Remove Maintain resource requirements wizard from routing screen
The wizard called "Maintain resource requirements" should not be showing as a choice in the routing. It is a mass update thing and should only be in the periodic menu choices. Because the wording is so simlar to the tab "resource requirements" the user may be tempted to click on the wizard instea...
Fixed variants and their BOM's and Routes.. Idea for improvement
When I have a number of fixed variants for a prod master I proceed to define a BOM and a route for each. THese are very similar BOM's and Routes, naturally, but they are having different times and net quantities. Each variant has a distinct BOM and Route, and that is what the system expects, we ...
Default order type needs to be in the item template
This is a very old request that goes back to the beginning of AX 2012 when the item type no longer indicated whether an item was make or buy but you had to go to default order parameters. This created instant problems (1) - I cannot easily filter on Make versus BUy items anymore. I need a join. ...
Remove restrictions for COPY BOM and COPY ROUTE for Production orders
The COPY option for Prod BOM and Prod Route is important functionality. It is however close to unusuable because of the unreasonable restrictions on order status. It is very real life to have the need for COPY BOM or COPY ROUTE when the prod order is in estimated status or scheduled status. The ...
MRP "increase quantity" messages require refinement
Once production orders are in started status, one typically does not want to increase their quantity. Materials have been reserved and most likely already consumed partially, and hours could have been posted. MRP does not know anything about prod order status. It will cheerfully suggest to increa...
Where used in routings
We always needed a where - used look up for routings , for example this : -Show me all routing steps that have Resource or Resource group XYZ. -Show me all routing steps for Finished good item 1234 that have resource or resource group XYZ (search all subassembly routings below this finished good ...
Do we have a costed BOM? not really
Manufacturing companies always ask about a "costed BOM". We have the cost details screen in the Cost calculation screen that has all the info of the "costed BOM", material , labor overhead. But it is user unfriendly. It has a number of flaws that make it hard to use. 1.For setup labor cost, the...
Prevent blank warehouse in planned orders
Master planning can be set up to plan by site only or by site and warehouse. Most customers plan by site and warehouse.
This means that planned orders are supposed to have warehouses. If not, many cascading problems occur.
MRP is planning for a blank warehouse and demand and suppl...