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Change dimension display behavior
The dimension display idea is a terrible idea and it is time for something better. -If an item has storage or tracking dimensions active, those will be the dimensions showing in the on-hand screen, in the inventory transactions screen, the sales order screen, the purchase order and the production order and all journals , the transfer order., everywhere we know have to click dimension display seperately for each screen to see what we need to see. -I can still uncheck or check dimensions per screen but the default is always based on the active dimensions of the item. -
No set up job and process JOB Id's please when there is zero time
When I schedule a prod order, the system generates setup job and process job id's for every set up and run time on every operation even is the time on these is ZERO . When you , by mistake, scan one of those you get "job not found". This makes no sense. A routing setup of zero time should waste job id numbers that are printing as bar codes on the route card, opening the door for user mistakes. This should really be changed. Many customers have trouble with this.
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Warning messages when set up for subcontracting not complete
Subcontracted routing operations need to be completed. One can do this manually but much more convenient is to use the parameter in prod control or subcontract PO's. Upon receiving of such a PO, the subcon operation can be completed using a special route group. This set up is pretty subtle and the user can easily forget something .The system will never warn the user. The user is in a wide open situation without guidance THe idea is to add warning messages as follows -When the user switches the parameter for SUbcon PO's for routing card to "Route group dependent", perform the following checks for a production order that has a service item in its BOM with line type "vendor". During estimation check: -whether the route type = vendor -whether the route group for the subcon operation does indeed have the right checkboxes to flush the labor and complete the operation -whether the Service item in the PROd BOM is linked to the subcontract operation -whether the service item in the prod bom has a warehouse Four warnings can result from this in sequence of above: -:route type of subcon operation is not "vendor" -Route group of subcon operation does not have automatic consumption and completion checked -Subcontract service item not linked to subcontract routing operation -subcontract service item has no warehouse This would prevent a lot of grief.
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DO not allow same resource in multiple assets
New Asset management module. An asset is a resource in manufacturing. The system allows you to put the same resource in multiple assets. That should not be allowed. One resource can only be connected to one asset. please change this so the system warns you when you make the mistake of linking the same resource to two assets. -
In Capacity load graph, give different color to project activities
New module Asset management: when I have maintenance work orders and regular work orders in the same time period on a resource, the graphical capacity load summarizes the two hour types into the same color. This is very unexpected. In 2012 I thought that project activities showed as a differnent color. They absolutely should. Please change this. -
Improve the unpick process for prod orders
When you unpick items on a Production order, the functionality is insufficient and not quite thought through. it asks you no question. After the unpick the item is located in the INPUT location of the Resource group. This means it is not truly available for a next pick. When the user is ready to go forward and pick again, the unpicked items are not showing up. They switch to status picked silently during the release to warehouse of the prod order. THis is highly un intuitive functionality. It will not appear on picking work. This confuses the user greatly. It does not map to the real events on the factory floor. We should have the functionality of the sales order line unpick. When you unpick a sales order, you get a question: where you want to put the item: back in original storage location? or back on Out dock? etc. This puts the user in control. That makes sense. Production functionality for unpick makes no sense.
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Make the posting error message more specific
When an item group has missing GL accounts, we get an error message. But when the item group is fine but there is something missing in the GL structures, we get exactly the same error message. This is not good news for the user. The user is not getting the right message. Posting errors should mention precisely what is missing and where. This cannot be hard. THe error in both cases : "Account number for transaction xxxx does not exist". This is factually wrong. The account number does exist. Please split up this error message in more precise descriptions. -
Hours time field in routing operation should be restricted
The hours/time field in the routing op is a conversion factor. It is defaulting to 1. This means that the numbers in my time fields are "hours". For short run times we put in 0.0167 . Now my numbers mean "minutes". Maybe in some cases we put in "24" so now the numbers in my time fields stand for calendar days. Processes like curing in ovens etc. But that is about it. No other values should be needed. no other values should be possible. This field should not be wide open for ANY number. We just had somebody put in 300 by mistake. The routing time exploded to a huge number, creating panic in the cost accounting department. The user should be protected against this type of grotesk mistakes. The field should not be a numeric conversion factor. All manufacturing companies in the world can function perfectly with a simple 3 value enum choice here: are you talking hours, minutes or days in your setup and run times? that is it. This would be a step forward for user friendliness.
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Date range for configurator model version
Constraint based configurator model is linked to a product master in the version screen. This version , just like a BOM version, has a from.. to date. The defaults popping into the TO date is rather meaningless. "TODAY". So if the user does not pay attention to the dates, his configurator model will only work today. This is a mistake and should be changed to what it is in the rest of the system: FROM date = today TO date - blank. -
Don't limit rescheduling of production orders
With the arrival of Advanced warehousing there is "picking work" for a production order. We found that open picking work stops the rescheduling of the prod order. we do not understand why this is good functionality. It creates a lot of problems for those companies that do not pick all Prod BOM items at the start. Our customer picks the majority before operation 10 starts, but then subsequent pickings occur. Every time there is picking work , the scheduling does not work. Which means the capacity is not updated correctly after an operation is completed. The system wants to reschedule to reflect the spent hours but it can't. Our idea: REMOVE the dependency between picking and scheduling. There is no business reason to have this connection. Scheduling should only stop because of the usual missing calendars or missing resources in resource groups. It is a very bad idea to create a dependency with material picking being complete. This is not how real businesses operate.
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