"For an indirect hour type 'Never on Order' or a No Cost Entry hour type, no production order may be entered." Why do you get this message and what can you do to resolve it?

"Administration '%1', fiscal year '%2': General ledger account for '%3' is unknown." Why do you receive this message and what can you do to resolve it?

"ACM lines cannot be backflushed." Why do you receive this message and what can you do to resolve it?

"Invalid unit '%1'. No ratio is known for the unit." Why do you get this message and what can you do to resolve it?

It is possible to individually specify per warehouse location whether receipt, reservation, or issue is allowed, so that inventory can be securely locked without blocking the entire warehouse. This article describes how to block warehouse locations for certain actions.

As a production planner, you want to be able to build and manage a complete forecast structure from a sales or production order. After all, you want insight into purchasing needs, planning load, and lead times. Forecast explosions can be automatically generated. This article explains how it works.

In a bill of materials, calculation or production order, you can manually enter a pre-calculation, but you can also extensively copy it from an existing BOM, calculation or production order. In this article, you will learn how to do that.

In some MKG modules you will find the navigation tree. The navigation tree is a tool that allows you to overview a process and all underlying components at a glance. This article shows where to find the navigation tree and how to use it.

The standard dashboard 'PC-AC Employee Hours' provides insight into the PC-AC ratio per employee based on the AC hours. The lower the AC relative to the PC, the better the efficiency.

With the standard dashboard 'Unmanned Performance', you gain insight into the extent to which the actual production aligns with the planned man-machine ratio, visible per operation, item, and individual production order. The lower the realized MMR, the more a machine can run unmanned.

Direct costs are costs that can be directly attributed to a product or service. These costs are directly related to the production of a specific product or the delivery of a specific service. Examples of direct costs include direct labor costs, for example hours, direct material costs, and direct production costs. Direct costs can be easily assigned to a specific product or service, unlike indirect costs.

Labor efficiency refers to the actual labor hours spent on producing goods or services in relation to the planned labor hours. It is often used as a measure of production process efficiency and can be calculated by dividing the actual labor hours spent by the planned labor hours. A high labor efficiency indicates efficient labor utilization, while a low labor efficiency may indicate inefficiency or delays in the production process.

Productivity is a measure indicating how much output can be produced with a certain input. Output usually refers to the total production or added value of a company, a sector, or the entire economy. The input can be divided into labor, capital, and intermediate consumption, which includes the use of energy, materials, and services. There are different types of productivity, such as labor productivity, capital productivity, and multifactor productivity. Labor productivity measures the amount of output per unit of labor.

The man-machine ratio (MMR) is the ratio between the number of hours a machine can run with or without an operator. For example, if half a man-hour is required for each machine hour, then the man-machine ratio is 0.5 (also known as man per machine). In ERP, you enter the MMR in the 'Operations' table for each operation.

Using the Shop Floor functionality, you can let your employees clock hours on all your direct and indirect operations. Essential for a reliable subsequent calculation. In the webinar 'Why Use Shop Floor in Production' we will introduce you to the MKG Shop Floor. You will not only see how to set up in MKG and what you should pay attention to, but also how the smart client works, or the interface on the work floor. This webinar serves as an introduction and shows you the benefits of working with the Shop Floor.

The MKG5 ERP software is specifically developed for manufacturing companies with extensive administration. All logistical and financial processes are integrated into one system, allowing you to access the correct data rapidly.

To work with production locations, MKG must be properly configured. This article explains which administrative settings and tables are important.

Production locations allow production order lines and processed material to be traced during the production process. A production employee always knows where the semi-finished products and/or processed material have been placed after the previous processing.

With the standard dashboard 'PC-AC hours', it is possible to analyze how the pre- and post-calculation hours of production relate to each other based on different categories. By looking at the number of orders not linked to pre-calculations, it is also possible to check how well hours are recorded.

The standard dashboard 'Production Order Status List' displays all subassemblies linked to operations that have not yet been reported ready, based on planning operations. The sorting is based on the planned date of the subassembly.