Manufacturing Work In Process (WIP) feature helps to assign and issue components at the operation level for items you assemble.
Associating components with specific operations can benefit operations that take a long time to complete. Some components may not be required when the work order starts. Therefore, it is not ideal to issue all assembly components during the first operation. If you associate components with specific operations for a routing, components are issued on the day the corresponding operation begins. For example, a work order is set up as follows:
- The routing includes 4 operations
- Each operation takes 1 week
- Operation 4 requires a special component
Work Order – Start Date:July 1, 2020
Work Order – End Date:July 28, 2020
Operation 1 – Start Date:July 1, 2020
Operation 2 – Start Date:July 7, 2020
Operation 3 – Start Date:July 14, 2020
Operation 4 – Start Date:July 21, 2020 - If the special component is linked to Operation 1, the component issue date is July 1, 2020.
- If the special component is linked to Operation 4, the component issue date is July 21, 2020.