EasyPlant NewsLetter from SYSNET ASSOCIATES (INDIA) PRIVATE LIMITED. Issue No: 006 Date: 1st February 2008
In this issue, we will discuss how Work Orders are created and maintained. A Work Order forms the bases for Items to be Issued for production and also for Production Credit Notes to be raised to updated the Finished Goods Stock in the Product profile. The ‘Product Avg Cost’ in Product profile is auto updated based on the Total Cost incurred. The ‘WO Status’ has to be ‘In Progress’ for Items to be issued for production and also Production Credit Notes to be created. Once the production process if completed for a Work Order and the necessary Production Credit Notes are created it is recommended that you should set the ‘WO Status’ to ‘Completed’. This will prevent Items being wrongly issued to a completed Work Order and also Production Credit Notes being created. Editor: Mr. A. Krishi
Production Management deals with Materials requests, issues and production of finished goods.

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The Work Order Screen.
Important Business Elements Used in WorkOrder:

WO No: By default this is number is an auto incremented sequentially. The number has to be unique, duplicate Work Order Numbers are not allowed. Only for the first entry the user needs to give the starting sequence, example WO/001.
WO Date: The date on which Work Order is created. While creating a Work Order the current date of your computer is shown by default. The user can change the date, if required. The format of the date is as per your computer settings.
Product Category: The category of the product that is manufactured. Product Category is selected from the list, which is based on the categories stored in the ‘Product’ profile.
Product Name: The name of the product that is manufactured. Product Name is selected from the list, which is based on the product names stored in the ‘Product’ profile.
UOM: The unit of measure of the product, this is auto displayed based on the ‘Product Name’ selected.
Work Start Date: The date on which the production is started.
Work Completed Date: The date on which the production is completed.
WO Qty: The quantity of the product that is to be produced.
Qty Manufactured: The actual quantity that was produced. This is auto updated from the ‘Production Credit Note’ profile. Raw Material Cost: The cost of Items used for production. This is auto updated from the MIN profile based on the Items issued for production.
Labour Cost: The cost of labour incurred for the production. This has to be manually entered.
Other Cost: Any other expenses incurred for the production. This also has to be manually entered.
Total Cost: The total cost of the production.




Q&A: Your Questions are answered by EasyPlant Experts, below.
Question 1: How to Maintain the Product YearEnd Stock in EasyPlant?
Answer: If you have been using EasyPlant to record all your production and sales transaction for the current accounting year - The 'Product YearEnd' profile is used to move the Product’s Closing Stock Quantity and Value at the end of the current Accounting Year as the New Opening Stock Quantity and Value for the New Accounting Year. In this case you can use the 'Action' feature to move the values at one go for all the Products.

Question 2: How does the Purchase Order works in EasyPlant?
Answer: It is important that Purchase Orders are raised for Items that are to be purchased and the stocks have to be maintained. Goods can be received only against a Purchase Order. The Supplier Name in a Purchase Order cannot be changed after the Purchase Order is created. The PO Status has to be changed to ‘Approved’ before printing the Purchase Order. The Goods Receipt Note (GRN) can be raised against a Purchase Order only if the PO Status is ‘Approved’. In EasyPlant the PO status is auto set to ‘Completed’ if all the Items for the Purchase Order are received in full. But the Status Updation should be set to ‘Auto’ to enable this feature. The Purchase Order can also be ‘Short Closed’ i.e., after receiving part of the quantity ordered. To do this, you must change the Status Updation to ‘Manual’ and then change the PO Status to ‘Short Closed’. The Purchase Price mentioned in PO Line profile is inclusive of Excise & Cess. Only if Excise% and Cess% is provided, Excise and Cess value will be calculated.

Question 3: How GRN Works in EasyPlant?
Answer: In EasyPlant It is important that Purchase Orders are raised for Items that are purchased and stock have to be maintained. Goods can be received against a Purchase Order only if the Status of the PO is ‘Approved’. Hence it is important that the ‘PO Status’ in PO profile is maintained correctly. The GRN value is calculated based on the ‘Accepted Qty’ only and not on the actual quantity supplied by the supplier.

Question 4: How Quotation Profile works in EasyPlant?
Answer: An Invoice can be created only from a Quotation, hence it is important that you create a Quotation before any sales is made. The Customer Name in a Quotation cannot be changed after the Quotation is created. The Quotation Status has to be changed to ‘Confirmed’ before creating an Invoice. In EasyPlant the ‘Quotation Status’ is auto set to ‘Completed’ if all the Products mentioned in the Quotation are despatched in full. But the ‘Status Updation’ should be set to ‘Auto’ to enable this feature. The Quotation can also be ‘Short Closed’ i.e., after dispatching part of the quantity ordered. To do this, you must change the ‘Status Updation’ to ‘Manual’ and then change the Quotation Status to ‘Short Closed’. The Selling Price mentioned in Quotation Line profile is inclusive of Excise & Cess. Only if Excise% and Cess% is provided, Excise value and Cess value will be calculated.

Question 5: How Invoice Profile works in EasyPlant?
Answer: The Customer Name in an Invoice cannot be changed after the Invoice is created. The Stock position in Product profile is immediately updated when an Invoice Line is created or modified. By changing the status in Invoice to ‘Cancelled’ will NOT reset the stock position, you will also have to change the ‘Invoice Qty’ in the ‘Invoice Line’ profile to zero

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