Work with Production Families

A production family is a group of individual items whose relationship is based on the similarity of their manufacturing processes. By forming production families, some items can be manufactured twice or more in one production, which will optimise material consumption.

In the Quantity field on the Family page, you enter the quantity that will be produced when the whole family has been manufactured once.

Example

In punching processes, four pieces of the same item can be produced from one sheet and 10 pieces of another, different, item at the same time. The punching machine will punch all 14 pieces in one step.

Forming production families reduces the scrap quantity because what would normally be leftover scrap, when producing big pieces, will be used instead to produce small items.

To set up a production family

1. Choose the icon, enter Families, and then choose the related link.
2. Fill in the fields as necessary. Hover over a field to read a short description.

To produce based on a production family

1. Choose the icon, enter Firm Planned Prod. Orders, and then choose the related link.
2. Create a new production order. For more information, see Create Production orders.
3. In the Source Type field, select Family.
4. In the Source No. field, select the relevant production family.

See Also

Create Production BOMs
Setting Up Manufacturing
Manufacturing Planning
Inventory
Purchasing
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