AutoCount Advanced Stock Assembly Plugin Setup Guide
Understanding AutoCount Advanced Stock Assembly Plugin
AutoCount Advanced Stock Assembly Plugin enhances manufacturing management by standardizing multi-stage production operations, material planning, and work-center workflows. Users can configure operational routing and work centers, link BOM component consumptions to specific process steps, manage Manufacturing Orders with automated material shortage replenishment, track shop-floor Work Orders with write-off controls, recalculate accurate finished-goods costs, and analyze production capacity through Work-in-Progress (WIP) and workload reporting.
Benefits of Using the Advanced Stock Assembly Plugin
Standardizes production operations, work centers, and sequential step routing
Maps BOM component consumptions directly to specific manufacturing stages
Identifies material shortages and automates replenishment document creation
Tracks shop-floor Work Orders with linked stock write-off controls
Recalculates finished goods costs and reports Work-in-Progress (WIP) capacity
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does the Advanced Credit Term Plugin do?
It automates prompt-payment discounts for early settlements and calculates late-payment interest charges on overdue invoices according to configured credit terms.
Why should I use the Advanced Credit Term Plugin?
It encourages faster customer payments, automates penalty and incentive calculations without manual arithmetic, and posts corresponding accounting entries directly into AutoCount.
How do I set up prompt payment discounts?
Open AdvancedCreditTerm > Credit Term, select the credit term, click Discount, and click Add to specify the Within Days threshold and Discount Rate percentage.
How do I configure late interest charges?
Open AdvancedCreditTerm > Credit Term, select the credit term, click Interest, and click Add to set the overdue day threshold (No of Days >=) and applicable Interest Rate.
How are discount and interest documents generated?
When an A/R Payment is saved, the plugin evaluates the credit term rules and prompts you to generate linked A/R Debit Notes or Sales Invoices for interest, or Credit Notes for discounts, using settings defined under AdvancedCreditTerm > Setting.
What is the Swipe Void Record option used for?
It is a technical maintenance utility under AdvancedCreditTerm > Swipe Void Record designed to clear orphan or exceptional record-not-found entries, and requires a full database backup before running.
Start Optimizing Your Credit Terms Today!
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