AX-04 · Operate
Manufacturing and subcontracting
Bills of materials, workstations, work orders, job cards, and subcontracted operations tied back to stock and cost.
Typical length: 6–14 weeks
Outcome
A work order consumes the right materials, records time at the right workstation, and receives finished goods at a cost finance can explain.
Who it is for
- Discrete manufacturers with multi-level bills of materials
- Plants that send operations to subcontractors
- Teams planning production from sales orders
What is included
- Bills of materials
- Multi-level BOMs, scrap, and alternate items where engineering agrees. Each BOM has an owner and a revision habit.
- Routing
- Operations, workstations, and hour rates so job cards capture time and cost, not only quantities.
- Work orders
- Plan from sales orders or a production plan, reserve materials, transfer to work-in-progress, and receive finished goods.
- Subcontracting
- Raw materials sent to a subcontractor, finished items received, and the service bill matched to the order.
- Quality
- Inspection on receipt or on the job card where a failed reading must stop the move.
How the work runs
- 01Pick two real productsOne simple, one with a sub-assembly or a subcontracted step.
- 02Build the BOM and routingWith engineering and the person who actually issues material.
- 03Complete a work order on stagingIssue, job card, finish, and check the stock and cost impact.
- 04Train planners and supervisorsSeparate sessions. They do not use the same screens.
Deliverables
- BOM and routing standards
- Work order procedure
- Subcontracting flow where used
- Sample costing review on the pilot products