Material Produced

1. Select a [MPL Network] from the Network drop-down in the header.
2. Select a Team (e.g. your entire company or a Link to a specific Partner or internal location) in the header.
3.  Select Manufacturing - Supplier from the left menu.
   Partners must have the correct roles assigned if using the Owner's instance of Multienterprise Information Network Tower.
4. Select Material Produced.
5. Select the New button.
6. Enter the material produced number in the Material Produced Number field.

7. Select the Save button.

   The screen refreshes with the saved materials produced in the draft state and with the required sections populated.

8. Select the Edit button.

9. In the Transaction Information section, select Submitted from the Process Status drop drown.
10. In the Material Information section fill in the following fields:
    
    1. Material Produced Number field – The unique identifier for the material produced.
       This field auto populates the value entered New Material Produced screen.
       
    2. Material Produced Date field –The specific date when the material records were last modified or updated.
    3. Action drop-down – A brief description stating the purpose of the transaction.
11. In the Reporter and Client section, fill in the following fields under Reporter group:
    1. Reporting Location type-ahead field –The name of the company or location sending the material produced. This company is supplier of goods. This field pulls from the Owner's company and location master data.

       The remaining Reporter fields are auto populated with the values from the company or location's master data entry. If the name of the company is not present in the Owner's master data, the company name must be entered manually.

    2. Country drop-down – The two-letter country code with country name for this location.
    3. State field – The state or region for this location.
    4. Location ID Type drop-down – The identifier type used for this company or location. See Identifier and Item Code Types for more information.
    5. Location ID Value field – The value associated with the identifier type.
12. In the Reporter and Client section, fill in the following fields under Client group:
    
    1. Company type-ahead field – The name of the company receiving the material produced. This field pulls from the Owner's company and location master data.

       The remaining Client fields are auto populated with the values from the company or location's master data entry. If the name of the company name is not present in the Owners master data, the company's name must be entered manually.

    2. Party ID Type drop-down – The identifier type used for this company or location. See Identifier and Item Code Types for more information.

    3. Party ID Value field – The value associated with the identifier type.
13. In the Line Items section:
    1. Select the Addicon. At least one line item is required to submit a materials produced.

    2. In the New Line Item panel, fill in the following fields underItem Information:

       1. Item field – The name of the product. If the user enters an item code instead, the field automatically displays the corresponding item name.
          The Item Code Type, Item Code Value and Description fields are auto populated with the values from the Owner's product master data entry for the product. If the product name is not present in the Owner's product master data then the product name must be entered manually.
       2. Item Code Type drop-down – The product code type (e.g. IN-Product Code).
       3. Item Code Value field – The product code.
       4. Description field – A brief description of the product. If the description is not present in the Owners product master data then the description must be entered manually.
       5. Quantity field – The quantity of item selected or provided.
       6. Unit of Measure drop-down – The unit in which the line item is measured.
       7. Plant Identifier field – A unique code or number used to designate a specific manufacturing, production, or storage facility.
       8. Storage Location field – A specific area within a warehouse, plant, or facility designated for storing materials.
       9. Customer Lot Number field – A unique identifier assigned by the customer to a specific batch or lot of products received from a supplier.
       10. Supplier Lot Number field – A unique identifier assigned by a supplier to a specific batch or production lot of a product.
       11. Sales Order Number field – A unique identifier assigned to a specific sales order.
       12. Sales Order Line Number field – A unique identifier assigned to each individual item or line within a sales order.
       13. PO Number field –The unique identifier of the purchase order.
       14. PO Line Number field – A specific line item within a purchase order that describes individual products or quantities ordered.
       15. Process Order Number field – A unique identifier assigned to a specific production or manufacturing order.
       16. Process Order Line Number field – A unique identifier assigned to each specific line item within a process order.
       17. Status Code drop-down – Movement Type of line item. Valid values are:
           • GOODSRECEIPT
           • GOODSRECEIPTREVERSE
       18. Manufactured Date field – The date when the item or product is manufactured.

       19. Expiration Date field – The line item's expiration date.

       20. Line Notes field – Additional information about the line item being added.

    3. Select Apply.

       The new line item is added to the material produced.

14. In the Notes section, enter any additional comments or instructions.
15. To submit the material produced:
    To save the material produced in a Draft state and finish it later, ensure the Move To button is not selected and then select the Save button in the draft state.

    1. Select the Move To button at the top of the screen.

       The submit status indicator circle is filled in with green to indicate the desired action upon selecting save.

    2. Select the Save button.
       

       The material produced is submitted.
       

Tips

• In the Line Items section, do one of the following:
  • Select the Addicon, to add a new line item.
  • Select the Deleteicon, to remove an individual line item.
• In the Notes section, do one of the following:
  • Select the Addicon, to add comments or instructions.
  • Select the Deleteicon, to remove comments or instructions.
• New material produceds can also be created by selecting the New button on the Material Produced Details screen for an existing material produced.

 Complete and submit a saved material produced in the draft state.

1. Select a [MPL Network] from the Network drop-down in the header.
2. Select a Team (e.g. your entire company or a Link to a specific Partner or internal location) in the header.
3.  Select Manufacturing - Supplier from the left menu.
   Partners must have the correct roles assigned if using the Owner's instance of Multienterprise Information Network Tower.
4. Select Material Produced.
5. Select Filter button to find the material produced updates in Draft state.
6. Select Material Produced Number link in the results table.

7. Select the Edit button.

8. In the Transaction Information section, select Submitted from the Process Status drop drown.
9. Confirm the material produced details and modify the fields if required. See Create and submit a new material produced for information about how to modify the Material Produced.

10. Select the Move To button at the top of the screen.

    The submit status indicator circle is filled in with green to indicate the desired action upon selecting save.

11. Select the Save button.
    

    The material produced is submitted.
    

Tips

• Select the Edit icon for the line item, in the Line Item section, to edit the details of an individual line
• Select the material produced number row and then select the Deleteicon on the top of the Search Material Produced screen, to delete a material produced in draft state.

Perform this task to search for and view the details of the material produced updates sent or received by suppliers or customers. Viewing the details of a material produced enables suppliers or customers to quickly access material information (e.g. the quantity for each line item in a transaction) in TraceLink without having to search through the actual B2B message.

1. Select a [MPL Network] from the Network drop-down in the header.
2. Select a Team (e.g. your entire company or a Link to a specific Partner or internal location) in the header.
3. Select Manufacturing - Customer or Manufacturing - Supplier from the left menu.
   Partners must have the correct roles assigned if using the Owner's instance of Multienterprise Information Network Tower.
4. Select Material Produced.
5. Select the Filter button.
6. In the Filters panel, fill in one or more of the following fields to filter the results:

   • State drop-down – The state of the material produced: 

     • Draft – The transaction is in the draft state.
     • Submit – The transaction has been created.
     • Processing – The application is getting ready to handle incoming transactions by doing some initial tasks, such as copying the files it receives.
     • Processed – The application changes the standard information into a format that is easy to use and specific to your transaction.
     • Preparing to Send – The application is getting ready to send out a transaction and is doing some initial tasks, like copying the necessary information for the process.
     • Sending –The application sends out business transactions to the buyer or supplier.
     • Sent – The transaction is successfully completed and shared with the receiving party.
   • Client type-ahead – Displays only if the menu item is Sent Material Produced. The name of the company the material produce was sent to.
     If the name of the company is not present in the Owners master data then the company's name must be entered manually.
   • Reporter type-ahead – Displays only if the menu item is Received Material Produced. The name of the company from whom the material produced is received from.
     If the name of the company is not present in the Owner's master data then the company's name must be entered manually.
     
   • Last Modified field – The period of time in which the material produced was last updated:
     • Today – The transaction was modified within the last few hours.
     • Yesterday – The transaction was updated within the past 24 hours.
     • Last Week – The transaction was modified in the last 7 days.
     • Last Month – The transaction was modified in the last 30 days.
     • Last 3 Months – The transaction was modified in the last 90 days.
     • Last 6 Months – The transaction was modified in the last 180 days.
     • Custom Range – Select a specific period of time that the transaction was modified in from the calendar.

7. Select Apply.
   

   A list of material produceds displays based on the filter results.
   

8. Select the link for the material produced from the results table.

   The View Material Produced screen displays.

9. View all the fields in the Transaction Information, Material Information, Reporter and Client, Line Items, and Notes sections.
   For detail information about these fields, see Create and submit a new material produced.

Tips

• Select the Viewicon for the line item in the Line Items section on the Material Produced Details screen, to view the details of an individual line item in the material produced.

After the material produced updates is submitted, the user might encounter an error and the processed status will be set to Paused With Error. Use the following procedure to resolve any error messages encountered while submitting material produced updates.

1. Select a [MPL Network] from the Network drop-down in the header.
2. Select a Team (e.g. your entire company or a Link to a specific Partner or internal location) in the header.
3.  Select Manufacturing - Supplier from the left menu.
   Partners must have the correct roles assigned if using the Owner's instance of Multienterprise Information Network Tower.
4. Select Material Produced.
5. Select Filter button to find the material produced updates in the Processing, Processed, Preparing to Send, or Sending state.
6. Select the Material Issued Number link in the results table.
7. View the following fields for error in the Transaction Information section: 
   • Process Status - Displays the status of the submitted transaction.
   • Last Transaction Error - Displays the error message.
8. Select the Edit button.
   
9. In the Transaction Information section, select Submitted from the Process Status drop drown.
10. Select the Save button.
    The material produced updates request is moved from Processing state to Sending state indicating that the material produced update is submitted successfully.

If a transaction is successfully sent to a partner but an issue occurs on the partner's side (e.g. in their ERP system), the sender can avoid re-entering all the details by rolling back to a previous workflow state and resending the transaction, thus saving time and effort for both parties.

1. Select a [MPL Network] from the Network drop-down in the header.
2. Select a Team (e.g. your entire company or a Link to a specific Partner or internal location) in the header.
3.  Select Manufacturing - Supplier from the left menu.
   Partners must have the correct roles assigned if using the Owner's instance of Multienterprise Information Network Tower.
4. Select Material Produced.
5. Select the Material Produced Number in Sent state.

6. Select the Edit button.

   The state of the material produced is automatically moved to Sending state.

7. Select the Move To button at the top of the screen.

   The submit status indicator circle is filled in with green to indicate the desired action upon selecting save.

8. Select the Save button.
   

   The material produced is submitted.
   

The statues of the material produced moves to Sent state.