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Production/Manufacturing

Hello, I am an intern learning about Business Central. I just started going over the Production Module, and I have some questions for setting up since all of the videos I have found are for already done set ups.

My idea was initially to make a master item a silver pendant necklace, and have BOM silver, chain and clasp. I set up work calendar with shifts and hours, absences and i started setting up work and machine centers. There I have a problem, I want to set up work centers for casting, assembling, polishing and packaging, and quality control. In the work center card i have to fill in the scheduling field which confuses me I do not understand if capacity is how many machines or people will work in that center or how long many items can it produce in a day. Also, when i started creating machine centers for the machines i want to use i have to put direct cost which i am guessing should be a part of the cost i should put in my work center cost. And, there I need to set scheduling as well and capacity is what confuses me as well.

If somebody has some tips on how to set up for production, I would be grateful as I already went through the Microsoft learn documents about setting up manufacturing but i do not quite understand everything.

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Glad you are learning BC and asking questions! I always recommend setting the capacity as a time available, such as 8 am - 5 pm, etc.

Machine Centers are not required. They are used when there are costing and/or setup/run time differences between similar machines.

In either case, you define the Schedule on the Work Center using the Shop Calendar Code, which contains the Working Days of the machines.

When using Machine Centers, you want to calculate the capacity (time available) on the Machine Center first. Once all the Machine Centers have their capacities set, you calculate the capacity on the Work Center. Be sure to check "Consolidated Calendar" on your Work Center so that it rolls up the linked Machine Centers underneath the Work Center.

Hopefully this gets you further in your learning. Microsoft Learn is a great platform to build your knowledge on Business Central.

Best Regards,

Ben Baxter

Accent Software Inc

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