• Work Orders

    Hi Team, I would like to understand the difference and impact between using a *** (Work Order Planned) and a WOF with status 'Planned'. Thanks
  • Labor Entry posting for the entire shift

    We have an issue with a product line, and we can't seem to correct it. On 90% of our routings for manufactured products, when we do a Labor Entry it calculates Overhead and Fixed costs using the pieces per hour and work center rates. One one product…
  • Light vs. Advanced Manufacturing

    Light Manufacturing provides an easy-to-use Production Entry screen where finished goods are reported after the fact. This single point of entry eliminates dozens of potential labor and production transactions by automatically issuing material quantities…
  • Bill of Material Glossary

    The manufacturing software industry has many industry-specific terms. We've compiled a short list of key manufacturing terms used with Bill of Materials in Manufacturing module. Here it is: Backflush – The deduction from inventory records of the component…
  • Outside Processing in Sage 500

    An outside process is an external process or service that is performed by a vendor outside your company. Outside processing involves sending raw materials or manufactured goods to a vendor outside the company for processing. For example, if you manufacture…
  • So how do I update Bill of Material?

    There are two tasks used to regenerate and replace bill of material items for the selected routings. These tasks are located on the Activities > Bill of Material menu. BOM Regeneration Use BOM Regeneration to regenerate the bill of material standard…
  • Sage 500 ERP - Advanced Planning and Scheduling - Module Documentation Available?

    Hello Everyone, We are currently demoing the Sage 500 ERP Advanced Planning and Scheduling module with the hopes of implementing it to help us with manufacturing capacity planning. Would anyone happen to have actual documentation for the module? Our…
  • Production Entry Returns vs Progress Entry Return in Sage 500 ERP

    Production Entry Returns Light Manufacturing and Advanced Kitting customers who use the Production Entry task can process Production Entry Returns despite the fact that they cannot maintain or manually create work orders. Work order transactions…
  • Is there a way to print labels from progress step in manufacturing?

    I would like to print a label when I'm entering my final labor entry step. We currently have a custom report we use to print labels after the fact, but it would be great if it was included as part of the progress step. This feature would also be great…