Configure and use discrete manufacturing in Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management

The life cycle of production begins with the creation of the production order, batch order, or kanban. It ends with a finished, manufactured item that is ready for either a customer or another phase of production. Each step in the life cycle requires different kinds of information to complete the process. As each step is completed, the production order, batch order, or kanban shows a change in the production status. Different types of products require different manufacturing processes.

If a company only produces several simple products, production can be scheduled manually with the correct bill of materials (BOM) parts arriving on the production floor, at the correct time, and at the proper resource. This module explains what discrete manufacturing is and how it works in Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management.

If a company only produces simple products, they can schedule production manually with the correct bill of materials (BOM) parts arriving on the production floor, at the correct time and at the proper resource. As a functional consultant for manufacturing, you need to know how to set up Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management for discrete manufacturing so that your customer can perform and control the production life cycle.

This module describes how to create operations and operation relations, define route groups, routes, and route versions. It also describes how to work with simultaneous operations and primary and secondary routes.

Calendars and resources are two essential components to discrete manufacturing. These components play a crucial role in defining working times and producing the finished items in an efficient way.

Allocating inventory dimensions, production dimensions, storage dimensions, and tracking dimensions on products for production helps your organization obtain granular tracking and analysis, improved planning and forecasting, enhanced visibility, streamlined operations, and more. With these dimensions, your organization can adapt to diverse requirements, support customization, and enhance overall operational effectiveness.

Manufacturing businesses must be able to calculate costs for labor, materials, surcharges, and overhead so that they know what these items cost while they're producing finished goods. Manufacturers can set up Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management to compute the bill of materials costs for completed goods throughout production.

Manufacturing companies need to calculate the costs that are related to finished goods that are being produced such as labor, materials, surcharges, and overheads. You can configure Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management to calculate costs of bill of materials of the finished goods in production. Additionally, you can create costing sheets that are broken out by particular cost categories, incorporate routing costs, and even add surcharges and other indirect costs. Companies can then analyze, summarize, and evaluate cost data so they can make the best possible decisions for price updates, budgets, cost control, and so on.

The role of the scheduling system in Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management is to plan the production process so that each operation in the production route is assigned a starting and ending date and time, and that the materials needed for production are available when the operation starts.

The Manufacturing execution module is intended primarily for manufacturing companies. It can be used to register time and item consumption on production jobs or projects. Before you start to use manufacturing execution for job registrations, you must set up various production parameters that define how and when registrations are posted during the production process. The settings of production parameters affect inventory management, production management, and cost calculation.

Your organization can use product configuration to create and maintain product configuration models and to reuse components and attribute types in Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management.

Validating and releasing product configuration models in Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management is essential for maintaining product integrity, enhancing operational efficiency, and ensuring a positive customer experience.

Product configuration in Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management helps your organization streamline and customize the sales and production processes. With this capability, your business can efficiently manage complex product variations and tailor configurations to meet specific customer needs, ultimately reducing lead times and improving customer satisfaction.