What breaks

"The work order will not complete." Check in this order. One. Is there stock for every backflush component — in the work center supply subinventory? That qualifier is the whole first check: organization on-hand is not the question. Two. Have all prior count point operations been reported? Three. Is the inventory period open? Four. Is the completion subinventory valid, and does locator control permit it? Five. Is the work order released? Six. Does your security include this plant? Then eight cases. One. "It will not complete — backflush shortage." The number one cause, every time. Check the work center supply subinventory specifically, not just organization on-hand — the material is often in the building and in the wrong place, which is why the operator can see it and the system cannot use it. Two. "It completed but there are no finished goods in stock." Completion subinventory wrong, or completion at…

In this module: Module 14 · Work Execution

1. 1Work order types and the execution model
2. 2Creating and releasing work orders
3. 3Material availability and reservations
4. 4The dispatch list
5. 5Operation transactions
6. 6Material transactions: issue and backflush
7. 7Resource transactions
8. 8Completion, scrap and rework
9. 9Work order close and exceptions
10. 10What breaksFree preview
11. 11Lab: run the plant