D365 | Warehouse Management for Production Control - Part 1

Dear All,

Abstract: In this blog post I will cover the setups required to configure the Warehouse Management module for the Production Control.

Agenda

• Prerequisite setups to enable Mobile Device for Production Control
• Create and Process the Production Order

Prerequisite Setups

• Create BOM for the finished good item
• Create Wave template for Production
• Default locations for Warehouse
• Default Production control parameter values
• Create mobile device menu items for Raw material picking, Production Start, and Report as finished
• Create work template for Raw material picking
• Create location directives for Raw material Picking

Prerequisite Setup - Create a Bill of Material

• I have created one bill of material(BOM) for a finished good item.
• To keep things simple, I have included only one raw material in the BOM.
• Make sure to approve and activate the BOM.

Prerequisite Setup - Create Wave template for Production

• The wave template is created for Wave template type "Production orders".
• Select the methods for production picking quantity, production allocates wave and production create work.

Prerequisite Setup - Mobile Device Menu Item for Raw Material Picking

• I have created one indirect menu item for raw material picking
• The work class ID "RMP" is associated with the menu item.

Prerequisite Setup - Mobile Device Menu Item to "Start Production Order"

• I have created an indirect menu item to "Start Production order". This will be an "Indirect" menu item, which means this menu item will not create any work.

Prerequisite Setup - Mobile Device Menu Item to "Report as Finished"

• I have created one menu item to report production order finished. I have selected the Mode "Work" and Work creation process "Report as Finished".

Prerequisite Setup - Assign Menu Items to Mobile Device Menus

• Once all the menu items are created for production, the next step is to assign the menu items to the Mobile device menus. I have created one menu "Production" and I will associate all the menu items related to production in this menu.

Prerequisite Setup - Work Template for "Raw Material Picking"

• I have created one work template for the work order type "Raw material picking", I have defined the work template details for pick and put.
• Based on this work template, the system will create the work for raw material picking once the production order will be released to the warehouse.

Default locations for Warehouse

• I have created one warehouse which is enabled for "Warehouse Management management". In the "Inventory and Warehouse Management Fast tab," I have defined the default values for the following
• Default receipt location: This will be a default location where the system will register all the items against the purchase orders. The menu item "Purchase order receiving" will advise this default location "Inbound" at the time of receiving the items against the PO.
• Default Production finished goods location: Once the production order is reported as finished, this will be the default location to put the finished goods item.
• Default production input location: Consumption is the process that deducts material from on-hand inventory and sets the value of the consumed materials to?Work in progress?(WIP) for production orders and batch orders. Raw materials are usually consumed from a location that is configured for the process that consumes the material. This location is known as the production input location. The raw material picking work will advise this location "Production" to put the raw materials here before we start our production on the shop floor.

Production Control Parameters

• We can set up the default parameters for the production order in the production control parameters.
• Reservation: Estimation
• Requirement of material reservation: Require full reservation

Step by Step Process

Create a Production Order

• Create a production order for the finished good item, once you select the site, the system will automatically pick up the approved and active version for the BOM.
• Only raw materials will be consumed in this production order, I have not configured the route for this scenario. The objective is to understand the Production order using the mobile device for material consumption, start and report as finished the production order.

• Production order is created, at this moment the finished Good inventory status is "Ordered".

Estimate

• The first step is to run the estimation for the production order. In the action pane, click "Estimate".
• As per BOM, the estimation will reserve the Raw Material inventory in the warehouse.
• Production order status: Estimated

Price Calculation

Validate the estimated cost and consumptions in the "Price calculation" form

Release

• This will release the production order to the production floor.

• Once released, the production status will be "Released".
• As per our wave template setup, the release step will create the work for "Raw material picking". You will get the below message.

Work - Work Order Type "Raw Material Picking"

• The work is created for "Raw material picking" with Work status "Open".
• The pick and put instructions are defined for the picker based on the setup defined in the work template and location directives.

Warehouse Mobile Device - Process Work "Raw Material Picking"

• Log in to the mobile device and select the menu "Production"
• Select the menu item "Raw material picking"
• Pick from the "StageIn" location and put it at the "Production" location and press ok

• The work status is now closed and raw materials are now available at location "Production".
• Here, the raw materials are picked.

Start a Production Order

• We have three options available to start this production order, first one we all know is from the D365>start the production order. The other option is to start either from the "Warehouse Mobile Device" or from the "Manufacturing execution".
• In this blog, our focus is to use the "Warehouse Mobile device" to start the production order.
• Since we have already created the menu item "Production Start", we can login to the mobile device and start our production order from the "Warehouse Mobile Device".
• Enter the production order number and press ok.
• That's it, now validate the status of the production order in D365.

• Here, the production order status is "Started".
• Picking list created, now post the picking list from D365.

• Once the picking list is posted validate the "Price calculation". We can see the realized consumption and realized cost.

• Now, validate inventory transaction status. The production line status is "Deducted".

Report as Finished

• Log in to a mobile device, select the menu "Production"
• Scan the production order and scan the item.
• Enter the report as finished quantity and enter or scan the license plate. This is the LP/pallet where the item will be placed once the order is "Report as Finished".

• Validate the inventory transaction status. Since the report as finished is posted, the finished good status is "Received" at the "Packing" location.
• The production line status is "Deducted".
• At this stage, we can post the additional raw materials and route cards for this production order.
• We will get the physical date and physical cost at this stage.

End

• End the production order, once the production order is ended we can't post anything against this order.

• Once the production order is ended validate the status of the finished good is "Purchased" and raw material "Production line" status is "Sold".
• At this stage we will get the Finnacial cost.

Conclusion and Recommendations

• Warehouse mobile device makes the production floor more efficient. It optimizes the performance of the warehouse worker to perform the warehouse production-related tasks like "Raw material picking" in a more smart manner.
• Now, the production order can be "Started" and "Report as finished" from the "Warehouse Mobile Device". The "Cloud-first-Mobile-First" approach will enable the warehouse team to achieve more with less time and effort.

I hope you like the article, If you have any feedback feel free to contact.

Regards,

Ali Danish

D365 Business Consultant

M: +971554912688