Is there a way to Scrap/ DMR an entire job?

Kinetic ERP
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There were few jobs that we couldn’t proceed any further due to some error and want to scrap the whole job. I only see that you could DMR a job component or Operation but not the top level job itself. Is there such an option in Kinetics to scrap the entire job? Or do we have to receive the job to stock and then DMR > Scrap it?

Thanks,
AL

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Just scrap it at whatever step it is at and close the job. When the capture process runs, the WIP will be captured but there will be no COS to go against it.

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I agree and always direct others here with the same advice.

But it’s just never been a satisfying answer. Maybe I am overthinking it, but I just feel like there should be a more devastating way to scrap a job. This is like the pocket veto of manufacturing. It just fades into obscurity.

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That’s what i did. I closed the job as-is without transacting anything to stock because the components issued cannot be re-used, so can’t put them back into stock.
However, this is not an optimal solution because we’re using standard costing and at month end, Accounting would have to manually move (Journal Entry) the cost accumulated on the job to scrap account from variance account. Because whatever cost accumulated so far would have went to variance since the job was closed without any shipment or receipt to stock.

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What transaction did you do to “scrap” from the job? Did someone fill out the scrap or NCR on end activity?

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There was no scrap transaction because we wanted to scrap the entire job, not the components. So i just closed the job without any transactions. There were materials and labor on the jobs (materials cannot be re-used again).
I wish on the NCR or DMR module, there was option to scrap a job rather than components of the job.

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This is what we would do if we have a job we’re scrapping out to finish and want it booked against our scrap write-off instead of manufacturing variance:

  1. Enter a Nonconformance of type Operation for the final op or the last operation we got to for the total number of parts on the job. You can also enter a Nonconforming Quantity in MES or Time and Expense entry here.
  2. Fail the Nonconformance to a DMR. (Make sure Move Costs to DMR is selected)
  3. Reject the DMR quantity (scrap it).
  4. Close the job.

This should take all costs off the job and scrap them out. It will also give you a paper trail when looking to see why the job was closed short.

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Nice

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@tsmith is correct. That is the correct way to scrap out everything on a job.

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Thank you for this suggestion. Will tested it out to see the cost flow from the General Ledger side.

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Like what? A “We shit the bed on this one, fellas” checkbox on the header page? Now that I typed that out, I might pitch that idea to PM’s for lulz. A “rate this job on a scale of 1-5” dropdown, maybe.

A job is merely the process of turning material into something else. If that “something else” turns out to be “nothing” that seems fine (conceptually, not pragmatically as money needs to be made). The job is over like any other.