To record the details of the various activities involved in the setup, issuing of material to, running, and completion of a job order, as well as moving finished goods from the job to inventory, you must enter job transactions in the system.
NOTE: Use the Perform Additional Validation shop floor control parameter to help avoid entering incorrect job transactions. If you post an incorrect transaction, you can reverse it by entering a negative transaction; see Reversing a Job Transaction for more information.
There are two general types of job transactions: material transactions and operation transactions.
Job material transactions record the quantity of materials issued from inventory to the job (or returned from the job to inventory). You can enter material transactions using any of these methods:
NOTE: If you are issuing material to a rework order, you must enter the job transaction manually using the Job Material Transactions form.
To view the the cost and quantity details of material transactions posted to a given job, run the Material Transactions Report or view the Accum Values tab on the Job Materials form.
Job operation transactions record the details of the job operations, including:
To enter a job operation transaction:
To move finished pieces from the job to inventory automatically when you create the job transaction, select the Job Stock Transaction field on the Shop Floor Control Parameters form.
If you need greater permissions control over the recording of finished pieces, clear the Job Stock Transaction field. With this field cleared, you must first enter the job transaction and then use the Job Receipt form to receive the finished goods into inventory. The Job Receipt form requires Inventory Control authorization.