Purchasing a Component Directly to a Manufacturing Order
Within Fourth Shift, purchasing items to receive into inventory is a straightforward process. To start, create a purchase order header that identifies the supplier. Then, add a line for the item to be purchased including the item, quantity, price, delivery date, and line-type ‘P’, the most-commonly used in this situation. However, there are other line-types that can be used on purchase orders. Most buyers are familiar with ‘G’ type lines for expense or general ledger purchases or ‘S’ type lines for sub-contract manufacturing purchases. But, have you ever used the ‘M’ type line for direct purchases to work-in-progress (WIP) for a manufacturing order (MO)? Let’s briefly explore how this works. 22 May, 2020