How to post Output on Production orders on Locations with full WMS

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If you run a location with directed put-away and pick enabled, the way you post production output works differently than on a simple location. There is no warehouse document for posting production output directly. Instead, you post the output in the production journal, and then you move the item back into inventory afterwards using a separate warehouse activity.

When you post the production output, the item lands in the production order bin defined on the location card or on the work center for the last operation in the routing. To get it into a regular storage bin, you create either a warehouse movement from a warehouse worksheet or an inventory put-away from a put-away worksheet.

The production order is considered done once the output is posted. Moving the item from the production order bin to inventory is a separate step you handle through the warehouse functionality.

Posting production output on a location with directed put-away and pick

On a location set up with directed put-away and pick, you have the full warehouse functionality enabled. This changes how you post output from a production order compared to a simple location.

The key thing to understand is that there is no warehouse document where you post the production output. You post the output first in the production journal, and then you move the item back into inventory as a separate step.

From the production order, you enter the production journal, just as you would on a very simple location. You insert the output quantity on the last line in the routing. In a typical case you can delete the other lines and simply enter the output quantity, then post the production journal.

What gets created when you post the production journal

Posting the production journal creates two entries:

• An item ledger entry for the output.
• A warehouse entry that shows where the item is physically placed.

By default, the output is placed in the production order bin. This bin is stated on the location card, or it comes from the work center setup on the last operation in the routing. For example, you might see the output posted to bin 120, which is the production order bin defined on the location card or tied to the last operation in the routing.

Moving the output back into inventory

Once you have posted the output, the production order is done. The item is sitting in the production order bin, not in your regular storage bins, so you still need to move it into inventory.

You do this by creating put-away or movement activities. You have two options:

• A warehouse movement created from a warehouse worksheet.
• An inventory put-away created from a put-away worksheet.

Either of these moves the item out of the production order bin and places it into the correct storage location so it is available as normal inventory.

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