Managing Cumulative Orders
The system keeps a running total for each combination of items, sites, production lines, product structures, and routings using a cumulative order. The cumulative order tracks work-in-process (WIP) costs and quantities for repetitive production. A cumulative order is created for a profile that defines the site, item number, production line, routing code, BOM/formula code for the order, and start and end effective dates.
Cumulative orders can be created three ways:
• Automatically by the system when you execute a repetitive transaction (18.22.13 – 18.22.21)
Note: Depending on setup, some kanban transactions can also create cumulative orders. See User Guide: Kanban for information.
• One at a time with Cumulative Order Maintenance (18.22.6)
• In a batch with Cumulative Order Create (18.22.11)
When a cumulative order is created, a cost rollup establishes the cumulative order cost. Cumulative orders have an assigned ID number, but no order number.
Repetitive transactions create a cumulative order when they cannot find one with the same profile (site, item, production line, routing, BOM or formula code) where the effective date range includes the effective date of the repetitive transaction. The system sets effective dates on new cumulative orders using the parameters defined in Repetitive Control.
When standard costing is used at the site on the cumulative order, recording repetitive transactions generates rate variances and creates GL entries for them. Usage and method variances are accumulated and posted when you run one of the following:
• Post Accumulated Usage Variances (18.22.9) generates GL entries for usage and method change variances accumulated since this function was last run.
• Cumulative Order Close (18.22.10) closes cumulative orders and creates GL entries for usage and method variances accumulated since Post Accumulated Usage Variances was last run. You can transfer WIP balances to another cumulative order or post them to Method Change Variance.
Post Accumulated Usage Variances and Cumulative Order Close can be run in report-only mode if needed.
All rate and usage variances are measured against the cumulative order cost. GL scrap entries are not created until you run either Post Accumulated Usage Variances or Cumulative Order Close.
Use Cumulative Order Browse (18.22.7) or Cumulative Order Report (18.22.8) to review cumulative order information including start and end effective dates and status.