Configurable Bills of Materials

305 Figure 21.11: The detail of a manufacturing order for product CPU_GEN The system shows you that you must manufacture product CPU_GEN using the components: CPU1, MB1, FAN, RAM. You can then confirm the production twice: Start of production: consumption of raw materials, End of production: manufacture of finished product. At this stage, you should click to edit the line for the product MB1 to enter a lot number for it. The lot number is usually shown the parent chart, so you should just copy that over. To do that put the cursor in the field Production Lot and press F1 to create a new lot. Set a lot reference, for example: MO:PL0000001 . The system may then show you a warning because this lot is not in stock, but you can ignore this message. The production order must be in the closed state as shown in the figure Production order after the different stages . Figure 21.12: Production order after the different stages 306

21.5.3 Manufacture of finished product

Having manufactured the intermediate product CPU_GEN, Open ERP then automatically proposes the manufacture of the computer PC2 using the order created earlier. So return to the menu for production orders to start Manufacturing → Manufacturing → Manufacturing Orders. You will find computer PC2 which has been sold to the customer, as shown in the figure Complete the production of PC2 . Figure 21.13: Complete the production of PC2 Just as for product CPU_GEN, confirm the production order between two dates: start of production and end of production. The product sold to the customer has now been manufactured and the raw materials have been consumed and taken out of stock. Tip: Automatic Actions As well as managing the use of materials and the production of stocks, manufacturing can have the following automatic effects which are detailed further on in the chapter: • adding value to stock, • generating operations for assembly staff, • automatically creating analytical accounting entries.

21.5.4 Delivery of product to the customer

When the products have been manufactured, the storesperson automatically finds the order in his list of items to do. To see the items waiting for picking, use the menu Warehouse → Warehouse Management → Outgoing Deliveries . You will find lists of packing to be done, there, as shown in the figure List of packing operations to be done . 307 Figure 21.14: List of packing operations to be done The packing orders are presented in priority order of despatch so the storesperson must begin with the orders at the top of the list. Confirm that your packing list has been created by looking for the customer name Agrolait or by its reference SO007 . Tip: Packing and Delivery Depending on whether you work in the simplified or extended mode you may need a further step to make a delivery to your customer, so you would have to carry out the two steps: • picking list, • delivery order.

21.5.5 Invoicing at delivery

Periodically the administrator or an accountant can send invoices based on the deliveries that have been carried out. To do that, you can use the menu Warehouse → Warehouse Management → Outgoing Deliveries. You then get a list of all the deliveries that have been made but have not yet been invoiced. So select some or all of the deliveries. Click on the action Create Invoice. Open ERP asks if you want to group the deliveries from the same partner into a single invoice or if you would prefer to invoice for each delivery individually. Figure 21.15: Invoicing of deliveries