Material Consumption functionality allows you to have multiple consumption Stock Entry against a Work Order. To enable this, go to Manufacturing > Manufacturing Settings.

Once enabled, a Material Consumption button will be available in Work Order once started.

When button is clicked, it will do the following:

1. It will create Stock Entry with purpose Material Consumption for Manufacture.
2. If the “Backflush Raw Materials Based On” in the Manufacturing Settings is set to BOM, if will propose to consume all required qty for manufacture.
3. If the “Backflush Raw Materials Based On” in the Manufacturing Settings is set to Material Transferred for Manufacture, if will propose to consume all transferred qty for manufacture.
4. Once submitted, it will update Consumed Qty column in the Work Order.
5. In succeeding Material Consumption, it will suggest unconsumed qty.
6. Once “Finish” button is clicked in Work Order, it will take into account consumed qty.

Validations

• If the “Allow Multiple Material Consumption” option is disabled in Manufacturing Settings, but the “Material Consumption for Manufacture” feature is utilized in the Stock Entry,
• It is not feasible to cancel the “Material Consumption for Manufacture” entry for a completed Work Order.