Carrying Out the Assembly Backflush for Stock Materials 

  1. You are currently in the initial screen REM Backflush - Make-to-Stock Manufacturing
  2. Enter the following data:
  3. Backflush quantity

    Enter the quantity of the finished product for which you want to carry out a goods receipt.

    Material

    Enter the number of the material (the assembly or the finished product) you want to backflush.

    Plant

    Enter the plant in which the material you want to backflush is produced.

  4. The entry of the following data is optional:

Planning plant

If you want to post the goods receipt in a different plant to the production plant mentioned above, enter the planning plant.

Receiving storage location

If you do not enter the storage location number to which the material is stocked, the system automatically selects the to location from the production version.

Production version

If you do not enter a production version and choose Post, the system proposes the production versions currently valid for the material specified. Select one production version.

Receiving batch

If the material is included in batch management, you must enter an appropriate batch number here.

4. In the selection data, enter the following data:

Revision level

If you enter a revision level, the system explodes the BOM that is allocated to this revision level. Otherwise, the system explodes the BOM on the basis of the posting date.

Production line

Specify a production line, if necessary.

Planned order

If you enter a planned order number, the system explodes the BOM assigned to this planned order and backflushes all components that are assigned to the planned order. Here, only this particular planned order is reduced by the backflush. In the yield quantity field, the system then proposes a value it determines from the open quantity of the planned order.

5. Choose Post.

If you want to correct components or activities, choose Post with correction instead of Post. For more information, see Backflushing with Component Correction.

Result

The system carries out the following activities: Explodes the BOM in the background. Posts the goods movements according to the results of the BOM explosion. Reduces the run schedule quantities and capacity requirements. Updates costs and statistics.

A document log is created for the final backflush containing the following individual documents: