Executing R31802

We run 2 shifts at our facilities. First shift runs from 6 am - 4 pm and second shift runs 4 pm - 3 am.
MPS and MRP are submitted at 4 am. They are both completed by 5:30 am. The questions I have is running R31802 (MFG Journal Entries).
1. What are the implications of running R31802 while users are transacting work orders?
2. How do other companies execute R31802 in a 24 x 7 shop?
3. How do you handle month-end where midnight to 3 am may be considered the previous months work? Do you consider any data input after midnight the new month?
Thank you in advance.
Paul Goyette - Erie Scientific Company
JDE OneWorld XE; SP16.1: SQL 7.0

JDE OneWorld Xe
SP-16.1
NT 4.0
SQL 7.0

The answer depends on the type of manufacturing process that your =
company
has. You can try running the R31802 to workorders that are above a
determined status. (completed, by example). This works fine if your
manufacturing process cycle time is fast and you use the backflushing
materials when complete option. If production is constantly issuing
materials and time to a WO (and you can expect a long time between the
moment when the order is cut and when it is completed) you can try =
running
the R31802 on an order basis. =20

When you run the R31802, it has sections that read data directly from =
the
F3111, F3111T, F3112 and F3112T tables (among others, but these are the =
ones
that store most recors - material and worked hours). The system =
resets
one field CST1 (unnacounted units and materials) which is updated every =
time
a transaction is posted (ex. when 3 units of an item are issued, the =
CST1
fiels is increased in 3 units in the F3111 table). You should do a =
debug to
solve the question of what happens when the R31802 is processing a =
record
that is updated at the same time that a transaction is performed that
affects the same record (this is a scenario that is not likely to =
happen,
but when you have worked with sofwtare you start to believe Murphy's =
Law).

I would recomend you to run the MRP earlier, or schedule the R31802 to =
start
before the MRP. The information produced by MRP is not as critical as =
the
one that the R31802 produces (accounting). =20

To solve the problem of the companies that run many shifts, you could =
use a
data selection on one of the category codes that you could use to =
represent
the shift where the WO was issued. In this way you could run the =
report
only on those orders that belongs to the shift that is not currently
running. =20

And for your last question, i guess you could modify the R31802 to hard =
code
assign the previous date to the processing option that indicates the GL =
Date
(Tab Defaults, option 1 - General Ledger Date). This is a quite simple
modification.


Best Regards,


Jorge Cabrera
The Premier Group

Paul,

How are you issuing inventory and labor? Manually,
backflush or super backflush? Are these scheduled
jobs? If so, what is their run frequency.

I have a client that manually closes all open work
orders at the end of each month. The work order
completion date drives the Mfg Acctg with the variance
generations. This may be similar to what you want to
acheive.

If you want more secifics, reply to me directly.
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Paul,

With regards to question 1, we found out the hard way that you do NOT want users running WO Completion while R31802 is running. This happened to us, and the WO's that were being completed would not get their completed cost filled in (as viewed from Variance Inquiry).

My 2 cents.

Don Sauve
Wagstaff, Inc.
OW XE, Update 1, SP15.1, HP-UX 11.0, Oracle 8.1.6

Hey List,

I don't know which was the question regarding the R31802 but if it is about
when to run it, everything has to do on how you setup your work order
statuses and on how you setup the R31802 and other programs processing
options. If they are all well setup, you can run your Journal Entries
Generation (R31802) and Variances Generation (R31804) at ANY TIME. If you
have any question or comment, please let me know.

Victor
Senior Manufacturing Consultant






Victor Marquez