axmfg: Output location for the last operation in the production route

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Источник: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/axmfg/archiv...ion-route.aspx
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This new functionality is available with KB 2995954 and will be included in Microsoft Dynamics AX2012 R3 CU8. To find the HF you can use LCS Issue Search.

Whats new?

To support and efficient process for putting away produced material, it is now possible to define an output location specific for the last operation in the production route. This accurately reflects the location where the goods are reported as finished in production which will enable the warehouse worker to exactly know where to go, to pick the goods for put away. In AX2012 R3 it was only possible to define one output location. Below illustrations shows the difference between the R3 and the CU8 implementation of the output locations. The first illustration shows that all production orders within the warehouse reports to the same input location. The finished products are from here put away to the finished goods locations



The second illustration shows that each batch order within the warehouse reports to a separate output location. The warehouse worker will be directed, by warehouse work, to the output location where he must pick up the goods for final put away to the finished goods locations



This blog will explain how this new capability is enabled by using the official demo data released for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3 CU8 Virtual Machine (VM).

In the company USPI there is a formula for making Pellets. This formula will be used for showing how this feature is enabled and used.

The illustration below shows the Pellets production. The item numbers for the ingredients (or raw materials) as MW4004 - Polypropylene and MW4005 - Rubber are pre-fixed with MW and the four end items are pre-fixed with PW. PW4000 - Pellets is the formula item, and PW4001 – Chips and PW4002 - Blocks are co-products. PW4003 - Slag is a by-product





Let us take a closer look how to enable this feature. First we need to setup the production output location. Looking at the route for the Pellets formula operation 40 DryFilling is the last operation



An applicable output location for this operation is found through the Resource requirements for the operation. In the Resource requirements, criteria for finding an applicable resource or resource group during scheduling, is set up



The output location is specified on the resource group, as it can be seen in below illustration



In case no output location is defined on the resource group, then a default production output location is used as a fallback location. This default output location is setup on the warehouse



In below diagrams the defaulting hierarchy is shown. The diagram shows the rule that applies for finding the production output location when reporting as finished a production or batch order





Example

To see how this works, let us report as finished a quantity of the formula item PW4000 – Pellets. The batch order is in status Started and is ready to be reported as finished





Reporting as finished is done from the mobile device



Batch order number, Item number, quantity and license plate is entered



And the process is completed and put away work is generated



Taking a closer look at the put away work, the pick location for this work is FILL-01. This location is the output location that was set up on the resource group that is applicable for the last operation DryFilling



Let us try to remove the output location from the resource group and then report as finished one of the co-products from the batch order



We report as finished a co-product PW4002 – Blocks and put away work is generated



The put away work will in this case have the default output location OUTPUT. This location is that fallback location set up in the warehouse



The defaulting of the output location is enabled for all the places where the reporting as finished process can be performed. This includes

• Using the report as finished function from the batch order
• Using the report as finished journal
• Reporting as finished from the job or route card journal. This is possible when user reports on last operation and mark field Report as finished on the journal line
• Report as finished from list page Current operations. This is possible when reporting as finished the last operation
• Reporting as finished from the Job registration form in the manufacturing execution module (MES). This is possible when the user reports as finished the last operation

Summary

In CU8 it is now possible to set up an output location for the last operation in a production route. This supports a more efficient process for putting away produced products from the shop floor to the warehouse. The output location is set up on the resource group that is applicable for the route operation. A fallback output location set up on the warehouse is used in case no output location is defined on the resource group. Using the output location defined for the last operation in the production route is applicable for all the places where the report as finished process can be performed.






Источник: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/axmfg/archiv...ion-route.aspx