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Count Point and AutochargeWhen you define operations in Oracle Bills of Material, you can specify whether an operation is acount point and whether resources at that operation should be automatically charged during amove transaction. You can update this information in Work in Process using the Operationswindow. Operations that are non-count point/autocharge operations must be defined asbackflush operations.

You can define which operations in a routing record move transactions (and there by do thebackflushing if its enabled) by defining how resources are consumed at that operation. TheCount Point and Autocharge check boxes work together. In the following discussion, the CountPoint and Autocharge check boxes can be set to either on or off. However, you cannot set CountPoint on and Autocharge off.

When you move assemblies from an operation with Count Point on / Autocharge on operation toanother count point operation set the same way, Work in Process automatically completes allCount Point off / Autocharge on count point operations between them.

To transact a Count Point off / Autocharge off count point operation, you must explicitly moveassemblies into and out of that operation. Moving assemblies past a Count Point off / Autochargeoff count point operation acts as though the operation did not exist in the routing. This isparticularly useful for rework or debug operations that are performed on a portion of theassemblies you process.

If you issue components with a supply type of Operation pull to an assembly at a Count Point off / Autocharge off count point operation, Work in Process backflushes these components when youmove out of the Count Point off / Autocharge off count point operation into a count point operationthat allows backflushing. Work in Process never pulls components with a supply type of

Assembly pull from Count Point off/ Autocharge off count point operations. However, you mustturn Backflush on for Count Point off / Autocharge off count point operations. The Backflush fieldshould always be turned on for the last operation in a routing.Notes1. If count point is on then auto charge needs to be on.2. If Both count point and auto charge are off then backflush needs to be on.3. When count point is on and blackflush is on we dont need to explicitly do the move transactionto and from the operation to do material transaction but if count point is off(and thus autocharge)and balckflush is on then we need to do a move transaction to and from that operation to makethe backflush takes placeEx:OP seq Count-Point Autocharge Backflush10 Y Y Y

20 N N Y30 N Y Y40 Y Y Y

In the above example if we move from Op 10 to 40(To Move) then resource charges takes place@10,30 & 40 but backflush takes place only @ 10 and 40 though 20 and 30 are also backflushenabled.To make backflush @20 we need to explicitly move to OP20. i.e we need to do move transactionfrom OP10 to OP20 and then OP20 to OP 40

Again if we need backflush @30 then we need to from OP20 to OP30 and then OP30 to OP40.

Effects when Count point is OFFLet consider a routing as shown below

1. When you do the move transaction the system 'll defaule the op 40 as 20 & 30 has no countpoints.2. If we select 60 as the To operation then system 'll record only the operation step 40 and all the

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resources attached in between operation seq 10 to 60 'll be charged and backflush 'll takes placeif its enabled.3. If we do move transaction directly from 10 to 40 then no backflush takes place @opration 20and 30 though for both backflush is enabled.But if we do a transactio to either 20 or 30 then we'll force the system to backflush the material atthat point.

Example Count Point & Auto charge Operations

In the following example, the routing has five operations. The second and fourth operations arenot count points, and you must explicitly move units in and out of the fourth operation if you wantto charge the job or repetitive schedule for the consumed resources.The following table presents an example of count point operations.

Operation Sequence Description Count Point Autocharge BackflushInstructions

10 Assembly 1 Yes Yes Yes n/a20 Assembly 2 No Yes No n/a30 Painting Yes Yes Yes If color and texture

do not meet standards, send to Op 40. If job meets standards, send to Op 50.

40 Painting Rework No Direct charge Yes Sand finishand repaint to meet standards.50 Packaging Yes Yes Yes Ship directly to

customer site when finished with this operation.

Count Point off / Autocharge on Assign this count point to operations that you always perform in a routing, but where you do notwant to monitor assembly moves into, out of, and through the operation. For example, choose thiscount point for non-bottleneck operations that are not labor or time-intensive, such as inspectionor minor assembly operations.

Work in Process automatically completes the operation and charges its WIP move resources toyour job or schedule when you record a move transaction through or beyond the operation, aswith Count Point on / Autocharge on count point operations. Work in Process does not default theoperation, unlike Count Point on / Autocharge on count point operations. You can still recordmovements into, out of, and through the operation by overriding the default in Work in Process.

Count Point off / Autocharge off Assign this count point to operations that you do not typically perform in a routing. For example, arework operation that you only perform on occasion. If you choose this count point for anoperation, Work in Process does not complete the operation and charge its resources to your jobor schedule unless you explicitly record a move transaction into and through the operation.

Work in Process does not default the operation. You can still record movements into, out of, andthrough the operation by overriding the default in Work in Process.

Count Point on / Autocharge on Assign this count point to operations you want to automatically default as destination operationsin the Move Transactions window. You should always assign this count point to the finaloperation in a routing, to insure that you record move transactions into the operation, and thenrecord completion transactions.

You can automatically complete and charge operations in a routing with this count point. Work in

Process automatically completes an operation and charges its WIP Move resources to your jobor schedule when you record a move transaction through or beyond the operation.

For operations that you always perform in a routing, you can also monitor assembly moves into,out of, and through the operation. For example, choose this count point for critical, time-intensive,

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or bottleneck operations.

BackflushIndicate whether to backflush components on shop floor moves at this operation. A backflushtransaction automatically pulls Operation pull components from inventory. Work in Process alsopulls al l Operation pull components at non-backflush operations preceding this operation(through the previous completed backflush operation.)

Minimum transfer quantityEnter the minimum transfer quantity of assemblies to move from this operation to the next. Workin Process will warn you if you attempt to move a number less than this value. If you used astandard operation, this value defaults to minimumtransfer quantity defined for the standard operation. Otherwise the default is 0.