbers will be removed from the Sequence.