Add a new reject reason

  1. Choose Production Management > Reject Reasons in the Navigation Pane.
  2. Choose the reject reason group in the tab Reject Reason Groups.
  3. Choose the sub tab Reject Reasons.
  4. Click New Reject Reason .
  5. In the option group General of the Wizard New Reject Reason, complete the fields below:
    FieldExplanation

    Name

    (mandatory field)

    The name of the reject reason.
    Description The description of the reject reason.
    ID Field to be completed at your discretion, to assign an individual ID.
    Category

    Choose the category in the drop-down menu:

    • SCRAP: The rejected product is scrap.
    • REWORKABLE: the rejected product can be reworked.
  6. In the options group WIP handling options, choose one of the following options:
    ChoiceExplanation
    Inventory Adjustment

    Choose the inventory adjustment reasons in the drop-down menu:

    • System default: the reason as set in System Management.
    • Specific reason: a reason other than the system default.
    QC Correction Choose from the dropdown menu to which QC status the inventory needs to be updated.
    • System default: the QC Status as set in System Management.
    • Specific QC Status: another QC status than the system default. The settings of the Production Options of the QC statuses determine which QC statuses can be selected.
      • For the category SCRAP, only the QC statuses for which the option Rejectable was checked can be selected.
      • For the category REWORKABLE, only the QC statuses for which the option Reworkable was checked can be selected.
      If a discrepancy between the category and the QC status occurs by a certain modification, the specific QC status will be preceded by the symbol . In this case, it is highly recommended to select another QC status which is in accordance with the category.

      See also Add a new QC status.
    Automatically relocate to another LPN

    If checked, the operator will automatically have to indicate to which LPN the rejected items will be relocated in the case of a reject registration with QC correction. The rejected items can be split to a new or existing reject LPN. If not checked, an LPN can be created after the reject registration that contains inventory with different QC statuses. If desired, this LPN can be inspected and/or dismantled later on.
  7. Click Finish.
    You can copy a reject reason and paste it in the same or another reject reason group.
  8. Where applicable, add free fields. See Edit free fields via tab (Configurator).
  9. Where applicable, add translations. See Add translations via tab.