WIP Adjustment

Form ID: (AM308000)

You can use this form to correct (increase or decrease) the costs of production orders. The adjustment amount is posted to the account specified in each row of the transaction. You can view the adjustment totals on the Totals tab of the Production Order Maintenance (AM201500) form.

Additionally, the system can create WIP adjustment transactions in the following cases; these transactions cannot be edited:

  • When users close production orders on the Close Production Orders (AM506000) form. These WIP adjustment transactions reconcile the work in process amount with the inventory receipt.
  • When users record scrap in a labor transaction on the Labor (AM301000) form or in a move transaction on the Move (AM302000) form. The system creates a WIP adjustment transaction when the labor or move transaction is released. For more information, see Scrap Cost Calculation: Generated Transactions.

Form Toolbar

The form toolbar includes standard and form-specific buttons and commands. For the list of standard buttons, see Form Toolbar and More Menu. The form-specific commands are listed in the following table.

Attention: If the WIP adjustment transaction has been created by using the Labor (AM301000) or Move (AM302000) form—that is, if the identifier of a labor or move transaction is specified in the Orig. Batch Nbr. box of the Summary area of the current form—the WIP adjustment transaction cannot be released or deleted on this form. For such a transaction, the Release and Delete buttons are unavailable even if the transaction has the On Hold or Balanced status.
Command Description
Release Initiates the release of the transaction, which changes the status of the transaction to Released.

Summary Area

Element Description
Batch Nbr.

The reference number of the WIP adjustment transaction.

The number is assigned automatically or you enter the number manually, depending on the settings of the numbering sequence specified in the WIP Adjust Numbering Sequence box on the Production Preferences (AM102000) form.

Control Amount

The control amount of the transaction. You enter this amount, and the system makes sure that it is equal to the value of the Total Amount box. If the amounts differ, an error message is displayed and you cannot release the transaction.

This box is displayed only if the Validate Document Totals on Entry check box is selected on the Production Preferences form.

Total Amount The total amount of the transaction, which is the sum of the values in the Cost Adj. column.
Status

The status of the transaction. The status of the transaction set by the system.

The value in this box can be one of the following:

  • On Hold: The transaction is a draft and can be edited. You cannot release the transaction.
  • Balanced: The transaction has been validated by the system and is ready to be released. You can put the transaction on hold to modify or delete it.
  • Released: The transaction has been released. You cannot modify or delete the transaction.
Hold

A check box that indicates (if selected) that the transaction has the On Hold status and can be modified or deleted. When you clear the check box, the status is changed to Balanced.

The check box is selected for new transactions automatically if the Hold Documents on Entry check box is selected on the Production Preferences (AM102000) form.

Date

The date when the transaction was created. By default, the system inserts the business date, but you can change this date.

You can enter only a date that corresponds to a financial period that has been generated on the Master Financial Calendar (GL201000) form. If the date that you enter belongs to a financial period that has not yet been generated in the system—for example, for a date in the distant future or past—the system will display an error message, and you will not be able to save the document.

Post Period The financial period to which the transaction amount is posted. The period is calculated based on the date.
Orig. Batch Nbr. Read-only. The reference number of the original transaction that caused the creation of the WIP adjustment transaction (if applicable), which can be a labor transaction created on the Labor (AM301000) form or a move transaction created on the Move (AM302000) form. You can click the link to open the corresponding form and view the details of the original transaction details. This box is empty if you enter the WIP adjustment transaction directly on the current form.
Orig. Doc. Type

Read-only. The type of the original transaction whose reference number is displayed in the Orig. Batch Nbr. box.

The transaction type can be either of the following:

  • Labor
  • Move
Description A brief description of the WIP adjustment transaction.

Table

The table contains the list of the production orders whose costs are adjusted in this WIP adjustment transaction and the details of each adjustment. If you are entering the transaction, you can add to the table adjustments for multiple production orders.

The table toolbar includes only standard buttons. For the list of standard buttons, see Table Toolbar.

Column Description
Order Type The type of the production order whose costs are adjusted.
Production Nbr. The reference number of the production order whose costs are adjusted. A production order is available for selection only if on the Production Order Maintenance (AM201500) form, it has the type selected in the Order Type column and a status of Released, In Process, or Completed.
Operation ID The identifier of the production order operation for which the cost is adjusted. The operations available for selection are those included in the production order selected in this row.
Cost Adj. The amount by which the cost of the operation is adjusted. A positive amount increases the WIP Variance account, and a negative amount decreases the WIP Variance account.
Account The WIP Variance account to which the amount specified in the Cost Adj. box is posted. By default, the system inserts the WIP Variance account specified for the production order on the Production Order Maintenance (AM201500) form. You can specify another account, if needed.
Subaccount

The WIP Variance subaccount to which the amount specified in the Cost Adj. box is posted. By default, the system inserts the WIP Variance subaccount specified for the production order on the Production Order Maintenance form. You can specify another subaccount, if needed.

This column is displayed only when the Subaccounts feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form.

Tran. Description

The description of the row.

The system inserts one of the following default descriptions, which you can change:

  • Production WIP Adjustment: For a cost adjustment row that you have added manually
  • Scarp Write-Off: For a scrap row that has the Write-Off action specified for the operation on the Production Order Details (AM209000) form
  • Scrap Quarantine: For a scrap row that has the Quarantine action specified for the operation on the Production Order Details form

The system copies this description to the related GL transaction when you release the WIP adjustment transaction.

Reason Code

The reason code to be assigned to the transaction row. If you specify a reason code, the system posts the amount to the account specified in the reason code's settings when you release the WIP adjustment transaction. The Account and Subaccount columns become unavailable.

A reason code is available for selection in this column only if it has the Production usage specified on the Reason Codes (CS211000) form.

GL Batch Nbr. Read-only. The reference number of the GL transaction that the system generates when the WIP adjustment transaction is released. You can click the link to open the Journal Transactions (GL301000) form and view the details of the GL transaction.
GL Batch Line Nbr. Read-only. The line number of the GL transaction (displayed in the GL Batch Nbr. box) that corresponds to this line of the WIP adjustment transaction.