Using the Manufacturing Module

Before you can use the Manufacturing module, you must set up general options, and work centers, operations, and costs.

To set up the Manufacturing module:

  1. In Cost Category Maintenance, set up cost categories to track default labor and overhead costs for manufacturing work.

  2. In Operation Category Maintenance, set up operation categories, which allow you to group related operations.

  3. In Operation Maintenance, set up operations to track manufacturing processes.

  4. In Work Center Group Maintenance, set up work center groups, which allow you to group related work centers.

  5. In Work Center Maintenance, set up work centers to track areas in a location where manufacturing work is performed.

  6. In Manufacturing Control Maintenance, set up general default manufacturing settings, such as default general ledger accounts.

  7. In Bill of Material Maintenance, set up bills of material for manufactured products and kits.

  8. If you are integrating Apprise with Galaxy APS, set up integration settings in Scheduling Control Maintenance and set up resources in Resource Maintenance.

After you set up the Manufacturing module, you can process work orders and kits. For more information, see Work Order Process Flows.