Add item type to CI_Item, including floor stock for bulk issue material. Quantity on BOM should transact only cost, not inventory. MRP should project requirements by BOM quantity or ROP. Enables design content control, projected requirements, and proper inventory control.
by: Frank L. | over a year ago | Manufacturing
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The BOM should include a set up option that would enable the ability to specify the warehouse code for each component line. That way when you perform a production entry or a Work Order automatic or backflush material issue, the system will know that the floor stock components should be pulled out of the floor stock warehouse instead of the default (stockroom) warehouse. There is currently not a simple way to handle issuing floor stock (point of use items located directly on the shop floor)
We definitely need this feature. I'd like to add a different reorder method for it as well that, for example, issues a reorder for a spool of wire when one is issued to the floor but also gets considered in MRP look ahead to see if demand for a specific wire type exceeds existing supply so that it can be reordered proactively.