Research & Development Best Practices
Adjust and scale formulas as needed knowing that all changes will automatically be reflected in inventory, production, and planning tools.
Setup
- Adding and Modifying BOM Revisions
- Add and maintain bills of material, revisions, and associated costs, configure overage and degradation factors, and define batch yields.
- Related Pages: Additional Options When Managing Formula Revisions, Configuring Batch Yields, Using the BOM Updates Function, Using Overage and Degradation Factors.
- Managing Routings
- Specify process steps, routes, and costs necessary to complete a part.
Paperwork & Reporting
- Generating GHS Labels and SDS Forms
- Print documents pertaining to classifications and safety precautions necessary for handling items.
- Related Pages: Configuring User Fields and User Calculations, Finishing Inventory, Managing User Access Security Settings, Modifying SDS, Shipping a Sales Orders.
- Formula Reporting
- Generate various reports related to parts and formulas using optional filters.
Optional Features
- Utilizing Scrap Factors
- Define scrap percentages and scrap cost percentages to be used during production.
- Handling Co-Products and By-Products
- Setup item masters for co-products, identify bill of material lines to represent by-products, use both when entering production.
- Related Pages: Configuring Sales Order Parts, Finishing Inventory, Issuing and Reserving Material.
- Configuring Grid Layouts and Automated Reports
- Utilize work flows and security to add bill of material revisions, to be used for general or research-only purposes.