Stock > Internal flows > Assembly 

Use the Assembly function to assemble components in order to create a parent product, based on a production Bill Of Material (BOM), without using work orders.

The assembly translates into the stock receipt of the parent product and the stock issue of various components coming from the BOM or added by the user. These movements are gathered under a single assembly note code.

SEEWARNINGUnlike for the production by work order, thetraceabilityis not available.

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When entering the Disassembly function, you need to choose a transaction among those set up.
Depending on the setup of the selected transaction, it is possible to associate a movement code and/or a project code with the assembly note.

Parent product to be assembled:

A table enables to enter the parent product to be assembled. It must be noted that the assembly function only allows for one parent product to be assembled for each note.

Through the Selection icon, you can select this parent product (product and BOM code) among the list of products in the BOM header. The BOM code is then automatically loaded.

Entering details for a product stock receipt is done in the same way as a receipt entry: depending on the setup of the chosen transaction, you can enter the stock receipt information directly in the Parent product note line.

The stock information is preloaded by default according to the rule for the management of miscellaneous receipt movements defined at the level of the product category the parent product belongs to. Moreover, the default values can be modified (see the Product categories documentation).

It is always possible to detail the receipt information by clicking Enter detailed quantities from the Actions menu on the parent product line: it is possible to distribute the entry on several lots, sub-lots or serial numbers, or different warehouses, locations, statuses, or stock identifiers, if needed and depending on the parent product management method. 
SEEREFERTTO Please refer to the documentation Stock Receipts for more information on the detailed entry of receipts.

If the parent product is managed by lot and a new lot is entered, click Lot complement to enter the information relating to the lot (expiry date and potency, version number if the tracking of versions is active at the product setup level, user heading entry depending on the transaction).

Click on Lot Info from the Actions menu to know, during the entry, how the lot code can be loaded.

Finally, use the Actions menu at the parent product level to access its Stock by site, Stock by lot and Detailed stock.

During an assembly, the dock entries are not provided for.

The receipt movement carried out is a movement of the miscellaneous receipt type.

Assembly modification: it is not possible to delete an assembly or an assembly component. It is necessary to use a disassembly operation.  However, the receipt movements can be modified by clicking onModification on entries from the icon Actions on the parent product line, but only if the assembly concerned has never been subjected to a disassembly.

An assembly that has been subjected to a disassembly bears the related disassembly code in the note header. 

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Fields

The following fields are present on this tab :

Block number 1

Enter or select the storage site where the selected product is active.

The Selection icon (magnifying glass) only suggests products that are referenced in the products-sites table.

  • Entry (field VCRNUM)

The document type, the document number and the document line number are used to identify the origin of the stock movement:

  • Supplier receipt
  • Customer delivery
  • Work order
  • Receipt movement
  • Description (field VCRDES)

This is the description of the document.

  • Allocation date (field IPTDAT)

Date utilisée à la comptabilisation du mouvement. Elle est initialisée avec la date du jour et peut être changée pour une date antérieure, si la date sélectionnée se situe dans une période ouverte du calendrier comptable.

SEEINFOVous ne pouvez pas saisir une date supérieure à la date du jour.

Movement group, initialized by the movement group of the transaction being used.
This statistical information is recorded in the stock journal when saving the receipt/disposal movements. This movement group comes from the miscellaneous table number 9. The value given in the transaction setup corresponds to a default value that can/cannot be visualized and/or modified according to the transaction setup (entered, displayed, hidden field).

This field contains the reference of the project for which the information has been entered.
This field is not controlled in a table.

  • In a request for quotes, this field is empty by default.
  • in a purchase order, this field can be initialized by default using the Project reference of the previous line or that of the request for quotes considered.

It is possible to enter a free code or a project code defined in the Project object in the CRM activities module. In this latter case, the user has two possibilities to enter such a code:

  • the first contextual menu, Selection, is used to select a project from a selection list containing all the projects defined in object Projects,
  • the second contextual menu Projects is used to directly access the Projects object, according to the user's authorizations, and then to carry out a selection.

If the order arises from a requirement and this requirement has a project code, the project code of the order will be initialized with this project code.

  • Warehouse (field WRHE)

The presence of this box is subject to the activity code WRH.
Movement warehouse, suggested by default for all the document lines.
It must be entered if it is defined as mandatory at the level of the entry transaction.
It is loaded in priority with the warehouse defined for the user. If it fails to be set up at user lever, it is initialized with the warehouse defined, by default, at site level for this type of movement.

  • Disassembly (field VCRNUMORI)

Document number that generated the disassembly.
If the assembly has been disassembled, no modification is possible.

Grid Parent product

Description of the product to be assembled.

  • Product description (field ITMDES1)

This is the description entered on the product record. This description is transferred from the sales invoice to the purchase invoice in case of inter-company invoicing. When the invoice stems from another document, the standard description is inherited from the source line.

  • Alternative (field BOMALT)

Several BOMs can be defined for a single product reference.
They can be distinguished via the code, entered on two numbers.

The various BOM codes can be used to manage different product structures according to their use context such as:

  • MRP calculation,
  • sales order entry,
  • manufacturing/production.

This field can be left empty (value = 0) to enable manual entry of the components. In this case, only the component is loaded.

  • Type (field BOMALTTYP)

 

It is possible to specify a packing unit by supplier.
This product can have several packing units:

  • A packing unit defined on the product record (from the Packing units table). These units are proposed during stock transaction entry.
    The number of packing units that can be entered is subject to the NUC - Number of packing units activity code.
  • A packing unit linked to the supplier (defined on the product-supplier record).
  • Two customer packing units (from the product-customer record). These can be used as sales units in order entry.

Only packing type units from the units of measure table can be selected.

  • Quantity (field QTYPCU)

This field indicates the quantity to be processed expressed in PAC.

SEEINFO This quantity can be partially changed.

  • PAC-STK conversion (field PCUSTUCOE)

Conversion factor used to calculate the quantity in stock units from a quantity entered in packing units: Quantity in STK = Qty in PAC * conversion factor.

This conversion factor can be accessed if the packing Unit field (PCU) has been entered, and has a value different from the Stock unit field (STU). It can be initialized using the conversion factor table if the combination exists.

 

  • STK quantity (field QTYSTU)

 

  • Warehouse (field WRH)

The presence of this field is subject to the activity code WRH.
It is loaded with the warehouse displayed in the document header.

  • It can still be changed if this field is set up so as to be entered at entry transaction level.
    When it is entered, the warehouse is automatically loaded on the stock detail lines and cannot be modified.
  • It cannot be modified when the entry transaction is set up as single-warehouse managed. The header warehouse is then mandatory and the warehouse cannot be entered either on the document lines or on the stock detail lines.

    To manage multiple warehouses and enter the same slip line on various warehouses, you must enable the entry of the warehouse-line at the entry transaction level. To split a line onto several warehouses, click, the Actions icon and select Enter detailed quantities.
    When a receipt line is distributed on various warehouses, this field is loaded on the slip line with character '$'.

SEEINFO The warehouse entered on the line has priority over the warehouse entered in the header.

This field is subject to the LPN - License plate no. management activity code.

Indicate the container used. It is initialized based on the default container defined for the Product-site and can be modified if the entry in this field is enabled at the entry transaction level.
The entered container is used to filter the license plate number selection list.

Help common to stock entry functions (Miscellaneous receipts, Receipts, Customer returns, etc.) and the Invoices function (in this case, the field is only displayed and editable for a credit memo or a direct invoice).
This field is subject to the LPN - License plate no. management activity code.

The management of this field depends on the 'Mandatory' or 'Optional' nature of the license plate number, which is defined for the Product category on the Receipt flow section.

In both cases, you can select the license plate number to be used. The selection list displays the active license plate numbers (both 'Free' or 'In stock') associated with the entered container. If no container is specified, the selection list displays all active license plate numbers attached to the site and available in stock. These containers are the ones you created previously, either by unit via the License plate number function or by batch via the License plate number creation function. You can also directly access the License plate numbers function in order to create a number and then switch back to entry mode on the document.
If you want to enter multiple license plate numbers on the same document line, leave this field blank and click Enter detailed quantities entry from the Actions icon available on the document line.
When you enter a license plate number, there is no restriction on the line quantity, as compared to the capacity of the container used.

  • When the license plate number is 'Mandatory', you can leave this field blank and create the relevant license plate number(s) 'on the fly'. The number of containers is determined automatically based on:
    - The container capacity; This capacity is defined on the Product-site record, Management section, based on the packaging and/or stock unit of the product.
    - The line quantity; When multiple containers are required, the number of containers is displayed on the Enter detailed quantities window. This window opens automatically if stock information is missing from the line entry. Otherwise, click the Actions icon from the document line to open it.
    After the creation process, the '$' symbol is displayed in the License plate number field of the document line if the line has been distributed over different license plate numbers. To view the list of license plate numbers used, click the Actions icon on the document line and open the Receipt modifications window.
    You can only create numbers 'on the fly' when the following conditions are met:
- The License plate number is set to 'Mandatory' for the Product category.
- The entered container and unit must be defined in the containers setup table at the Product-site level.
- The container capacity must be defined in the same unit as the document line.
Once the numbers have successfully been created 'on the fly', the License plate number label printing window is automatically displayed if printing is authorized by the entry transaction.
  • When the license plate number is 'Optional', no 'on the fly' creation is performed. If you want to use one or several containers, you need to manually enter their license plate number on the document line, or in detailed line entry mode. You may also use the License plate number assignment function afterwards.

Inter-site / inter-company specificities: for an inter-site or inter-company receipt, the license plate number does not correspond to the one specified on the sales delivery, since the LPN is single-site.

  • Status (field STA)

The stock status is used to define if a product is:

  • A: Accepted
  • Q: Pending Quality Control
  • R: Rejected

A sub-status of two alphanumerical characters is used to further define the status.


Example:

  • RD: Rejected products to be destroyed
  • SR: Supplier return

The statuses and sub-statuses authorized in a stock transaction can depend on various factors:

  • The ‘subject to control’ code of the product
  • The ‘subject to control’ code of the received order
  • A list of values which can be set up. This list is associated with the stock transaction.

The stock totals for a product are updated according to the status entered in the transactions:

  • For physical stock: total of stock with status ‘A’
  • For stock under quality control: total of stock with status ‘Q’
  • For rejected stock: total of stock with status ‘R’
  • Location type (field LOCTYP)

Location types are used to codify warehouse locations according to storage characteristics such as their dimensions, authorized statuses and technical constraints.

The location type is automatically loaded from the location type associated with:

  • the container (if entered); The location type can be modified if the status of the container is ‘Free’, which means it does not contain any stock lines yet.
  • the products by warehouse (if warehouses are managed);
  • the product-site.

In all cases, the location type can be modified if its entry is enabled at the level of the entry transaction.

You may only enter a ‘dock’ type location if the entry transaction authorizes receipts on dock.

SEEINFOWhen warehouses are managed, entry of a location type is only permitted if at least one location is linked to the entered type and warehouse.

  • Location (field LOC)

Depending on the entry transaction setup, the information related to locations is accessible for entry at receipt note line level.
On the other hand, in all cases, these fields can be accessed from the detailed entry of the receipt note, provided that the product is managed by location. If the product is not location-managed, the detailed entry of the receipt does not display the Location type and Location fields.

The storage location is automatically loaded based on the location type, if it is specified. Otherwise, the location taken into account is the following (in order of priority):

  • the location that may be associated to the entered license plate number. It can be modified if the status of the container is ‘Free’ and thus does not contain any stock lines yet.
  • the default location defined in the Product-warehouses record, if warehouses are managed.
  • the location defined in the Product-site record. This value can later be modified.

SEEINFOWhen the warehouses are managed, only a location linked to the specified warehouse can be entered.

Additionally, it is possible to enter on the same receipt note line using several different locations. In order to do this, you need to detail the line in the Quantity detail entry window.This window opens automatically if stock information is missing from the line entry. Otherwise, open it by clicking the Actions icon from the note line.
If a receipt line is distributed over several location types and/or different locations, the corresponding fields on the document line display the '$' character.

  • Supplier lot (field BPSLOT)

The supplier lot number can be entered for information purposes in the receipt transactions, and displayed in the stock issue transactions.

It is recorded in the stock file and corresponds to the internal lot number. This ensures that the origin of goods can be tracked.

  • Lot (field LOT)

Lot concerned by the receipt transaction.

  • No. (field NBSLO)

This field contains the number of sub-lots concerned by the stock transaction.

  • Sublot (field SLO)

Sub-lot concerned by the stock transaction.

  • Ending sublot (field SLOF)

 

  • Serial number (field SERNUM)

  • Enter the first serial number concerned by the movement.
    When the issue applies to the stock line of a product managed in Issue/receipt and including discontinuous serial numbers or differentiators such as the lot, status or location, the serial number selection is performed in the stock issue Detailed entry window. This window opens automatically at the end of a line entry or from the Actions icon.
    If an issue line is distributed over several serial numbers, the Serial number and Ending serial number fields of the document line are loaded with the $ character.
  • When the issue applies to the stock line of a product managed in Global issue/receipt, you can enter the first serial number. If the system automatically determines a stock line including the quantity to be issued, the ending serial number is automatically loaded. Otherwise, this first serial number is deleted automatically and the Detailed entry window of the stock issue opens automatically at the end of the line entry so you can select the serial number sequences to be issued.
    The issue table will then be loaded with as many issue lines as sequences of issued serial numbers.

  • Last S/N (field SERNUMF)

 

  • Identifier 1 (field PALNUM)

Use this field to enter additional information, if necessary.

  • Identifier 2 (field CTRNUM)

This field indicates the first recorded identifier.

  • Order price (field PRIORD)

Order price.

  • Movement description (field MVTDES)

Enter a free description that will be registered in all the stock transactions associated with the delivery line.
This description is also accessible from the stock issue detail window. If it has been modified by this function, it will be automatically recovered and registered on the shipment line in this field.

The analytical dimensions are initialized in compliance with the Default dimensions setup. Depending on the setup, they remain available for modification.
When an analytical dimension is used for project management tracking, any modification of the project code leads to the dimension code being reset based on the Default dimensions setup.

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Tab Components

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Entering a parent product and a BOM code automatically loads the components table by reading of the BOM.

The quantities to be issued for each component are calculated from the quantity to be assembled and the BOM link quantity for each component. This quantity can be modified.

When creating the assembly note, it is possible to delete a component planned on the BOM, or to add unexpected components by direct entry in the component table.

The components of the sub-product type are not considered.

*If a component is present several times in the BOM, the quantities are not aggregated; several issue lines are generated.

*If there is a phantom component in the BOM: if the phantom component is managed in stock and has sufficient available stock to cover the parent product requirement, the phantom component remains on the component list in order to be consumed. If, on the contrary, the phantom component does not have sufficient available stock, it is passed over and its components are displayed for the assembly.  

Addition of an unexpected phantom component: only possible if this phantom component has available stock.

Only the phantom stock has the status 'A' to calculate the available stock.

Click on BOM from the Actions menu on the component line to view the BOM of a component of the phantom type.

Determination of the stock lines to be issued: the determination of the stock lines to be issued is based on the detailed allocation rule dedicated to internal movements and on the dedicated management rules for miscellaneous issues. These rules are described at component product category level.

It is also possible to manually select the stock lines to be issued by clicking on Stock issues from the Actions menu accessible on the parent product line: the system displays a selection screen for the stock lines to be issued, with possible filters. Its functioning is described in the Stock issues documentation.

The component issue movements are movements of the miscellaneous issue type linked to an entry of the assembly type.

Valuation of assembly movements:

Receipts: if the parent product price is not entered, the value of the receipt movement is calculated as a sum of the issue values of its components.

*Issues: The component issues are valued according to the retained valuation rule for the issues of each of the products.

Posting of the assembly movements :

The analytical dimensions of the assembly note are preloaded by default as follows:

*Analytical dimensions in note header: they are loaded by default via the dimension code STKBBYH, and they can be modified if the transaction setup allows it.

*Analytical dimensions in note lines: they are loaded by default via the dimension code STKBBYD, and they can be modified if the transaction setup allows it.

*Analytical dimensions of parent product receipt movements: they are loaded by default using the dimension code STJEND, and they can be modified if the transaction setup allows it.

* Analytical dimensions of component issue movements: they are loaded by default using the dimension code STJSOR, and they can be modified if the transaction setup allows it.

 Modification of an assembly:

It is possible to modify the issue movements by clicking on Modification of issues, from the icon Actions. However, it is not possible to delete a component or an assembly: it is necessary to carry out a disassembly in this case.

An assembly that has been subjected to a disassembly bears the related disassembly code in the note header. 

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Fields

The following fields are present on this tab :

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Component product reference.

  • Product description (field ITMDES1)

This is the description entered on the product record. This description is transferred from the sales invoice to the purchase invoice in case of inter-company invoicing. When the invoice stems from another document, the standard description is inherited from the source line.

  • Major version (field ECCVALMAJ)

Whether the version numbers are displayed or not depends on the setup of the entry transaction.
They are only managed at the level of the window Lot complement.

  • Minor version (field ECCVALMIN)

Whether the version numbers are displayed or not depends on the setup of the entry transaction.
They are only managed at the level of the window Lot complement.

Product storage unit.

  • Quantity (field QTYPCU)

Quantity to be issued on a stock line, expressed in physical stock unit.

  • PAC-STK conversion (field PCUSTUCOE)

Conversion factor used to calculate the quantity in stock units from a quantity entered in packing units: Quantity in STK = Qty in PAC * conversion factor.

This conversion factor can be accessed if the packing Unit field (PCU) has been entered, and has a value different from the Stock unit field (STU). It can be initialized using the conversion factor table if the combination exists.

  • Enter the first serial number concerned by the movement.
    When the issue applies to the stock line of a product managed in Issue/receipt and including discontinuous serial numbers or differentiators such as the lot, status or location, the serial number selection is performed in the stock issue Detailed entry window. This window opens automatically at the end of a line entry or from the Actions icon.
    If an issue line is distributed over several serial numbers, the Serial number and Ending serial number fields of the document line are loaded with the $ character.
  • When the issue applies to the stock line of a product managed in Global issue/receipt, you can enter the first serial number. If the system automatically determines a stock line including the quantity to be issued, the ending serial number is automatically loaded. Otherwise, this first serial number is deleted automatically and the Detailed entry window of the stock issue opens automatically at the end of the line entry so you can select the serial number sequences to be issued.
    The issue table will then be loaded with as many issue lines as sequences of issued serial numbers.

  • STK quantity (field QTYSTU)

 

  • Warehouse (field WRH)

The presence of this field is subject to the WRH activity code.
It defaults to the value of the warehouse specified in the header.

  • This field can be modified if it is defined as available for entry at the level of the entry transaction.
    When this field is entered, it is used as a filter for stock detail line selection and cannot be modified.
    When this field is not entered, the warehouse defined by default for this type of movement in the product-site record is used as the selection filter.
  • It cannot be modified when the entry transaction is set up as single-warehouse managed. The header warehouse is then mandatory and the warehouse cannot be entered either on the document lines or on the stock detail lines.
    To manage multiple warehouses on the lines, the entry must be set up at the entry transaction level. The selection of a single product line distributed over multiple warehouses is available by clicking Enter detailed quantities from the Actions icon.
    If a single product line is distributed over multiple warehouses, the corresponding fields display the '$' character.

SEEINFOThe warehouse entered on the line has priority over the warehouse entered in the header.

This field is subject to the LPN - License plate no. management activity code.
It refers to the license plate number of the container impacted by the issue.

  • Lot (field LOT)

Lot upon which the issue will be carried out.

  • Sublot (field SLO)

Sub-lot concerned by the stock transaction.

  • Location (field LOC)

This field indicates the stock issue location.

  • Status (field STA)

Status of the lots upon which the issue will be carried out.

  • Serial number (field SERNUM)

  • Enter the first serial number concerned by the movement.
    When the issue applies to the stock line of a product managed in Issue/receipt and including discontinuous serial numbers or differentiators such as the lot, status or location, the serial number selection is performed in the stock issue Detailed entry window. This window opens automatically at the end of a line entry or from the Actions icon.
    If an issue line is distributed over several serial numbers, the Serial number and Ending serial number fields of the document line are loaded with the $ character.
  • When the issue applies to the stock line of a product managed in Global issue/receipt, you can enter the first serial number. If the system automatically determines a stock line including the quantity to be issued, the ending serial number is automatically loaded. Otherwise, this first serial number is deleted automatically and the Detailed entry window of the stock issue opens automatically at the end of the line entry so you can select the serial number sequences to be issued.
    The issue table will then be loaded with as many issue lines as sequences of issued serial numbers.

  • Last S/N (field SERNUMF)

 

  • Identifier 1 (field PALNUM)

Use this field to enter additional information, if necessary.

  • Identifier 2 (field CTRNUM)

This field indicates the first recorded identifier.

  • Order price (field PRIORD)

 

  • Movement description (field MVTDES)

Enter a free description that will be registered in all the stock transactions associated with the delivery line.
This description is also accessible from the stock issue detail window. If it has been modified by this function, it will be automatically recovered and registered on the shipment line in this field.

The analytical dimensions are initialized in compliance with the Default dimensions setup. Depending on the setup, they remain available for modification.
When an analytical dimension is used for project management tracking, any modification of the project code leads to the dimension code being reset based on the Default dimensions setup.

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Action icon

Stock Issues

Click this action to open the stock issue detail window.

Issue modification

Click this action to modify an issue.

Stock Transactions

Click this action to view the stock transactions.

 

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Options/View Transaction

Click this action to view the setup of the assembly transaction used.

Options/Dimensions

Click this action to view and, if needed, modify the analytical dimensions attached to the assembly note header.

Local menus

In addition to the generic error messages, the following messages can appear during the entry :

Wrong type of alternative

This message appears if the selected BOM code is not of type Production.

Table full

The number of receipt and issue stock lines exceeds the limit set by the SLE (number of receipt stock lines) and SLS (number of issue stock lines) activity codes.

The detail quantity must not be equal to 0

A detail line cannot contain a null quantity. If you do not want to issue a component, delete the corresponding line.

Dock type location prohibited

You cannot receive parent products on a location of the ‘dock’ type.

Stock line incomplete

This message is displayed if you attempt to select a stock line pending storage and the characteristics of the product to be stored have not yet been entered (lot, sub-lot, serial number) or if the stock information is not completely entered on the line of the parent product to be received.

Assign components?

When creating the assembly note, if the quantity of the parent product to be assembled is modified, the system suggests that you assign this modified quantity to the quantity of each component to be issued.

Tables used

SEEREFERTTO Refer to documentation Implementation