More questions pertaining to correct data modeling of inspection-only manufacturing tasks

[Christian Carlow <ch...@gmail.com>]

After pieces are received into inventory they go to an inspection dept 
that determines the number of good and bad pieces.  Since this 
inspection dept does not do any actual manufacturing to the part I 
assumed the work should be defined as the first step of the first 
manufacturing process that is supposed to occur.  Using this model is 
fine when manufacturing process exists but when the manufacturing 
processes are contracted out or the part is bought ready to be sold and 
only the only work required is the inspection stage, this model doesn't 
seems sufficient.  Does this mean that inspection-only tasks should also 
be modeled as routes with BOMs (technically finished goods) received 
being converted to the inspected versions of it? How would I account for 
the inspection-only work which may result in the rejection of the 
received finish goods?

Re: More questions pertaining to correct data modeling of inspection-only manufacturing tasks

[Christian Carlow <ch...@gmail.com>]

I think I'm getting lost in the technicalities of the terms used in the 
manufacturing app.  At first I thought that separate routes should exist 
for inspections but then got the idea that routes should only be created 
when products are physically being transformed into others which does 
not happen during inspections.  Now I'm thinking that even though 
inspections might not physically change a part, some, if not all, could 
to be appropriately modeled as separate routes.  It at least seems 
necessary for receiving inspection dept because even if the company 
contracts out the work, the inspection stage is still required to verify 
that the part is considered good for sale.  The part sold to the 
customer always has at least one BOM representing the raw material 
purchased from the contracting company. Therefore it seems appropriate 
to model the receiving inspection stage as a route that produces the 
inspected version of the product received which is the product on the 
customer order.

On 02/03/2014 11:07 AM, Christian Carlow wrote:
> After pieces are received into inventory they go to an inspection dept 
> that determines the number of good and bad pieces.  Since this 
> inspection dept does not do any actual manufacturing to the part I 
> assumed the work should be defined as the first step of the first 
> manufacturing process that is supposed to occur.  Using this model is 
> fine when manufacturing process exists but when the manufacturing 
> processes are contracted out or the part is bought ready to be sold 
> and only the only work required is the inspection stage, this model 
> doesn't seems sufficient.  Does this mean that inspection-only tasks 
> should also be modeled as routes with BOMs (technically finished 
> goods) received being converted to the inspected versions of it? How 
> would I account for the inspection-only work which may result in the 
> rejection of the received finish goods?