Completion Transactions

Use the completion transaction to record the completion of all or part of the finished product being produced by a work order. You can also use the completion transaction to record the production of a by-product, or to record scrap. Multiple entries can be made for the same work order when some items on a work order are completed as the planned inventory item and other items are completed as unplanned items.

Note When entering multiple completions on the same work order, each completion must be updated before the next completion is entered or all the completions must be combined into one completion transaction and updated as one entry.

For each completion transaction, you can specify how the completed product can be used; you can complete to inventory, to a sales order, to another work order, or to scrap. Items produced on the work order can be entered as inventory items or special items. All of the completion options, except scrap, default from the entry in the Make For field for the work order on the Work Order Entry Header tab.

When a completion transaction is entered, material, labor, and outside processing transactions can be created automatically if on the Work Order Entry Header tab, in the Issue Method field, Backflush is selected; on the Work Order Entry Additional tab, in the Auto Issue Material field, Yes or Available Quantity Only is selected; and on the Work Order Entry Additional tab, the Auto Generate Labor and Auto Generate Out-Process check boxes are selected.

For each completion transaction, you can specify a completion item code that is different than the planned item code (for example, the unplanned production of by-products that may affect production). You can specify a valid inventory item code or a special (noninventory) item code. This feature allows you to record unplanned items or by-products.

If a work order is completed to an inventory item, the quantity available in the Inventory file is increased and the quantity on work order is reduced by the quantity of the original item completed. General ledger postings to the Work-in-Process and Inventory accounts are also generated. If the inventory item uses the Standard Cost valuation method, additional adjustments are made to post the variance between the standard cost and the actual cost recorded for the work order. In addition, if the parent item uses the Serial valuation method and the cost cannot be evenly distributed for the quantity being completed, a posting is made to the Manufacturing Variance account for the difference. The variance is posted to the Manufacturing Variance Adjustment account set up in Inventory Management Product Line Maintenance. Work orders completed to special items or scrap are posted directly to the appropriate general ledger accounts without affecting inventory files.

After a completion transaction is recorded for a work order, you can select the following reports (in addition to work order labels ) to print as part of the Completion/Close Selection process.

Completion Missing Cost Report

Completion Variance from Standards Report

Back Order Fill Report

Note Print these reports before completing a work order.

For more information, see:

Work Order Transaction Entry

Record By-Products

Account Maintenance