Production Journal

The Production Journal is enhanced to incorporate variance checks for both output and consumption entries. These enhancements ensure compliance with variance policies and include:

• Validation of output and consumption against tolerances defined for the associated Production Order Line or Production Order Component Line.
• Addition of five new fields to manage variance policies and tolerances: Variance Policy, Under Output Tolerance (%), Over Output Tolerance (%), Under Consumption Tolerance (%) and Over Consumption Tolerance (%).

Business Rules

Output Lines

• On Production Journal lines with Entry Type = Output, the system validates the total output (sum of already posted output + the current line quantity) against the defined tolerance on the source Production Order Line.

• When Variance Policy = Warning:

  • If the total output exceeds the tolerance the system shows a warning message.

    • If the user selects Yes, the Output Quantity field is validated, and posting proceeds.
    • If the user selects No, no changes are made, and the line cannot be posted.

  • If multiple lines exceed the tolerance, the system displays the warning for the first line. The user must resolve the issue before posting again, and subsequent warnings are displayed one at a time.

• When Variance Policy = Blocked:

  • If the total output exceeds the tolerance, an error is displayed.

    • Posting is blocked until the recorded output is within the allowed variance.

• When Variance Policy = None:

  • No warnings or errors are displayed. The system records the actual output as reported without restrictions.

Consumption Lines

On Production Journal lines with Entry Type = Consumption, the system validates the total consumption (sum of already posted consumption + the current line quantity) against the defined tolerance on the source Production Order Component Line.

• When Variance Policy = Warning:

  • If the total consumption exceeds the tolerance the system shows a warning message.

    • If the user selects Yes, the Quantity to Handle field is validated, and posting proceeds.
    • If the user selects No, no changes are made, and the line cannot be posted.

• Similar to output lines, warnings are displayed one line at a time, requiring the user to resolve each issue before re-posting.

• When Variance Policy = Blocked:

  • If the total consumption exceeds the tolerance, an error is displayed.

    • Posting is blocked until the recorded consumption is within the allowed variance.

• When Variance Policy = None:

  • No warnings or errors are displayed. The system records the actual consumption as reported without restrictions.