The way I read this is, “we want to use up stuff in inventory and/or create demand for same stuff, but not produce anything.”
I mapped out a plan for that at my job two years ago. Not sure how much it gets used.
But in a nutshell, you can make a job to stock for a non-qty bearing part. Think about that. It makes no sense, but it sure works great for this.
Here is what I wrote up for that.
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We would like a part number created for R&D work orders.
In short, I believe the setup should be as such:
- Part number and description is whatever you want
- Part Class is XRAD
- Product Group is R&D
- Std. cost can be anything; it’s irrelevant to this process, but I would like it to be $0.01, personally. I think zero might be just fine, though.
- The GL Code shown below needs 7620.RID.54 populated into the blue rows (Variance Burden/Labor/Material)
For a technical explanation, see the last picture. I mapped out the debits and credits that happen in the process.
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EDIT: more notes about the process for making the job
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One more IMPORTANT thing. Make the part NON-Quantity-Bearing.
Also, FYI, the alternative would be to make this to order, but then we’d have to create a bogus order, then ship it and invoice it, etc. This is a lot simpler.
Once the part is created, what you’ll do is to make a job to stock . (Qty of 1)
Yes, yes, yes, I know, we are not making a real thing to put on a shelf. That’s OK, this is a non-inventory part.
A key part of this is that the job’s product group should not be changed. It should come in as Research & Development (see pic below) and that’s right and necessary.
Then do normal job stuff:
- Add material to job and issue/backflush it
- Charge time as desired
- Report a quantity (1) to the last operation
- Receive job to inventory
- Mark as complete when done (Job Closing screen)
