Managing and Executing Production Runs

For an introduction to Production Runs, and a guide through the various preparations leading up to the actual production event, refer to Production Runs.

When all of the documentation is in place, the Production Run has been created and approved by any reviewers who may have authority to revise plans, and the editing is finished, it is time to start execution of the Product Run by scheduling it according to it's official date and time.

In the following section of the User Guide, we will describe how a Production Run is executed, which includes these steps:

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Executing the Routing of a Production Run

As we discussed in the section on Production Routings when a Routing is specified in a Production Run the manufacturing process will follow the list of tasks it contains, and each Routing Task will be executed in the sequence specified, using the relevant Bill of Materials identified by the Product ID, of course.

Implementing the Production Routing is accomplished when the Production Run is advanced through its various stages as indicated by the Production Run "Status" value. In addition to implementing all of the steps of the Routing, the Production Run also accomplishes many other things as indicated by the Status Indicators for the Production Run.

Production Run Status

• Created -- The Production Run has been created and saved.
• Scheduled -- The finalized Production Run has been scheduled on the Manufacturing Calender which can be accessed at [Warehouse] Icon > [Manufacturing] Tab > [Manufacturing Calender] button.
• Canceled -- The Production Run which was Created but not yet Started has been Canceled.
• Confirmed -- The Production Run which was Created has been Confirmed (approved) for Start of execution. At this Status the run can no longer be Canceled, but it can still be Reverted.
• PO Pending -- A Production Run with one or more Outsourced Tasks has the Outsourcing purchase orders Pending action to place those orders.
• Outsourced -- A Production Run with one or more Outsourced Tasks has the purchase orders placed for the relevant outsourced services.
• Running -- A Routing Task is currently running according the the Production Routing list of Routing Tasks.
• Reverted -- A Production Run that was Confirmed or Started has been stopped and has been processed according to the Reverting a Production Run processing.
• Completed -- The Production Run has been fully executed, the results captured in the data from the task declarations (using the [Declare] button, and the products that were produced have been claimed for transfer into inventory, or to fulfill pending orders.
• Closed -- The Production Run is closed and is archived in the database, it can no longer be modified.

In the following sections we will proceed through the steps and the various status conditions of the Production Run.