MFG/PRO 9.0 User Guide Volume 3: Manufacturing - QAD.com

184 MFG/PRO USER GUIDE — MANUFACTURING
Ï See “Distinctive
Features of
Advanced
Repetitive” on
page 137.
Ï See “Setting Up
Production
Lines” on
page 142.
Introduction
The Repetitive module provides many of the basic features of Advanced
Repetitive, but differs in some significant respects.
• You can only post usage variances when you close a cumulative
order.
• You do not have the same control over the assignment of start and end
effective dates.
• You do not have as many options for reporting and tracking WIP
throughout the life of the cumulative order. In addition, you cannot
transfer WIP from an order that is being closed to a new order.
• You cannot report detailed information about scrap, reject, and
rework quantities or enter multiple reason codes.
• Repetitive does not have the integrated support for managing
subcontracting operations— from shipping to receiving.
• You can only report against milestone operations.
• Repetitive uses a consume forward or backward logic when
completions exceed scheduled quantities. Advanced Repetitive
always uses the earliest open schedule.
• Advanced Repetitive has additional utility programs that let you
modify the quantity completed on a repetitive schedule and delete
schedules as needed.
Setting Up Repetitive
Setup activities for Repetitive are almost exactly the same as for
Advanced Repetitive. You need the same kind of base data such as items,
sites, locations, employees, product structures, and routings.
The programs used to set up production lines, allocation percentages,
shifts, and changeover times are identical in both modules.