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title: "Production Automations"
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## **Shortage/Requirements Job **

This job creates production documents based on data of a specific period of the previous year (if any) and on filters defined by the user (item data, expected, reserved, maximum safety level, minimum safety level, reorder level). 

From Production - Automations, run job Generate shortage/requirements report (old menu: Production - Jobs). 

The run process is as follows:

- Select the filters.
- Click hypelink Select in order to update the grid with the data obtained.
- Results processing.
- Click Run button to create the production documents.

 

## Renew cost of cost element unit

Using job Renew cost of cost element unit you can refresh the indicative unit cost of cost data using the actual cost of previous periods that have been costed.

Alternatively, the indicative cost of cost data can be refreshed through the completion of the relevant field in the cost data configuration, or directly in the production documents (manually).

## Renew indicative cost of bills of materials

Running job renew indicative BOM cost refreshes the cost prices of raw materials and the standard cost of the cost elements in the bills of materials in order to define an indicative BOM cost before costing. It draws the required data from the calculation of inventory cost prices for Raw/Auxiliary materials and from the renew cost of cost element units for costing data.


Alternatively, the indicative cost of the bills of materials can be updated manually directly in the data of each BOM.

## Renew cost of cost elements in bills of materials

This job refreshes the BOM costing data based on the costing data group.  

You can copy the entire related configuration of costing data based on the group they belong (prerequisite) to the BOM again according to the cost data group to which it belongs. 

## Renew cost of cost elements in documents

This job refreshes the documents costing data based on the bill of materials. 

This can be executed in conjunction with job (Renew cost of cost elements in bills of materials), if required, or not. This job applies the cost model entered in the bill of materials and applies it to the already posted but not yet costed production documents. Through this method, it is possible to easily change costing method, without requiring the time-consuming reposting of data.