When the operation is reported, there are different alternatives regarding the incorporated material reporting. To be able to report material from the stock balance during operation reporting, you must activate the setting Automatic Material Reporting During Operation Reporting?, under the Manufacturing tab in the Settings procedure. There are two alternatives for material reporting during operation reporting:
Alternative 1: The planned material/part quantity is reported when the operation is reported as finish. The material balance and the reported quantity for the operation will be adjusted by the reported quantity, or
Alternative 2: The planned material/part quantity is reported when the operation is started. The material balance will decrease and the reported material quantity for the operation will increase by the planned quantity. When the operation has got the status "finish", the nonconformity balance will be adjusted by the planned quantity. Please note that if you have selected this alternative, you cannot manually report the material. This alternative will be activated by the setting Automatic Material Reporting? in the Settings procedure.
The Show Material setting in the Update Employee procedure, determines if the Material table should be visible or not. The table shows the incorporated material for the operation selected in the upper part of the window.
The Consumed column shows how much of each material that has been consumed for the approved quantity + rejected quantity.
Consumed material to Operation.
If the material has got an alternate unit, the consumed material can also be shown in that unit. You can see this if the Unit field is white and has got a drop-down list which you can use to change unit.
Please Note! If the material was reported when the operation was started, it will be part of the consumed quantity shown here.
The consumed quantity of material can be reported by the operator when the operation is finished. But this can only be done if you use alternative 1. This is done by checking the Report material manually box, that is shown if this setting is activated. The Manual Material Reporting setting is activated in the Update Employee procedure.
Checkbox for Report material manually.
By using the Info menu (when right-clicking) you can choose to Add material, provided that this has been configured in the Update Employee procedure.
You can choose to report material on a manufacturing order in the standard unit instead of the alternate unit. This is activated per work center and will affect reporting made in the Recording Terminal and Comprehensive Reporting procedures. The setting is called Report material using standard units and you will find it under the Miscellaneous tab in the Update Work Center procedure.
Please Note! If the 
symbol is shown for an incorporated material, it means that the incorporated part has got the Traceability setting activated. Then it is very important to make sure that the material is withdrawn from the right location/batch number.