Receive By-Products

Use this screen to receive by-products for a production order. This function is equivalent to the Traverse WM Receive or MP Record Production Activity functions.

Components set up in the BOM with a Detail Type of 'By-Product' are inventory items that are created by the manufacturing process, but are not the intended finished product. An example might be the production of sawdust or wood shavings in a furniture manufacturing operation. By-products must be assigned to a finished good on the Bill of Material Maintenance screen to be available to receive.

By-products must be defined in inventory, and should be assigned a standard cost. By-products are distinguished from scrap in that by-products have tangible value, whereas scrap is simply lost.

Receiving By-Products records the amount of by-product produced during the process of completing the production order, and then puts the by-product into inventory. A manufacturing Production Order for the by-product item you want to receive must be set up and 'In Process'.

You can see a list of by-products on the production order on the List tab.

To receive a by-product:

  1. Scan or enter the production order and release number from which you are receiving the by-product in the Order/Release No field.

  2. Tap the item you are receiving. Alternately, open the Detail tab and scan the item.

    If you are receiving all by-products, you can use the Receive All button.

    1. Scan or enter the Lot Number, Serial Number, and Expiration Date of the item you are receiving, as applicable. Serialized items will require a separate entry for each serial number with a Received Quantity of 1.
    2. Accept or scan/enter the Bin Number. The item/location default bin will populate the field, if available. If the item/location has no default bin, the location default bin will be used. You can select a different bin from the drop-down list. If you use a two-step process (receive items into a receiving bin and then put items away into stock), accept or select a receiving bin.

      If the Default Bin on Receiving WM business rule is set to 'No', the default Bin Number will be blank.

      If you use a single-step receiving process (receive items directly into stock), you can scan or select the stocking bin here.

    3. Scan or enter the Container, as applicable. If the WM Containers Auto Create business rule is set to 'Yes', you can use the Add button to create a new container. If the business rule is set to 'No', the Add button will not display. If the WM Use Containers business rule is set to 'No', the field will not appear.
    4. Accept or edit the number of labels you want to print in the No. of Labels field.
    5. Enter the item quantity you are receiving in the Qty Received field. If the Default Quantity on Receiving WM business rule is set to 'No', the default Qty Received will be set to zero.
    6. The Unit of measure for the by-product is displayed.
    7. Go to the List tab and select another item to receive as necessary. Repeat these steps for each by-product item you are receiving on the production order.

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  4. The Received tab lists the by-products that have been received. Tap the ellipsis and scroll as necessary to view item details.

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  5. On the Received tab, items you have received in the current session are indicated with a Delete icon in case you do not want to receive the item. The Receipt Number will be auto-generated with the <YearMonthDateTime> as the receipt number. The date will be the current workstation date. If necessary to view more information, click/touch the ellipsis to expand the details for the line.

    To remove items from the receipt, mark the check box by the Delete icon (Note: you cannot delete items that have already been confirmed).

    For printing labels: Accept or edit the quantity of labels you want to print in the Label Qty field. The check boxes indicate which item labels will print. You can mark all check boxes by using the Select All button. Clear all check boxes using the Deselect All button.

    If you want to change the label printer, expand the Printer section and select a different printer from the drop-down list. The available printers are those installed on the server that hosts Mobile WMS.

    Note: Only installed or virtual printers will be available to select. Redirected printers, such as those that show in Windows when you use a Remote Desktop connection (RDP), will not be available. Likewise, you cannot select the Microsoft Print to PDF or Microsoft XPS Writer virtual printers.

    Use the Printer icon to preview, print, and/or download the labels.

    Tap Confirm to confirm the receipt. A green message at the top of the screen will indicate the process is completed.

  6. Once the receipt is confirmed, you can proceed to the next production order to receive, as needed.

  7. If you mark the Receive and Putaway Together check box, the items you are receiving will be put directly into stock, in the bins specified on the Detail tab. If you clear the check box, the items you are receiving will be moved into a receiving bin (which may not be a receiving-type bin).

    After the confirm process, if you left the Receive and Putaway Together check box blank, use the Put Away function to put the items into stocking bins.

Use the Clear button to clear the screen.

When finished, select Menu to return to the Receiving menu.

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