Make an adjustment and try again.

There's no failure, only feedback

As long as you haven't given up, there is no failure; only feedback. The universe is teaching you - "When you do this, I am showing you what happens.  If it's not what you want, make an adjustment and try again". Make an adjustment and try again. Make an adjustment and try again. Vivienne@www.mrp.com.my

What is Job Travelers

Job Travelers

The job traveler giving information to your shop floor with the manufacturing process require to perform the job, including job details, customer, order information, outputs, process, tasks, components, and images. It is printed at time of job release and "travels" with the job as it progresses through the shop floor.  

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What is minimum stock level ?

The minimum stock level is that level of stock below which stock should not be allowed to fall. In case of any item falling below this level, Production or Purchase needed to replenish the stock. 


Some system have the ability to assist user to generate a list of stock needed for their production planning or planned purchase order to take place from supplier. 


Do you have any system in place to assist you or you are still using excel for the control ? 


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Your itinerary please...

Your itinerary please...

There's 9 1/2 months left to 2012.  You're taking your organization on a trip. Where are you going?  Does everyone know? vivienne @ www.mrp.com.my

Jobs/Work Order/Production Order or Manufacturing Order workflow

Jobs/Work Order/Production Order or Manufacturing Order are used to make "outputs", which are finished items and subassemblies, using "inputs", which are the labor, materials, and subcontract services used to make the outputs.

What are the  Jobs/Work Order/Production Order or Manufacturing Order workflow ?

Step 1 – New Job/Work Creation

• Generate job/Work either directly from sales order line for custom to make items or
  
  
• Generate job/Work  in response to net demand (means when your Stock level is below safety level as set and production needed to replenish them) 

Step 2 – Job/Work Release

• Release job/Work when your work center is ready or available
  
• Print job Order with Process and component detail. 

Step 3 – Job/Work Processing

• Request and Issue components to jobs, there are 2 option here :
  
  
  • Option A – You can Print an issue list to store for picking stock that require by the job, then after that enter the entries in the system or 
  • Option B – Make issue entries directly, print issue list then get storekeeper to pick stock
    
    
• Sometime your Job/Work might have outsourcing to 3rd party, in this case, base on the Job creation, user can generate Purchase Order for 3rd party subcontract services also if applicable
  
• After job feed back from shop floor, user enter job routing sequence completions and/or labor hours
  
• Receive POs for subcontract services
  
• Enter manufactured job receipts from Shopfloor  

Step 4 – Close Job 

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