How To: Consume Material
Consuming material in a Job means absorbing the cost of material in your project. In IEM 2 scenario's are possible:
- From Inventory = In this scenario inventory is available, in stock, usually not specifically acquired for the Job. When posting consumption in this scenario the Job Ledger entry and the Item Ledger entry (Negative Adjustment) are created in the same transaction.
- From Job Specific Inventory = The inventory has been acquired specifically for the Job and as a result a Job Ledger entry has been created already, this Job Ledger entry id off-set by an Item Ledger entry. In this scenario the Job Ledger entry and the Item Ledger entry (Negative Adjustment) are created in the separate transactions in other words the acquisition of the material and the actual consumption are disconnected.
Post Consumption
- From the Job Item Planning line click Post
- This will Post all Released Item Planning lines with a Qty. to Post > 0.
- Use the "Autofill Qty. to Post" and "Delete Qty. to Post" for the selected lines.
- Only lines with Availability, as per the "Job Item Information" factbox will be posted.
Alternatively posting can be done from the Job Journal, this also allows you to post material for which no Job Item Planning line exists. This is considered as "unplanned usage"