Issue Material

Explanation

Use this activity to issue inventory parts you would need for your work order. You can choose to issue material manually or automatically. If you issue material manually, you can select the quantity you need. You can also select the inventory location from which the materials are issued. You cannot do this with automatic issue. 

Prerequisites

Before issuing materials, decide how the financial transactions will be posted. These rules apply to work order issues:

Before issuing a part, the following must have been completed:

System Effects

As a result of this activity, inventory parts are issued at the required time. 

Window

Prepare Work Order
Report In Work Order

Related Window Descriptions

Prepare Work Order 
Prepare Work Order/Materials 
Report In Work Order 
Report In Work Order/Materials
Manual Issue

Procedure

Alternative 1:  Automatic Issue

  1. Open the Prepare Work Order window or the Report In Work Order window and click the Materials tab.
  2. Select one or more material requisition lines.
  3. Right-click on the selected records and then click Issue
    Note:
    You can only issue material automatically if the material is not serial tracked. The number of parts issued will be displayed in the Quantity Issued field. 

Alternative  2: Manual Issue

  1. Open the Prepare Work Order window or the Report In Work Order window and click the Materials tab.
  2. Select a record, right-click and then click Issue Manually
    Note:
    You can manually issue material that are serial tracked or not serial tracked.
  3. Enter the quantity you want to issue from the selected inventory location. You can see the number of parts available in the inventory. As for parts that are serial tracked, you can select which part is to be issued. The number of parts issued will be displayed in the Quantity Issued field.