I don't think we have the MRP module. I think that may be what's throwing a wrench in this whole thing. I can't find the auto consume stock function that you show.
We are creating jobs manually (we have large jobs that are engineered to order, so not many stock parts). We will have very few replenishment orders for the few that we have, but trying to understand how those stock parts are managed is kind of a pain. I'm assuming that if we had MRP, it would manage that for us, but since we don't we have to manage it more manually. Does that sound right?
We are trying to figure out how "stock" manufactured parts that are part of an overall job need to be managed. If I have stock parts that are part of an assembly (say we are stocking gussets that go into various weldments), how does the system handle the fact that it should be pulled from stock? Do we need to modify the flags on each subassembly MOM that uses the part to not pull as an assembly? Or can the system say that that since this is a stock part (as determined by the flag in part maintenance) that you just need to pull the part?
A second scenario that is similar but not exactly the same, is what if we have a part in inventory that is not a stock part? For example if someone makes too many so we put the extra parts in inventory. Will the system see that and use those instead of creating travelers for new ones? Or do we have to look for those items and manually issue the parts to the jobs when we see that?
So if I am creating MOM's and using the tree in engineering workbench, does the system default the "view as assembly" and "pull as assembly" based on the flag set in the individual part maintenance screen? Or do I have to manually adjust those to match the flag? It looks like the flags are set per assembly, not by the parts in the BOM. There isn't an indication on the part revisions whether a part is non-stock, or stock that I can see. Does that mean that I have to look up every part individually (or create a baq) that looks at the flag and makes sure that every assembly that it goes into has the pull as assembly and view as assemblies correctly set?
Select this check box to indicate material requirements on
part methods will automatically pull stock quantities as they become available.
When the MRP engine evaluates an auto-consumed part, the Available to Promise
calculation determines when some of this material quantity will be available in
the future. This quantity amount is then considered when the MRP engine
calculates whether a firm job (or jobs) should be created for the subassembly
through the Plan As Assembly functionality.
If enough quantity is available either through current stock or estimated
future stock, the material quantity is considered satisfied and it is turned
into a material requirement. If not enough quantity is available however, the
MRP engine then splits off a new firm job for the subassembly that contains this
material.Â