Product tracing in MES

Product tracing in MES

Traceability is the ability to track every part and product throughout the manufacturing process, from the moment when raw materials enter the factory to the moment when final products are shipped. When product tracing is turned on, you can map which batch or serial numbers of components make up the batch or serial numbers of finished products directly from the MES app.

Prerequisites

  • Advanced Manufacturing must be included in or added on to your subscription.

  • You should be familiar with production BOMs and production orders.

  • Components and finished products to track must have one of the following costing methods:

    • FIFO - Serial number

    • FIFO - Batch

    • FEFO - Serial number

    • FEFO - Batch

    • Special - Batch

    • Special - Serial number

  • Product tracing must be turned on for the current BOM version.

Map components to finished products

Components can be mapped once they have been reserved (only possible through the web portal) or consumed (possible through MES app or web portal). Completing a production operation will consume the components used in that operation automatically.

Finished products can be mapped once they have been entered into the Output tab. Finished products are automatically added to the output tab when the operation producing the finished products is completed.

  1. Click Map batch/serial # when components have been reserved or consumed or a finished product has been output to begin mapping components. You can also add/define finished products from this page. This option will only be visible if product tracing is turned on.

  2. Select a finished product from the dropdown list.

  3. scan the batch/serial number and enter an expiry date to add a finished product to the mapping list. The finished products will be displayed below these fields.

  4. Select Map batch/serial # for a finished product to start mapping components. This will show which components batch/serial numbers map into which finished products batch/serial numbers.

  5. From here, you can edit the pre-defined values and select another batch/serial number for the component.

  6. Use Add line or Scan to add an additional component batch, if required. This tab can be edited and updated until the order is completed. Save

  7. Save to go back to the production operation. This tab can be edited and updated until the order is completed.

NOTE: Mapping does NOT mean selecting the batch/serial number itself (this is done via costing method), but defining which component batches are used in which finished product batch. FIFO products without a batch or serial number cannot be mapped.

  

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