Build Documents - Copy Back to Sales Order Lines   Bill of Materials allows the ability to create Works Order from Sales Order lines for Assembly Stock Items, once the Works Order has been created however the link is only used for reference... Read More

The Works Order Header and Detail entry screens allowed the facility for one lookup database for each screen, from this release this has now been increased to three lookup databases for each screen.   Installation   Application User... Read More

With increasing configuration options within Bill of Materials that can change the way that Works Order Print and Build documents can be processed users have requested an increase in the number of document definitions allowed for each type. From this... Read More

When adding a works order the system will automatically take you to the order detail entry screen after completing the order header. When updating, or viewing, the order header though you had to exit to update/view the details. A new option has been... Read More

The Words Order documents are structured in three areas – header, detail, and footer – if the number of order details exceeds the amount that can be printed within the detail area then a second page is printed with the remaining details (and so... Read More

When you create a works order the order is created, typically, based on the selected assembly code – the works order header based on the assembly and the works order details based on the components. The system allows the option to define copy items... Read More

Bill of Materials allows you to create Works Orders from Sales Orders. Generally, you would only create works orders if the Sales Order is ‘Active’, but options allow you to create the Works Order if the Sales Order is on ‘Hold... Read More

The History database is a user-definable enquiry database that can be configured for display against selected applications. Stock Control, for example, allowed for three history databases to be defined – the key is that the history database must... Read More

When using Time / Operation codes within Works Orders it can be useful to log the time these operations take against these works order lines. A special calculation option allows you to calculate a duration from a start date/time and end date/time.... Read More

As part of the Assembly structure you can have ‘Operation’ codes. Operations act as ‘stages’ or ‘headings’ within your works order so can track how far through the build process the works order has progressed. The... Read More

When selecting the option to change status of orders the first prompt asks to display orders in the sequence entered. This option lists each order in turn asking if wish to update the status. This new option allows you to omit this prompt and to... Read More

Each Works Order carries an Order Status. These are pre-set codes that categorise the orders as:  A Active Order H Held Order F Forward Order D Deleted Order C Completed Order This new feature allows for the definition of up to five user-defined... Read More

When processing sales or purchase order processing documents the option exists to save the processed quantity to another item on the order detail file, that quantity can then be used as the default ‘action’ quantity on another document.... Read More

Each Works Order has an order status – the standard five order status options are A-Active, C-Complete, H-Hold, F-Forward and D-Deleted.As mentioned above Bill of Materials now allows for up to five alternate user-defined status codes. The codes,... Read More

Print and Build Documents within Bill of Materials allow the system to validate the component issue quantity against the physically available value on the stock record. If insufficient stock on any component line, the system can then prompt for the... Read More

This new feature allows you to define up to five items for confirmation when the order status for a works order is changed and to tie these into a change from/to selected status codes. For example, when changing a works order from A-Active to C... Read More

As part of the Order Entry validation processes the system will not allow you to amend the order quantity below that which has been built / partially built. Similarly, the system will not allow you to delete a line if it has been built or partially... Read More

When processing a Print or Build document within Bill of Materials each document raised is assigned a document reference. This reference, if not set as the order reference itself, is usually an incremental counter. Bill of Materials allows for 12... Read More

When linking Datafile to other systems – for example for website updates or warehouse management integrations, or even for updates into other companies within the Datafile system -it can be a requirement to create ‘update’ files for the... Read More