One of the most useful features to use in Fusion Operations, if you want to manage your consumption and inventory in a more sophisticated manner, is Material Staging.

Material Staging allows you to "launch" the necessary amount of raw materials and sub-products needed for a specific Production Order.

If you have a Production Order to create 10 units of Product A and, to create Product A, you need to have:

A lot of times, all you want is to be sure that the Production Order only starts when at least one of these Products/Raw Materials are ready and available (in the Production warehouse).

Doing a Material Staging will automatically:

Note that you can also verify, create, or edit what was staged in the management interface via the Inventory (1) and after Material staging (2).

Therefore the goal of doing Material Staging is to tell Fusion Operations that these Products were "staged" and now the Production Order is ready to be worked on. To know more on how to stage materials in the mobile app check this article.

1. Does Fusion Operations automatically suggest lots using FIFO during Material Staging?

No. During Material Staging, the available lots are displayed in alphabetical/alphanumerical order.

2. How does Fusion Operations determine which material is consumed first?

By default, Fusion Operations consumes materials using the FIFO (First In, First Out) approach during production. This means the materials that were received first are consumed first.

If an Expiration Date is defined for the received materials, the system prioritizes the lots that are closest to their expiration date. Check this article to learn how to enable workers to register Lot/serial numbers.

If you still have any questions, feel free to reach out in our live-chat feature or directly to your CSM.

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