Walkthrough: Post consumption from the production location

Article07/18/20243 min read

In our company our bottling line is consuming beer, bottles, crates, etc… from the production location. The bottling line ends in our shipment warehouse at the wrapping machine.

Warehouse Employees in the warehouse location post the output, check Walkthrough: Add Production Output to the scanner and post output. And Production Employees post consumption from within the Production Location.

Required documents to scan:

Check Setup to scan consumption

  1. Select the Search icon , enter Locations and then choose the related link.
  2. Select the Location PROD_WMS.
  3. Choose the Configure WMS action.
  4. Check the fields in the Journal Setup and Production Consumption FastTab.

Explanation To guide the Production Employee to the bin with the oldest Lot No, we use one picking template line. Be aware any item, Lot tracked, LPN Tracked, not tracked, can be scanned, so consumed.

  1. Choose the Modules on Scanner action.
  2. Choose the Adv. Prod Consumption Module.
  3. Check the module.
  4. Close all pages.

Create a production order

  1. Select the Search icon , enter Released Production Orders, and then choose the related link.
  2. Choose the New action.
  3. Enter 1212 in the Source No. field.
  4. Enter 4000 in the Quantity field.
  5. Enter SILVER_WMS in the Location Code field.
  6. Enter SO-BULK-11 in the Bin Code field.
  7. Choose the Refresh Production Order action.
  8. Choose OK.
  9. Select the first line.
  10. Choose the Components action in the Lines.
  11. Change the Location Code field in all lines to PROD_WMS.
  12. Close the Prod. Order Components.

Post Consumption on the scanner

  1. Open the WMS App on the scanner and login to Location PROD_WMS, WMS - Production site Birmingham - Bonded.
  2. Check the Production group.
  3. Select the Prod. Consump module, this opens the document list.
  4. Select the first line, this opens the item list.

Due to these items not having a GTIN code we can only select the items by scanning the item code or by long pressing a line to register.

  1. Scan the Bin BT01. The bin appears above the Quantity Input.
  2. In the field Quantity Input, enter 319.
  3. Long press on the first line.
  4. Scan the Lot No. LB-0014.
  5. When all quantity or more is consumed for an item, the line for this item will disappear from the list.
  6. Scan the Bin PACKAGE 01. The bin appears above the Quantity Input.
  7. In the Quantity Input field, enter 10000.
  8. Scan Item 6711.
  9. Scan the Lot No. CR455.
  10. The quantity in the item line is reduced to 86000.
  11. Choose Complete, Yes, to finish the Consumption.
  12. Close the document list.

Explanation Every time a scan is performed, a line is created in the WMS Entries of the document line in the WMS Activity List. This line has all the information to be able to post the consumption of the scanned License Plate. The Consumption Journal toggle in the WMS Configuration of the Location PROD_WMS is turned on, it means Consumption will automatically been posted when completing the Receipt on the scanner. If the Consumption Journal toggle is turned off, you can check the WMS Entries in the WMS Activity List before manually posting the Consumption.

The consumption is posted, to verify the warehouse movements, check the Warehouse Entries and the Detailed Warehouse Entries.