Overview

The recycling scenario is the process flow that covers recycling of materials, which can't be sold or used in their current form, into other materials ready for sale or use.

There are two widely used recycling strategies:

1. Cleaning/refining of the material in its contaminated or crude state into its clean state, ready for use. The variant also includes extraction of components ready for use from a complex product (used). The strategy specifics are the following:

• The recyclable material quantity is known.
• The recycling process necessary to extract the components is known.
• There is a certain expectation of useful materials to receive from recycling.
• The exact quantity of useful materials is estimated after the recycling process.

2. Receiving a certain quantity of useful materials from recyclable materials to use them in production of a new product. The features of the second recycling strategy are:

• The main goal is to obtain a predetermined quantity of useful material as a result of recycling.
• During the recycling process, the quantity of recyclable materials must be dynamically changed.
• The exact quantity of recyclable materials required cannot be estimated in advance.
• The exact quantity of recyclable materials consumed is known after the recycling process.

The recycling scenario in a manufacturing organization usually begins with quality management of recyclable materials. These materials can be:

• Goods purchased from vendors.
• Sub-products from their own manufacturing process.
• Products returned by customers.

Recycling can also be carried out as a processing service, and after the recycling process the extracted materials are returned to the customer.

Recycling flowchart

Links to User Guide

• Create production orders for recycling
• Create production stages in recycling scenario
• Schedule production orders
• Control material availability for production
• Release production orders
• Prepare shop floor papers
• Perform recycling
• Complete production stages
• Confirm production
• Consume materials for production

Links to Setup Guide

• Items
• Distribution warehouse structure
• Basic warehouse operations
• Manufacturing and inventory accounting in manufacturing
• Manufacturing operations