AutoCount Advanced Stock Assembly Plugin User Guide
What is Autocount Advanced Stock Assembly Plugin?
The AutoCount Advanced Stock Assembly Plugin is designed to help manufacturing and assembly businesses manage production workflows, material requirements, work orders, and manufacturing costs within AutoCount Accounting. For businesses involving multiple production stages, managing manufacturing activities manually can become challenging, especially when tracking raw materials, production progress, and finished-goods costs. With features such as Work Center Management, Bill of Materials (BOM), Manufacturing Orders, Work Order Processing, Material Replenishment, and Manufacturing Cost Recalculation, the AutoCount Advanced Stock Assembly Plugin helps businesses organize production operations more efficiently. By connecting production planning, material consumption, inventory movements, and manufacturing cost information, businesses can reduce manual coordination, improve production visibility, and maintain better control over their manufacturing processes.
Why Use AutoCount Advanced Stock Assembly Plugin?
Managing manufacturing operations without a structured workflow can make it difficult to monitor production progress, identify material shortages, and maintain accurate finished-goods costs.
The AutoCount Advanced Stock Assembly Plugin helps businesses overcome these challenges through more organized production management.
Improve Production Planning
Organize manufacturing activities through structured Manufacturing Orders and production operations to improve planning and coordination.
Monitor Production Progress
Track production activities through Work Orders and Work Centers to maintain better visibility into ongoing manufacturing operations.
Reduce Material Shortages
Identify material shortages during manufacturing planning and support replenishment through the relevant stock and purchasing documents.
Maintain Better Manufacturing Costs
Review BOM costs and recalculate manufacturing costs using relevant material and production information.
Key Features of AutoCount Advanced Stock Assembly Plugin
Work Center & Operation Management
Define production stations, operation sequences, and work-center assignments to organize multi-stage manufacturing activities.
Manufacturing Order Management
Manage manufacturing requirements, finished-goods quantities, materials, operations, and approval workflows within structured Manufacturing Orders.
Work Order & Material Management
Manage operation-level Work Orders, material requirements, stock write-offs, and replenishment documents throughout production.
Manufacturing Cost & Production Reports
Review manufacturing costs, recalculate finished-goods costs, and monitor production progress through WIP and workload reports.
Who Should Use AutoCount Advanced Stock Assembly Plugin?
Manufacturing Businesses
Ideal for manufacturers that require structured production planning, material tracking, and work-order management.
Assembly & Fabrication Workshops
Suitable for businesses involving multiple assembly or fabrication stages, such as cutting, assembling, and finishing.
Food & Product Processing Businesses
Useful for businesses managing production batches, material consumption, stock movements, and finished-goods costs.
Production Planners & Supervisors
Helps production personnel coordinate manufacturing activities, monitor work progress, and review workloads across different production stations.
How AutoCount Advanced Stock Assembly Plugin Works
A. Access Rights
Advanced Stock Assembly adds its own menu and document functions under the Advanced Stock Assembly main menu. Access rights determine whether a user can see a menu item, open a screen, approve a document, process a work order, or execute cost recalculation.
1. Go to General Maintenance > Access Right Maintenance.
2. Expand the SL Plugins section and select Advance Stock Assembly Plugin.
3. Click Set Group Access Rights.
4. Select the relevant user group, example; Admin. Change the permission from Don’t Change to Add. Click OK.
5. Click Yes to apply the access rights to all sub-commands.
B. Maintenance and Settings
B.1 Work Center Maintenance
Work centers identify the production stations used by operations and work orders. The maintenance screen allows authorized users to maintain the work center code, description, and related operational information used by the manufacturing workflow.
1. Go to Advanced Stock Assembly > Work Center Maintenance
2. Select an existing work center or create a new entry.
3. Enter or edit the work center information.
4. Save the record.
B.2 Operation Maintenance
Operations define the production steps used by BOMs and Manufacturing Orders. An operation can contain ordered steps and work-center assignments.
1. Open Advanced Stock Assembly > Operation Maintenance.
2. Create or select an operation.
3. Enter the operation code and description.
4. Add operation steps in sequence order and assign the applicable work center.
5. Save the operation.
B.3 BOM Maintenance
BOM Maintenance extends the AutoCount Item B.O.M. screen with operation consumption assignment and finished-goods cost tools. Component rows can be associated with the operation where they are consumed. The entry screen also supports Manual, Standard Cost from sub-items standard cost, and Up-to-date Cost from sub-items cost options.
Menu path:
1. Advanced Stock Assembly > BOM Maintenance
2. Open BOM Maintenance and select the finished-good item.
3. Review or maintain the component rows, quantities, units, and consuming operations.
4. Choose the Auto Update BOM Cost Option when required.
5. Use Recalculate, Standard Cost, or Up-to-date Cost to refresh the displayed finished-goods cost.
6. Click Save.
B.4 Setting
The Setting screen contains the manufacturing settings used by the plugin, including the configured behavior for manufacturing documents and numbering where exposed by the current implementation.
Menu path:
1. Advanced Stock Assembly > Setting
2. Open Setting.
3. Review the available manufacturing settings.
4. Enter the required values.
5. Save the settings.
C. Manufacturing Order
A Manufacturing Order records the finished-good item, required quantity, materials, operations, and production planning. The command screen provides listing, preview, printing, and entry actions. Approval validates the order before downstream Work Orders and production actions are used.
Menu path:
1. Advanced Stock Assembly > Manufacturing Order
2. Open Manufacturing Order.
3. Create a new order or select an existing order.
4. Enter the manufacturing order header and finished-good details.
5. Review material availability and the operation sequence.
6. Save the order.
7. Use Approve when the order is ready for processing. If material is short, approval with material shortage requires the separate material-shortage approval right.
8. Use Preview or Print when a Manufacturing Order Task Sheet is required.
C.1 Material Shortage and Replenishment
When the Manufacturing Order identifies a material shortage, authorized users can create replenishment documents from the order. The available action depends on the user rights and the configured native AutoCount document access.
1. Open the material shortage or replenishment action from the Manufacturing Order.
2. Review the shortage items and required quantities.
3. Choose the available replenishment document, such as Stock Request, Purchase Request, Stock Transfer, or another supported action.
4. Complete and save the generated native document.
D. Work Order
Work Orders break an approved Manufacturing Order into operation-level production work. Users can view assigned work, start or process an order, record activity, and produce finished goods after the required work is completed. Blocked orders require the additional Start Blocked right.
Menu path:
1. Advanced Stock Assembly > Work Order
2. Open Work Order.
3. Select the Manufacturing Order or work order to process.
4. Review the operation, work center, material, and planned quantity information.
5. Start or process the work order according to its status.
6. Record the work-order activity and quantities.
7. Save the work order
8. For a blocked order, use the start action only when the Start Blocked access right is granted.
D.1 Work Order Stock Write-Off
A Work Order can be linked to its stock write-off document. The link preserves the relationship between the material issue and the work order and validates the document before saving or deleting.
1. Open the stock write-off action from the Work Order.
2. Review the generated material lines.
3. Complete the native Stock Write-Off document.
4. Save it and return to the Work Order.
5. Review the linked status before continuing production.
E. Stock Request
Stock Request records material requested for manufacturing. It supports approval, printing, previewing, and transfer to the native Stock Transfer workflow when the required rights are available.
Menu path:
1. Advanced Stock Assembly > Stock Request
2. Open Stock Request.
3. Create a new request or select an existing request.
4. Enter the requested materials and quantities.
5. Save the request.
6. Approve the request when it is ready for transfer.
7. Use Transfer to create or open the related native Stock Transfer.
8. Use Preview or Print to produce the Stock Request Document.
F. Manufacturing Cost Recalculation
Manufacturing Cost Recalculation refreshes the final finished-goods cost after linked stock documents or manufacturing data have changed. The action is separate from normal document saving and requires the execute access right.
Menu path:
1. Advanced Stock Assembly > Manufacturing Cost Recalculation
2. Open Manufacturing Cost Recalculation.
3. Select the Manufacturing Order or range provided by the screen.
5. Review the orders and cost information available for recalculation.
6. Click Recalculate.
7. Wait for the recalculation to complete.
8. Reopen the Manufacturing Order or related Stock Adjustment to review the refreshed cost.
G. Reports
The plugin registers reports for document output and manufacturing analysis. Use Preview to inspect the result and Print to send it to the configured AutoCount report output.
9.1 Manufacturing Order Task Sheet
Prints the task sheet for a selected Manufacturing Order, including the order and operation details used by production personnel.
1. Open Manufacturing Order and select an order.
2. Click Preview or Print.
3. Select Manufacturing Order Task Sheet when prompted.
9.2 Manufacturing Order Listing and Outstanding
The reporting screen provides Manufacturing Order Listing and Manufacturing Order Outstanding report
types. Listing reports summarize selected orders; Outstanding reports focus on orders that remain to be
completed based on the selected criteria.
1. Open the Manufacturing Order reporting screen.
2. Choose Manufacturing Order Listing or Manufacturing Order Outstanding in Report Type.
3. Set the available selection criteria.
4. Click Preview or Print.
9.3 Work Order WIP and Workload
Work Order WIP & Workload reports work-in-progress and workload information by work center. The report
supports preview and print using the configured report design.
1. Open the Work Order WIP & Workload report.
2. Set the available date, work center, and order criteria.
3. Click Preview or Print.
4. Review the work-center WIP and workload output.
Benefits of AutoCount Advanced Stock Assembly Plugin
Better Production Visibility
Monitor manufacturing progress through structured Manufacturing Orders, operation-level Work Orders, and production reports.
Improved Material Planning
Identify material shortages and organize replenishment through Stock Requests, Purchase Requests, and supported stock transfer workflows.
More Reliable Manufacturing Costs
Maintain BOM costing information and recalculate finished-goods costs using relevant material and manufacturing records.
Better Production Coordination
Connect manufacturing activities, Work Centers, stock movements, and approval processes to support clearer production coordination.
Conclusion
The AutoCount Advanced Stock Assembly Plugin provides manufacturing and assembly businesses with a structured solution for managing production operations, material requirements, Work Orders, and manufacturing costs within AutoCount Accounting.
By combining Work Center Management, operation-based BOM planning, Manufacturing Orders, material replenishment, Work Order Processing, and Manufacturing Cost Recalculation, businesses can reduce manual coordination and maintain better control over production activities.
For manufacturers, assembly workshops, and product processing businesses, the AutoCount Advanced Stock Assembly Plugin helps establish a more organized and efficient manufacturing management workflow.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the AutoCount Advanced Stock Assembly Plugin?
The AutoCount Advanced Stock Assembly Plugin is an add-on for AutoCount Accounting that helps manufacturing businesses manage Work Centers, production operations, BOM materials, Manufacturing Orders, Work Orders, and manufacturing costs.
How does the AutoCount Advanced Stock Assembly Plugin help manufacturers?
The plugin helps businesses organize multi-stage production processes, monitor manufacturing progress, identify material shortages, manage production documents, and review manufacturing costs more systematically.
Can the plugin manage multiple manufacturing operations?
Yes. Businesses can define production operations, arrange their sequence, and assign the relevant Work Centers to organize multi-stage manufacturing workflows.
Can the plugin identify material shortages?
Yes. Manufacturing Orders support reviewing material requirements and identifying shortages. Available replenishment workflows can include Stock Requests, Purchase Requests, and Stock Transfers.
Can the plugin record material consumption?
The plugin supports linked Stock Write-Off documents associated with Work Orders, helping businesses maintain records of relevant materials issued or consumed during manufacturing.
Does the plugin support manufacturing cost recalculation?
Yes. The plugin provides Manufacturing Cost Recalculation to update applicable manufacturing cost information after relevant stock or production data changes.
Streamline Your Manufacturing Operations Today!
Managing manufacturing operations, material requirements, Work Orders, and finished-goods costs should not require unnecessary manual coordination.
With the AutoCount Advanced Stock Assembly Plugin, your business can organize production workflows, monitor manufacturing progress, manage material replenishment, and maintain better visibility into manufacturing costs.
Looking for a more efficient way to manage your production operations?
Contact SL Software Solutions Sdn. Bhd. to learn how the AutoCount Advanced Stock Assembly Plugin can support your manufacturing business.