Click Manufacturing Control>Inquiries> Formulation Inquiry.
(Optional) Use the Go To or Starts With fields to specify the formula item number to be displayed.
In the center of the screen, select the information view to display in the lower portion of the screen. You can select from the following:
Ingredients |
Displays ingredient information including the item number, description, number of units, unit of measure and memo. |
Finished Items |
Displays the finished items in summary. Summary information includes the item number and description, stocking unit of measure and the amount of formula required for the finished item. Click Packaging to display the Packaging Items for the Selected Formula (MCI622) program for packaging information for the finished item. |
Planned |
Displays the planned production currently in the formulation system for the formula. Planned production is displayed in date order. You can to display requirements for ingredients or finished items for the highlighted formula. Click Ingredients to display the Production Planning Ingredients (MCI623) program for the highlighted formula. Click Finished to display the Production Planning Finished Items (MCI623) program for the highlighted formula. |
Production- |
Displays summary information of the production tickets in process for the formula. Summary information includes for each ticket, ticket number, status (E-entered, P-printed and C-confirmed), entry date, planned production date, production date (if not confirmed, date is blank), units planned to be produced and actual units produced. Click Line Detail to display Production Detail for the Selected Ticket (MCI624), where ticket detail is displayed in the same screen format as it was entered. |
Cost |
Displays costing information by warehouse to produce one formula. Information for each ingredient item includes item number and description, units needed to produce one formula, stocking unit of measure, cost, costing unit of measure and extension. The cost per unit is listed along with the total information, which includes the ingredient, overhead, labor and total cost. Click Next Whse to view costing information for the next available warehouse. |
History. |
Displays the history of the item. Information by warehouse includes month-to-date, year-to-date and prior year units produced and the last date produced |
Requirements |
Displays the requirements for producing a number of units. Click # of Units to enter the number of units to be produced The requirements to produce the finished item are displayed including the following for each component: the item number and a part of the description, units required, stocking unit of measure, on hand, on order and committed quantities. An asterisk (*) displayed next to the units indicates that the number of units required is greater than available (available = on hand + on order - committed). |
General |
Displays additional information about the formula item, including the overhead percentage, packaging and labor costs, standard production quantity, stocking unit of measure and production waste percentage. |