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Use this form to send production orders into production on the shop floor. Start is the fifth process in the production life cycle. A production is ready to enter this phase after it is estimated, scheduled, and released. If these steps are not completed, the program runs them automatically. After you start the production order, the status of the order changes to . For more information about how to set up the Start process, refer to Set up start (form).

Note Note

If the program automatically updates the production, job cards are not printed. To print job cards, run the step manually.

You can change a production order with the status of or . For example, you can change the BOM or route. However, if the change affects costs or scheduling, you must recalculate consumption and reschedule the production. You can do this by running an operation scheduling or job scheduling update.

Tasks that use this form

Navigating the form

The following tables provide descriptions for the controls in this form.

Tabs

Tab

Description

Overview tab

Create and view a list of production orders that you want to update to Start status.

General tab

Specify details for how you want the program to start the selected production orders.

View information about production quantity statistics.

Set up a batch job for updating production orders to Start status.

Buttons

Button

Description

Opens the form where you can filter and sort the production order records that you want to start.

Opens the form where you can specify default values to use when you start productions.

Fields

Field

Description

The production order number that you want to start. If you open the form from the form, the field automatically displays the current production. The field is populated automatically.

Specify the quantity to start producing. You can specify the whole production order quantity or a partial quantity. You can also state a negative quantity to reverse a quantity that is already started.

Specify the posting date for startup. The default is the system date, but you can change it.

The production startup begins from the operation number that you enter.

The production startup ends with the operation number that you enter.

Select the check box to update the started quantity in the production.

Select the check box to start any subproductions or upper-level productions that are attached to the current production. Attached productions are scheduled based on the main production. To view references to the current production, open , click , and then click .

Select the check box to receive a message that displays the result of the journal update.

Select the route card journal.

Specify how the route's time consumption is handled. Time consumption is recorded when you post to the ledger. If the field is blank, consumption is recorded when the route journal is posted. The options are:

  • - Consumption is entered according to the route-group operation settings for the route. If automatic consumption of setup and process time, and automatic reporting of the finished quantity are selected for the attached route group, then consumption is entered automatically.

  • - Consumption is entered automatically regardless of settings.

  • - Route consumption is entered when production is reported as finished or manually entered in the route card journal or job card journal.

Select the check box to automatically post the created route journal.

Select the check box to create the route card journal with the operations that are marked as completed.

Note Note

The route card journal is created regardless of the setting of the field.

Select the journal to use for recording material consumption by using the picking list journal. You can select from all existing journals. For more information about journals, see Journal name, Production (form). The quantity that is picked depends on the setting in the field. Material consumption is picked by using the journal if the field is selected. If the field is not selected, the journal is generated but not posted.

Select this field to enable automatic consumption. The program then posts the picking list for the consumed materials. The options are:

- Automatically register consumption according to the setting of the field on the BOM line.

- Always register automatic consumption.

- Do not register automatic consumption.

Note Note

This setting overrides the same field on the form.

If BOM consumption is specified as , only a proportional quantity is picked when the production order is started.

If BOM consumption is specified as , picking occurs when the production order is started.

If a BOM is set up with , the scrap is picked when the production order is started.

Select one of the following options to specify how to create the picking list journal:

Blank- One journal is created to contain all entries for the production order.

- One journal is created for each route type.

- One journal is created for each operation.

Note Note

The production materials are added to the picking list journal for the operations that are specified in the interval. If no operations are specified, production materials are added for all operations.

Select the check box to automatically post item consumption when the production is started. The program posts transactions in the picking list journal to the ledger.

You can also post consumption manually. You can edit transactions in the picking list journal and post it afterward.

Select this check box to allow the automatic reduction of production order quantities to align with the current inventory quantities at the warehouse level. Inventory quantities may be lower than the quantities that are stated on a production order.

Selecting this check box also selects the corresponding check box in the picking list journal. When the journal is posted, consumption is reduced accordingly.

Select the check box to list all component items in the picking list journal. This includes those without calculated consumption. If you do not select the field, and is set to , then the journal contains only items with calculated consumption. If there are no items with calculated consumption, no picking list journal is generated.

Select the check box to create the picking list journal with end-marked lines. This means no additional material consumption is expected to be posted for the production order.

Select the check box to pick item consumption automatically, regardless of whether the quantity or amount is available in inventory or not.

Note Note

The field must also be specified for the item.

If you leave the field blank, production startup is interrupted when a component item has negative inventory. This happens regardless of whether the item is set up for negative inventory. A message appears that lists any items without sufficient inventory for picking.

Select the check box to enable printing the current picking list. Click to set up the information that you want to appear on the picking list.

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