Production Entry (MCE130) field descriptions

How to

Use these fields to enter production tickets for bill of material finished items.

1. Doc/ Finished Item

Specify the number of the ticket (1-999999), the item number or finished item number. Press Enter to assign the next number on file. NEXT is displayed as the ticket number until the header portion of the ticket is complete and the actual ticket number is assigned and displayed. After you specify an ticket or item, the MC Side Bar is available from the entry grid to display additional information for component items.

2. Whse

Specify the warehouse to produce the finished item (i.e., all component items will come from this warehouse). Press Enter to default to the warehouse assigned to the terminal.  

3. Entered

Specify the date of the production entry Press Enter to default to the system date.

4. Production

Specify the planned production date, i.e., date production is scheduled to take place. Press Enter to default to the system date.

5. Units

Specify the number of units to produce. You can search for Normal/Active-status planning records for the selected finished item. Press Enter to display the production planning lines for the finished item being entered. On hand, on order, committed quantities and the stocking units of measure are displayed in the line-item section of the screen.

6. Priority

Specify the order priority to use for printing: N-normal, R-rush and/or H-service hold production tickets.

This concludes the header portion of the production entry program. At this time, a ticket number is automatically assigned and displayed. After the header record is created, all header fields except #1-3 are accessible through the change header routine. Fields #1-3 can only be changed by deleting and reentering the production ticket.

Upon completion of the header, the on-order quantities are updated for the warehouse for the BOM finished item.

Line numbers are assigned automatically beginning with 001 and incrementing by one for each additional line-item up to 999.

Upon completion of the header, the program automatically displays the required component line-items. The units required of the component items are calculated based on the number of finished units entered in the header. Once the component line-items are added, the committed quantities are updated in the warehouse for those component items.

You can select from these options to perform the listed functions:

Change a line-item

Add line-items

Insert line-items

Delete line-items

Stop line-item entry

Access Note Entry (SME710) for the item highlighted in BOM line item browser or for the BOM document line record highlighted in the line item browser.

Done     End the Bill of Materials Entry

To add a component line, enter:

7. Component Item

Specify the component item number, press F2 to search.

Specify the component item number to be used to produce the bill of material finished item. The entry must be a valid number. Valid entries display the item description and stocking unit of measure.

To create a memo, specify M and the Memo field becomes available.

8. Description

The system displays the item description.

9. Units

Specify the number of units needed to produce one finished item.

10. UM

The system displays the stocking UM for the item as the default.

11. Memo

Specify the memo for the component item to appear on the production tickets (up to 20 characters).

Save your changes

This concludes the line-item portion of the Bill of Materials Entry.

See also

Entering production tickets for bill of material finished items

Changing or deleting finished items from production tickets

Adding finished items to the production ticket