Entering a Production Order

Note! This guide is developed for the MKG004 software. If you are using MKG5 or MKG3, the description may differ from your environment here and there. We aim to provide a product-specific description for this topic in the future.

Production Order Header

To enter a production order, go to the MKG menu: Production Production Order Management:

A new production order can be created by selecting the New button on the menu bar in the above screen. The following screen will then open:

• Production Order. The unique number of the production order.
• Forecast Order. A checkbox to indicate that the production order is created for a sales order of the 'Forecast' type. When the production order becomes a normal production order, the checkbox will be unchecked. This feature cannot be manually adjusted.
• Description. Description of the production order.
• Order. Week number and date of creation of the order. This is by default filled with the system date.
• Planning. Week number and date when the products must be delivered to the sales order (internal delivery). This is the sales delivery date advanced by the number of buffer days. This can be determined in the item file or in the administration settings.
• Planned. The actual planned date as in the planning.
• Project. Project number to be selected from the 'Projects' table.
• Production Order Type. The type of production order from the table Production Order Types.
• Internal Memo. Memo field for internal communications.
• External Memo. Memo field for external communications.

This production order will automatically be produced for stock. After completing the header, the screen will look like the image below:

A manually created production order and a production order created from the Stock Requirements List can be recognized by the text behind 'Customer': “Not produced for a customer.” For a sales production order, the customer name is listed here. If one production order is made for multiple sales orders, it may occur that production is for different customers. In that case, the text: “Produced for more than one customer” is displayed.

Production Order Line (End Product)

After saving the production order header, the end product must first be entered as a production order line. On the 'Management' tab (right in your window), a line can be entered using the New… button. The following window opens:

General Tab

On the 'General' tab, the main data is entered. These form the basis for the end product:

• Item. Selection field to select an item from the central item file. It is not necessary to choose an item.
• Description. Description of the product to be made.
• Drawing. Drawing number of the product to be made.
• Revision. Revision number of the drawing.
• Position. Position number of the product to be made on the associated drawing.
• Memo. Memo field of the end product or semi-finished product.
• Quantity + Unit. Entered calculation quantity with corresponding unit.
• Total Quantity. The total quantity calculated based on the order line and any superior line(s).
• Production Quantity. Entered production quantity with corresponding unit chosen from the table Units. This is calculated based on the quantity, waste percentage, and rounding 'Y/N' and can then be overridden by the user.
• Single. Checkbox to be selected by the user if only one product is to be made. That is, regardless of the quantity to be produced.
• Round Quantity. Checkbox to be selected by the user. In combination with the waste percentage, a number is calculated that leads to non-whole numbers on the end product/semi-finished product line. If the checkbox is selected, 'Total Quantity' and 'Production Quantity' are rounded up to whole numbers.
• Waste. Percentage to be entered by the user. If the user enters a value greater than 0%, this will be taken into account in the recalculation of the quantities within the production order. The material requirement and processing time will be increased so that, with the deduction of this percentage, the desired quantity is achieved.
• Finished Quantities. Checkbox that becomes active when the quantities are finished. If this is unchecked again after completion, quantities can be completed again.
• Production Group. Selection field to select the production group, with which the financial handling regarding the work in progress of the production is settled.
• Stock Group. Selection field to select the stock group, with which the financial handling regarding the stock of the product is settled.
• Certificate. Certificate associated with the product.
• Production Phase. If the production order is divided into phases, the phase number must be entered here by the user (see the manual Phase Planning for further explanation).
• Order. The sequence number of the line. The step size is determined in the administration settings.
• Planning. Week number to be entered by the user with the final delivery date to the sales line of the product (internal delivery date). This is the sales delivery date advanced by the number of days from the item at sales delivery time, or from the administration settings. These data are included in the planning module to calculate capacity.
• Planned. The actual planned date as determined in the planning.
• Work Preparer. Selection field for choosing a work preparer.

Units Tab

The 'Units' tab is used to record ratios for the product line. If the line is based on an item, these are taken from Item Management.

The unit group with the asterisk and non-editable fields is the base unit of the production order line. This unit is determined on the 'General' tab and is equal to the unit specified concerning the 'Quantity' field.

Info Tab

The 'Info' tab provides information about the underlying materials and operations:

• Processing Times. Display of processing times of the line per piece and divided into man and machine part, setup time, and production time. In addition, these times are displayed for the total number of the production line.
• Prices. Overview of the prices associated with the underlying materials and operations. A distinction is made between materials, operations, outsourcing, and semi-finished products.
• Show Prices Based On. Here you can choose on what basis the prices should be displayed. This can be based on 'Net Prices', 'Cost Prices', 'Advisory Prices', and 'Input Prices'.

Menu Bar

In the menu bar, two buttons are available after saving the production order line. Using these buttons, materials and operations can be directly added to the line.

A production order has now been created without underlying lines: semi-finished products, materials, or operations. The production pre-calculation can be added in two ways: by copying an existing bill of materials/calculation/production order and then making changes to it, or by manually entering the pre-calculation of semi-finished products, materials, and operations for the possible different components. For each level (production order line), information can be copied from a bill of materials/calculation/production order line.

Production Management: index

Related

• Adding Materials to a Production Order
• Production Order Action List
• Production Order Lines: End Product and Semi-Finished Product
• Copying a Production Order/Bill of Materials/Calculation