Feed Basics Explained

Feed Prerequisites

These are the basics that will be used in all aspects of creating feed assembly orders. The first step is to create the Items that will become part of an Assembly Item.

1. Feed Ingredients

In Item Detail, any item used in a feed Assembly Order must have the following

  1. Type set to Inventory
  2. Stocking Unit of Measure set accurately
  3. Ship Weight
  4. Market Cost if the ingredient will be used in pricing feed. View the Market Cost for a component on the Mfg/Grain tab.

2. Service Items

Service items such as mixing or pelleting should be

  1. A non-inventory item
  2. Current L1 price set.

3. Assembly Items

The feed and service items to be assembled, either bag or bulk, in Assembly Orders.

  1. Select the Type as Inventory and Item Attribute of Assembly.
  2. Stocking Unit of Measure set to Ton for Assembly Items used in Bulk feed orders; Bag for Assembly Items used to create bagged Inventory Items.
  3. Ship Weight, default weight of 2,000 for Bulk or if a Bag item, the weight of an individual bag, such as 50 lb.
  4. A Vendor is required for all Assembly Order Items but the replacement cost and purchasing unit of measure information can be left blank.

  5. Access the BOM tab and add all feed and applicable services items, known as components, to the Assembly Item. The Lbs/Ton column should total 2,000 lbs for all Assembly Items, bag or bulk.

For locations who create a base pellet feed then customize as needed, follow the steps above and add this base assembly item to the BOM tab as a component. Follow the steps for Build to Site for base pellets prior to their use in other feed Assembly Item orders.

 

Assembly Order Explained

Select the Mfg/Feed menu, the AO icon, or select F2 to access the Access Open Assembly Orders window. Use this function to create Feed Assembly Orders as inventory items for in-store sales or create customer specific Feed orders. Select to create a new Assembly Order or to open an existing order. The Assembly Orders detail window includes the following options.

Create an Assembly Order

Follow the steps below to create an Assembly order for in-store inventory items or create a customer feed order. See Access Open Assembly Orders for more information.

Build to Site

  • Select Open Assembly Orders then select to create a new Assembly order.
  • In Item ID, select the Assembly Order Item that will provide the components needed for this Assembly. For example, you are creating 50 lb bags of feed for chickens, you would select the Assembly Item, Chicken Feed, Bagged which includes all necessary components.
  • Enter a Quantity that will be assembled.
  • Verify the Build To field indicates Site.
  • From Site and To Site can indicate the same Site ID if the inventory will remain at the same location. Indicate other Sites if the feed order will be assembled at one Site and sold at another.
  • Select the Load components button and all components on the BOM tab of the Item ID will load.
  • Add any additional components if necessary.
  • Select Assemble.
  • Print a Pick Ticket if needed.
  • Select Finalize to finalize the Assembly Order.

 

Build to Customer-Guaranteed

  • Select Open Assembly Orders then select to create a new Assembly order.
  • In Item ID, select the Assembly Order Item that will provide the components needed for this Assembly. For example, you are creating 5 tons of feed for a customer, you would select the Assembly Item, Chicken Feed, Bulk which includes all necessary components.
  • Enter a Quantity that will be assembled.
  • Verify the Build To field indicates Customer-Guaranteed.
  • Select the Customer account by entering the Customer phone number, name, or select F12 to search.
  • From Site and To Site can indicate the same Site ID.
  • Select the Load components button and all components on the BOM tab of the Item ID will load.
  • Add any additional components if necessary.
  • Select Assemble.
  • Print a Pick Ticket if needed.
  • Select Finalize to finalize the order which presents the Open Feed Order window. See Open Feed Orders for more information.
  • Settle the Order from the Open Feed Order screen.