Routing costs

Labor, machine and overhead costs of a manufacturing operation can be entered in the manufacturing cost template.   List > Supply chain > Manufacturing cost template > New  Setup costs are fixed and do not change with the number of units. Run cost changes with the number of units produced.   Total cost of an operation depends on… Continue reading Routing costs

Inventory Level Warning

In-order to give alerts when inventory levels reach or decrease below a reorder point and preferred stock levels, we can enable Inventory level warnings under Transactions sub-tab of Set preferences.

Inventory Detail

The inventory detail sub-record is available when the Advanced Bin / Numbered Inventory Management feature is enabled. This record stores values related to bin numbers or serial/lot numbers for items, including line items on transactions. Arrow : The arrow icon indicates that the inventory detail is available for the item and needs to be configured. It appears only… Continue reading Inventory Detail

Vendor Prepayments

The Vendor Prepayments feature records and tracks deposit amounts paid to vendors prior to the acceptance of a purchase order by the vendor.We can apply these prepayment amounts against open bills for the vendor.  We can apply the prepayment manually or  we can configure NetSuite to apply the prepayment automatically. Vendor Prepayment feature can be enabled by; Go… Continue reading Vendor Prepayments

Shipping cost calculation error in Sales Order

While creating a Sales order, an error message is showing- “Could not calculate cost for the selected Realtime rate”.One reason for this error to happen is that the customer record’s shipping address has specified that particular country. But shipping item have not been setup for the country. To resolve this error: Navigate to List >… Continue reading Shipping cost calculation error in Sales Order

Production Scheduling Methods

We can choose the scheduling method for production in a Work Order. Forward Scheduling: Under this method, the user can set the production start date. The production end date will be automatically set by Netsuite after considering time, units, resources etc. Backward Scheduling:  Under this method, the user can set the production End date. The… Continue reading Production Scheduling Methods

Planned work center capacity on work orders

The amount of time being allocated to each work center per day will be shown in a Work Order once we enable the “Show Planned Capacity on Work Orders” preference. Work orders will display a Planned Time subtab when we enable the preference. This subtab will show each operation’s duration and associated work center. To… Continue reading Planned work center capacity on work orders