Manufacturing v20

Sicon Manufacturing is a set of additional modules for Sage 200, integrated with Stock, BOM, Sales and Purchase Order Processing. Including modules for Job Costing, Works Order Processing and Estimating, this package can be configured for one-off job costed manufacture or high volume repeat production manufacture. Material and Resource Planning provides suggested works orders and purchase orders plus a rough cut capacity plan at labour and machine levels.

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200.0.12

Issues Resolved Important
Important Info

ALL USERS MUST BE LOGGED OUT WHEN UPGRADING TO v200.0.9 OR HIGHER FOR THE FIRST TIME.  THIS IS BECAUSE WORKS ORDER FINISHED ITEM TRANSACTIONS WILL BE SWITCH TO BOM BUILD TRANSACTIONS, DUE TO HOW THE SAGE STOCK VALUATION REPORT HANDLES UNCONFIRMED TRANSACTIONS.

Issues Resolved

Works Order Processing

  • Fix to unbooking works orders to stop unnecessary nominal transactions where unconfirmed costs are enabled and the works order is not complete

Material Planning

  • Fix to show suggested purchase order line price with five decimal places

Date applied: July 13, 2020

200.0.11

Issues Resolved Hot Fix Enhancements Important
Important Info

ALL USERS MUST BE LOGGED OUT WHEN UPGRADING TO v200.0.9 OR HIGHER FOR THE FIRST TIME.  THIS IS BECAUSE WORKS ORDER FINISHED ITEM TRANSACTIONS WILL BE SWITCH TO BOM BUILD TRANSACTIONS, DUE TO HOW THE SAGE STOCK VALUATION REPORT HANDLES UNCONFIRMED TRANSACTIONS.

Issues Resolved

Works Order Processing

  • Fix to allow reordering of sales order lines.
  • Fix to Generating Journals on the Works Order Accruals screen. Now using Validate and Update instead of Posting.
  • Fix to use Default Warehouse for components on the Works Order form when creating a Works Order.
  • Fix to show add/edit Works Order Line screen for lower resolutions monitors.
  • Fix to completing Works Orders where multiple machine lines exist using overhead recovery.

Material and Resource Planning

  • Added new setting for accurate Works Order duration calculation (off by default).
  • Fix to the sales over lead time calculation to stop casting error.
Hot Fix Enhancements

Kitting

  • Web API methods added to create Kits for Sales Order lines and for sales orders.
  • Auto Allocate Setting has been added to enable Kits created from the Web API and from the Sales Order Lines to be automatically allocated where possible.
  • Warehouses will be automatically be selected for Kit lines once the location has been set.

Date applied: July 10, 2020

200.0.10

Issues Resolved Hot Fix Enhancements Important
Important Info

ALL USERS MUST BE LOGGED OUT WHEN UPGRADING TO v200.0.9 OR HIGHER FOR THE FIRST TIME.  THIS IS BECAUSE WORKS ORDER FINISHED ITEM TRANSACTIONS WILL BE SWITCH TO BOM BUILD TRANSACTIONS, DUE TO HOW THE SAGE STOCK VALUATION REPORT HANDLES UNCONFIRMED TRANSACTIONS.

Issues Resolved

Works Order Processing

  • Fix to Works Order Operations in the same phase run concurrently.
  • Fix to stop object reference error when creating a works order for an item that does not have a BOM
  • Fix to calculate end time overlap correctly.
  • Fix to error being shown when adding a machine transactions.
  • Fix to creating Works Order from Sales Orders where the sales order line UOM is different to stock UOM.
  • Fix to updating Sales Summary when amending a non stock item.
  • Fix to why it was not possible to complete a works order where the bin had been deleted between booking and completing.

Material Resource Planning

  • Speed improvements to the create Works Order function.
  • Fix to Object reference error when running suggested Works Orders.

Kitting

  • Fix to sales order lines not able to be reordered due to kitting script.
Hot Fix Enhancements

Works Order Processing

  • When assigning serial number on issue, you can now select any of the bins and it will handle existing Works Order Allocations automatically.

Date applied: July 7, 2020

200.0.9

Issues Resolved Important
Important Info

ALL USERS MUST BE LOGGED OUT WHEN UPGRADING TO v200.0.9 OR HIGHER FOR THE FIRST TIME.  THIS IS BECAUSE WORKS ORDER FINISHED ITEM TRANSACTIONS WILL BE SWITCH TO BOM BUILD TRANSACTIONS, DUE TO HOW THE SAGE STOCK VALUATION REPORT HANDLES UNCONFIRMED TRANSACTIONS.

Issues Resolved

Works Order Processing

  • Fix to operations so the can be amended from works orders
  • Fixes to the sale summary tab on the main works order screen where the costs were not updating with labour or machine estimate changes
  • Fix to sorting columns when accessing the non stock works order cost summary tab
  • Fix to add overhead costs to labour and machine resources where nominal postings were incorrect
  • Changed to finished item transactions so they are now ‘ BOM Build’ as the Sage stock valuation report can only handle BOM and PO transaction types for unconfirmed costs when running retrospectively.  A migration will be run when updating companies to change all existing finished item transactions over
  • Fix to stop error appearing when entering a timesheet line for a works order when Projects has set the timesheet screen entry type to hours
  • Fix to fixed length operation timesheet entries so hours are used for costing rather than quantity

Material Planning

  • Deleting stock items will now remove any suggested works orders created for it
  • Fix to combining warehouses where minimum stock suggestions were being created incorrectly due to all suggestions going into one warehouse

Date applied: June 29, 2020

200.0.8

Issues Resolved Hot Fix Enhancements Important
Important Info

ALL USERS MUST BE LOGGED OUT WHEN UPGRADING TO v20 FOR THE FIRST TIME

Issues Resolved

Material and Resource Planning

  • Stop Works Orders screen showing behind Sage screen when showing after being created.
  • Create sub-assemblies for suggested Works Orders using Works Order settings.
  • Fix to created to filter for suggested Purchase Orders.
  • Fix to sort by date requested on create suggested Purchase Orders screen.
  • Fix to remove Quarantined warehouses from future stock movements.
  • Fix to stop timeouts in Material Planning when using large datasets and the sales over lead time view.
  • Fix to stop minimum stock being the reason when it isn’t
  • Improved unit of measure column naming on the suggested works order list

Works Order Processing

  • Fix to stop error occurring when no number is set in quantity to book.
  • Fix to Works Order accruals so only Works Orders with a cost are shown.
  • Fix to scrapping where value is less than zero so a variance posting is now made.

Kitting

  • Add to back order now adds the line at zero cost and does not affect the kit item cost.
  • Fix to stop add to back order lines not showing when first closing the sales order line screen.
Hot Fix Enhancements

Kitting

  • Can now double click to open in desktop lists and create buttons have been added.

Date applied: June 25, 2020

200.0.7

Issues Resolved Important
Important Info

ALL USERS MUST BE LOGGED OUT WHEN UPGRADING TO v20 FROM v17 OR LOWER FOR THE FIRST TIME

Issues Resolved

Works Order Processing

  • Fix to allow bin to be selected when booking if already part booked and bin has been deleted.
  • Sales Order workflow now uses correct quantity for Works order when Sales Order is using a different unit of measure to stock unit of measure.
  • Fixes to using scrapping costs.
  • Fix to stop suggested Works Orders from being copied when copying a sales order.
  • Fix to allow stock item screen to be resized.
  • Fix to show estimate cost summary.
  • Fix to stop object reference when update quote is pressed when there are no finished items.

Material Resource Planning

  • Added buffer days back to SQL script for speed improvements
  • Fix to stop infinite loop when generating suggestions in the past.
  • Speed improvements to the suggestion deletion process.
  • Fix to stop grouping suggestions automatically.

Date applied: June 18, 2020

200.0.6

New Features Important
Important Info

ALL USERS MUST BE LOGGED OUT WHEN UPGRADING TO v20 FROM v17 OR LOWER FOR THE FIRST TIME

New Features

Works Order Processing

  • Fix to completing Works Orders with non traceable items where the stock has been moved to another warehouse.
  • Fix to back flush to ensure full quantity is issued when using back flush to complete a part booked Works Order.
  • Fix to completing Works Orders so correct location is found based on movement balances.
  • Fix to use bin when bin has been passed into the WebAPI.
  • Fix to preallocations when being handled through the back flush screen.
  • Fix to handle scrap costs in nominals when using unconfirmed costs.
  • Fix to stop error when confirm goods received is used for Miscellaneous stock items.

Kitting

  • Fix to stop Sales Order line appearing multiple times when using ‘add to back order’.

Material and Resource Planning

  • Removed buffer days from being calculated when it’s not needed.

 

Date applied: June 11, 2020

200.0.5

Issues Resolved Important
Important Info

ALL USERS MUST BE LOGGED OUT WHEN UPGRADING TO v20 FROM v17 OR LOWER FOR THE FIRST TIME

Issues Resolved

Kitting 

  • Fix to enable Build Kit button when the quantity to allocate is reduced.
  • Fix to stop lines added to back order appearing twice.
  • Fix to stop error when setting costs on Quotes.

Works Order Processing

  • Operations now calculate correctly for work patterns starting at 0:00.
  • Fix operations to use the correct resource type
  • Fix to stop error when clicking on Sub Contract tab on Work Order before creating a Works Order.
  • Despatch note now generates when the finished item is the only item on the Sub Contract.
  • Fix to show Works Order tab in view and amend sales orders screens.
  • Renamed Job costing to correctly show projects.
  • Fix to stop Default component and finished item being added when new warehouse is added.
  • Fix to dispose of estimate from lock table when closing after being created from a quote.

Material and Resource Planning

  • Speed improvements to Works Order Suggestion List.
  • Fix to buffer days not being calculated correctly.
  • Fix to stop suggested Works Orders being copied with live sales orders.
  • Speed improvements for Suggested Kits.
  • Added missing movement type to future stock movements screen.
  • Fix to stop error when no follow ups exist.
  •  Fix to updating free stock quantity during processing.

Date applied: June 8, 2020

200.0.4

Issues Resolved Important
Important Info

ALL USERS MUST BE LOGGED OUT WHEN UPGRADING TO v20 FROM v17 OR LOWER FOR THE FIRST TIME

Issues Resolved

Works Order Processing

  • Fix to stop tool resource and tool resource group operations being created.
  • Fix to WIP view for actual/estimate labour
  • Fix to unconfirmed nominal postings.
  • Fix to updating total selected label on finished item screen.

Kitting

  • Kits created from sales order lines are generated after the quantity has been validated.

Material and Resource Planning

  • Change to the type selection drop down to improve performance.

Date applied: June 4, 2020

200.0.3

Issues Resolved Important
Important Info

ALL USERS MUST BE LOGGED OUT WHEN UPGRADING TO v20 FROM v17 OR LOWER FOR THE FIRST TIME

Issues Resolved

Works Order Processing

  • Add new component line now adds history.
  • Area on Works Order defaulted to first operation area.
  • Fix to update cost from supplier breaks when updating the quantity while creating Purchase Order inside Works Order.
  • History added when adding/amending labour transactions.
  • Allocating multiple Works Orders now allocates in start date order.
  • Fix to stop error occurring when no items have been selected and the delete items button is clicked in a Sales Order.
  • Subcontract now allocates when pre-allocation is received.
  • Fix to wording of History when adding/amending works order line.
  • Added total selected serial numbers to finished item screen.
  • Fix to printing labels on build now check stock item for override report first.
  • Fix to allocating stock when the bin is in negative.
  • Added scrapped quantity to process works orders screen.

Material and Resource Planning

  • Fixes to grouping sub-assemblies and also incorrect sub-assembly suggestion quantities.
  • Fix to Enable Sales over Lead time predictions.
  • Fix to reduce forecast when no item have been selected.
  • Kitting and Works Orders now have extra stock level options.
  • Added extra double click screen openings to future stock movements.

Date applied: June 4, 2020

200.0.2

Issues Resolved Important
Important Info

ALL USERS MUST BE LOGGED OUT WHEN UPGRADING TO v20 FROM v17 OR LOWER FOR THE FIRST TIME

Issues Resolved

Works Order Processing

  • Fix to stop issue allocations screen showing multiple times when selecting serial/batch items on despatch.
  • Fix to deleting quote lines and linked estimates being deleted.
  • Fox to allocation traceable items so the totals on the screen update correctly.

Kitting

  • Build kit defaults to  the correct bin based on allocation priority.
  • Disassemble screen defaults if there is only one bin available.

Date applied: June 4, 2020

200.0.1

Issues Resolved Important
Important Info

ALL USERS MUST BE LOGGED OUT WHEN UPGRADING TO v20 FROM v17 OR LOWER FOR THE FIRST TIME

Issues Resolved

Material and Resource Planning

  • Fix to MRP divide by zero when the minimum quantity is the same as the free stock quantity for a BoM that has an operation with a fixed length of 0.

Works Order Processing

  • Fix to the issue allocations screen when using search with batch traceable items.

Date applied: June 4, 2020

200.0.0

New Features Important
Important Info

ALL USERS MUST BE LOGGED OUT WHEN UPGRADING TO v20 FROM v17 OR LOWER FOR THE FIRST TIME

New Features

Works Order Processing

  • New dashboard functionality
  • Warehouse hierarchy similar to Sage warehouse hierarchy added
  • Sub contracts now linked to stock items and works order processing
  • Now possible to select any bin when amending allocations
  • Overhead recovery now included
  • Sicon Machines and Machine Groups added
  • Economical batch size changed to be min and max batch sizes
  • Non stock items added to works order line import
  • Removed confirmed checkbox from purchase orders
  • Setting added to use stock item default finished item or component item warehouse when adding a sub assembly
  • More history being recorded
  • Sub contract lines included in back flush validation
  • Setting added to use the same traceable item when allocating multiple works orders with the item as a component on each
  • Stock item lead time used for works order duration when no operations are on the BOM
  • New screens to maintain machines and machine groups

Material Planning

  • Warehouse hierarchy similar to Sage warehouse hierarchy added
  • Resource availability added to handle resource groups/teams that have no individual resources assigned

Kitting

  • Add to back order allows kit lines to be converted to sales order lines

Date applied: May 12, 2020