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Introduction to the Production Operation register

A single Production record represents the process of removing components from stock and assembling them into the final Item. The removing of components from stock, the adding of the final Item to stock and the updating of the stock valuation in the Nominal Ledger all occur at the same moment. A single Production record therefore cannot represent a complex Production process with several assembly stages, in which components will not all be removed from stock at the same time. To meet this requirement, you can use Routings and Production Operations to divide a Production into stages, with the following benefits:
  • You can record each stage of the Production process separately, so you will always know exactly how each Production is progressing;

  • Components will be removed from stock as you use them, not at the end of the entire Production process; and

  • You can record Work in Progress in the Nominal Ledger.
The term given to a stage in the Production process is "Operation". There are two types of Operation:
  • When you divide a Production process into stages, you will first create template or model Operations. These are known as "Standard Operations". A Standard Operation record should contain the normal specifications for a stage in the process.

  • When you implement a Production process, you will create a Production record in the normal way and choose the Recipe. You will then create Operations specific to that Production, using the relevant Standard Operations as templates. The Operations that are specific to a particular Production are known as "Production Operations".For details about configuring a complex Production process with several assembly stages, please refer to the description of the Materials, Standard Operations and Routings settings beginning on this page. An illustrated example can be found here.
Please refer to the following pages for more details about the Production Operation register in Standard ERP:
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