Track raw materials, work in progressand finished goods by location.
Review stock records across production and warehouse locations (plant floor, staging and warehouse), with component lot history from receiving to shipping. Post material consumption from production, carry lot numbers through work in progress (WIP), and run cycle counts while production continues.
Inventory errors show up on the production schedule.
A count that's off can leave a work cell waiting for parts, push back a ship date or put the wrong lot into a build. When raw materials, WIP and finished goods are tracked in separate places, those errors are harder to catch before they reach the floor.
A component runs short mid-job
The system showed enough bolts to finish the run, but there were fewer on the shelf. The cell waits while someone gets more from the supply room, and later jobs on the schedule move back.
Finished-goods counts that lag behind
Sales quotes a lead time from last week's number, but some of those units have already shipped. When the count lags behind shipments, it's harder to commit to a delivery date you can meet.
Tracing a component lot
A supplier flags a defective component lot. To find which finished units used it and which orders shipped them, you need lot records that connect receiving, production and shipping. Without them, the answer comes from paper job travelers and a search of the warehouse.
How material moves from receiving to shipping.
The component lot recorded at receiving stays linked through production to the finished units it goes into, so it isn't re-entered at each stage.
Receive raw materials
Scan inbound deliveries against the purchase order and record quantity, location and component lot at the dock. Quantity shortages against the purchase order are flagged during receiving.
Record production and consumption
As production is recorded, components are deducted according to the bill of materials and WIP moves to finished goods, with component lots carried forward.
Pick, pack and ship
Pick finished goods against customer orders, print labels at the line and ship. Shipments keep their link to the component lots used in the build.
Link finished goods to their component records.
Define a bill of materials for each finished SKU. When a production run is completed, Klovio deducts the quantity of each component the bill of materials calls for, so raw-material counts reflect what production used rather than what was entered later.
- Map components to finished goods with a bill of materials
- Consumption posts when production is recorded
- Component shortages are flagged before a run starts
- On-hand quantities by component, lot and location
Trace a component lot forward and backward.
Component lot numbers are carried from receiving into the build. When a supplier flags a batch or a customer files a warranty claim, you search the lot records rather than the warehouse.
Backward: which component lots went into this finished unit? Forward: which finished units used this lot, and which orders shipped them? Both answers come from the movement history Klovio records.
- Lot recorded at receiving and carried through the build
- Forward and backward trace from one lot search
- Movements recorded with user, device, location and timestamp
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