I was hoping this would get better with more direction but it is not. In our month end process we monitor man var and I have noticed many jobs having material issued after completed and closed. That cost does not flow to the parts.
Is there a way to prevent them from closing until the material is issued to the job?
if you are using AUTO close, then the system will close the job as long as its within your variance parameters that you set in the auto close.
if you are manually closing, then you possibly have a procedure problem. The first thing the closer should do is check for exceptions… when you load the job into the job close screen, you can choose to see exceptions only… and when you do, if there are any un-issued materials, OR uncharged labor, they will show. if there are no exceptions, then everything was issued/charged.