Firstly, a public service announcement: this blog contains references to sex, nudity and violence.\u00a0 You have been warned \u2026<\/p>\n
Well, eventually it had to happen.\u00a0 After some birds and bees and flowers and trees action an egg has been known to give rise to the odd chicken.\u00a0 Now (and here\u2019s the violent bit) in order to cook a chicken to golden deliciousness, it is necessary to first deal with the unpleasant aspect of a slaughter.<\/p>\n
After that\u2019s done, the cooking process can begin. Add a rich and creamy peanut sauce for a nutty chick or add some chillies for a wholesome spicy chick or, if you like a crispy treat, cover the portions with a mixture of eleven herbs and spices and produce some finger lickin\u2019 goodness.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t want to go into too much detail regarding slaughtering.\u00a0 After all, we still want to transform our bird into a culinary masterpiece.\u00a0 No use spoiling the appetite now so rather than an image of the grim reaper hovering over the defenseless bird, let\u2019s rather think about the Queen of Hearts pointing at the chicken and yelling \u201coff with its head!\u201d<\/p>\n
The interesting thing about the processes to \u2018optimize\u2019 the now deceased chicken is that it works a bit differently than your traditional manufacturing processes. Instead of combining different components via different operations to get a single product (parent) you now get different pieces out of the one carcass that was consumed by the job (works order).\u00a0 Yes, your input weight and output weight remains more or less the same (and serves as an excellent control point within your process) but here we have a sample of an inverted BOM (Bill of Materials).<\/p>\n
SYSPRO handles inverted BOMs with ease.\u00a0 First, you define a notional part with a normal BOM attached.\u00a0 Then you define the co- or by-products that get produced from the notional part.\u00a0 This enables you to issue multiple components and labor to the job and also receive multiple stock codes from the job.<\/p>\n