Planned Yield Percentage
Planned Yield Percentage is a key concept in ProcessForce that helps manufacturers account for material loss and production efficiency. By setting a planned yield, companies can:
- Increase the raw materials issued to compensate for expected material losses during production.
- Adjust production time to ensure the required output quantity is achieved.
This ensures better resource planning, accurate cost estimation, and optimized production processes.
Item Details
Within the Item Details form, the Yield % field specifies the planned yield for the parent item in the Bill of Materials (BOM).
Bill of Materials
The default planned yield is copied to the Bill of Material header and applied to each item added to the BOM.
- If using planned yield, it is recommended to modify the default Item, CoProduct, and Scrap formulas to factor in yield percentage.
- This results in increased material consumption to meet production requirements.
- If Scrap % is used, it will be added cumulatively to the total material quantity.
Production Process
To prevent yield-based adjustments from affecting production time, select the Ignore Yield checkbox
The additional time based on yield has not been implemented into costing.
Changing the Bill of Material Planned Yield
If the Yield % value is changed, a window appears with the following options:
- Take No Action: change the header only
- All Rows: copy the value and updates all rows
- Where Yield is not 100%: copy the value and update all rows where yield % is not 100%.
Manufacturing Order
When the Manufacturing Order is created, the Planned Quantity is increased by the planned Yield % to increase the number of items issued and the required resource time.
Select the Ignore Yield check box not to increase the operation/resource total time.
Planned vs. Actual Yield
Based on the Yield Formula, the Actual Yield is calculated when materials receipts and issues are created.
Modifying Manufacturing Order Planned Yield
If the Yield% value is changed, a window appears with these options:
- Take No Action: change the header only.
- All Rows: copy the value and updates all rows.
- Where Yield is not 100%: copy the value and update all rows where yield % is not 100%.
