Hello,
my company is a manufacturer of both small and large art runs ranging in a variety of materials.
Our issues is some machines require raw material to either load, program, or test parts prior to actually executing the job.
Examples Press breaks require 1-3 extract scrap pieces cut by the LASER for programming and verification
The print department requires run off of rolled material (10lf) in order to set the machines.
For press break accounting doesn’t like the laser producing 4 pieces and press break only needing g 1 good piece and 3 scrap units. I do not know why but they do not. As long as the inventory justifies, and the labor is posted it is a necessary evil.
These setup materials are depleted from inventory but do not backflush into usable product.
Does anyone know how we can assign material usage for setups that would backflush smoothly and not create balancing and inventory issues?
Our job closings are delayed because the numbers aren’t justifying. And if we have a 1 part run we would theoretically use 3-10xs more ot prep the Machine than the job req qty calls for to produce parts which if ignored leaves us losing money on that material, requiring manual math per job, or both.
Is there any use within Epicor or any best practices to overcome this issue?
