Issue Material and Place In Structure

Explanation

This activity is used to issue inventory serial parts and place them in an equipment structure.

Prerequisites

Before issuing material,

System Effects

If the user has connected warehouses in the User Connected to Warehouses window, the issue logic will work as below:

Window

Work Task
Prepare Work Order
Active Work Orders
Work Order Structure

Related Window Descriptions

Work Task
Prepare Work Order 
Prepare Work Order/Materials 
Report In Work Order 
Report In Work Order/Materials
Manual Issue

Procedure

Alternative 1:  Automatic Issue

  1. Open the Work Task window, Prepare Work Order window or the Report In Work Order window and click the Materials tab.
  2. Select one or more material line(s) you want to issue, right-click and click Issue. The selected  records will be updated accordingly. Note: You can only issue material automatically if the material is not serial tracked. The number of parts issued will be displayed in the Quantity Issued field. 
    Note: If a material line is not selected in the table it will not considered for automatic issue. Further, the unselected material lines will not reflect changes that may occur in parallel (for example, if a part is issued on another work order)

Alternative  2: Manual Issue

  1. Open the Work Task window, Prepare Work Order window or the Report In Work Order window and click the Materials tab.
  2. Select the material line you want to issue manually, right-click and then click Issue Manually. You can manually issue material that are serial tracked or not serial tracked.
  3. Enter the quantity you want to issue from the selected inventory location. You can see the number of parts available in the inventory. As for parts that are serial tracked, you can select which part is to be issued.
  4. The number of parts issued will be displayed in the Quantity Issued field of the material lines. Note: Only the records for the parts you manually issued will be updated. Further, the material lines that were not selected will not reflect changes to material that may occur in parallel (for example, if a part is issued on another work order).