Setting up a group of molds that makes 3 parts every time

Epicor ERP 10
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Most of our molds are set up to make 1 part at a time, standard set up.
We also have a customer with a group of 3 molds tied together so every time we make 1, we are make 3.
Question is how do you set it up so every time Epicor schedules to make 1, it knows we are making 3.
If each part weighs 2 pounds, I don’t believe coparts is the answer or we would have to set it up as 1 part weighs 6 and 2 other parts come out of it?

Thanks for your input,

Tracey Brill

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Are they 3 of the same part? Would lot sizing work for that? I don’t use it, so I’m not sure it’s the right answer, but you could check it out.

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In my case, we had a molds that made 2+ of different parts. Co-parts was the suggested solution, unfortunately, it did not work properly (an issue with no being able to report scrap on the individual part numbers)

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Thanks for your replies. I don’t think either are the answer for this case but appreciate the input.

Different molds tied together in a frame (1, 2, 3). Each part weighs 2#, using co-parts would require us to say the part weighs 6# and 3 parts are made from that weight so hesitant to use co-parts.
Still trying to tie them together for scheduling purposes. If it schedules the first mold, the second two have to go with it.

Thanks

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Almost sounds like a scheduling resource maybe - but I am more of a dev guy than ops guy. Hoping some of our resident ops nerds chime in.

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Hi,

Co Parts is the functionality to use, this will allow you to make and receive or ship the extra parts on a job.
I use this with a lot of customers, who want to make more than one part on a job.

You can tell the system how much of the time and materials to proportion to the other parts, and flag them not to be in an MRP run, so you wont get demand for them.

I believe it is another licence but it is very good functionality

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@AndyGHA Maybe you are the fellow to ask then, how do you guys deal with scrapping coparts? The only way we found to do it was to scrap all of the produced items, not one we pick.

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Hi,

Good question, the only time you book quantity on a Co-Part job is on the final op, where you can scrap quantities off.

I have never tried nonconforming a Co-Part at a lower operation.