How to: Tie a Co-Product/By-Product Process to Inventory
When defining a co-product/by-product process, you enter the output items on the Output FastTab of the co-product process version card. This means that the output items must already be set up in the program. During the initial setup, however, it is not possible to tie co-product items to a production BOM, since the production BOM has not yet been created. Once output items have been assigned to a co-product/by-product process, this process can be tied to the appropriate inventory items.
Only inventory items that are entered as co-products can be tied to a production BOM. Because by-product items can come from multiple co-product/by-product processes, they can not be tied to a production BOM.
- In the Search box, enter Items, and then choose the related link.
- Open the relevant item card and click the Replenishment FastTab.
- Choose the Production BOM No. field and select the production BOM to which the item has been assigned as an output item.
- Enter the item's own number in the Production Grouping Item field.
A production grouping item identifies a common intermediate item that can be used to group together production requests for finished goods which share the same intermediate. Because the output item of a co-product/by-product process is an intermediate, it should be assigned as its own production grouping item.
After you have tied an item to an co-product/by-product process, it may be necessary to calculate the standard cost of the item.