Adhesives
Adhesives: the drum lot, the batch, and what shipped
An adhesive batch can ship in drums whose lot identity is on a stencil, while the formula, the fill weight, and the raw lots live in three other places.
A customer question about a drum should not start a search.
What the open batch has to show
- Raw lots charged before the batch is closed.
- Fill weight and drum count on the batch.
- The finished drum lot tied back to what went in.
That is the same kind of gap as seeing the work while it is still open and quoting from a current cost.
The week the record is late
A drum comes back. Quality has the batch number. Shipping has the customer. The formula that was used is the one someone remembers, not the one the kettle ran.
Put the drum lot and the formula on the same batch. MFGMAX Beverage and Food holds that record. Accounting can stay where it is. Other systems can connect. What moves, and when, is shown before you commit.
Mark the week on Problems and Solutions, or read how integrations stay with the platform instead of replacing it.
Questions
What should stay on the open batch?
Raw lots charged before the batch is closed. Fill weight and drum count on the batch. The finished drum lot tied back to what went in.
When should the batch be compared with the quote?
While it is still open. A count after invoicing explains a loss. It does not give the material or the hours back.
What does MFGMAX connect this to?
Put the drum lot and the formula on the same batch.