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Prepared by:
Benjamin Gallaher and Ryan Maloney
Business Systems Analysts
Amway Corporation
Flex Accounting for Manufacturing
using JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
Session ID#: 109430
@Amway

2. • Silence Audible Devices
• Note Fire Exits
• Partake of Refreshments
• Note Quest Staffers (green shirts) and
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• Ask Questions
Administrative Notes
Please:

3. Overview
• About Us
• The Business Case
• Possible Solutions
• What is Flex Accounting?
• Walk Through
• Configuration Requirements
• Challenges/Successes
• Questions

4. Key Takeaways
• What Flex Accounting is
• How Flex Accounting can benefit your organization
• How to configure and implement Flex Accounting
within JD Edwards EnterpriseOne

5. About Us

6. ■ Michigan State University
Graduate
■ Supply Chain Center of
Excellence - Make
■ Michigan State University
Graduate
■ Supply Chain Center of
Excellence - Design
Benjamin Gallaher
Business Systems Analyst
Ryan Maloney
Business Systems Analyst

8. Supply Chain Center of Excellence for
Business Process and Technology
■ Primary applications
supported:
▪ JD Edwards
▪ JDA Planning
▪ JDA WMS
▪ JDA TMS
▪ DSI
▪ TradeSphere
■ Roles include:
▪ Global Process Owners
▪ Business Systems Analysts
▪ Supply Chain Analysts
▪ Project Managers

9. Business Case

10. Business Problem
■ Buena Park Nutrition Facility
▪ Manufacturing Variance
▪ Plant Management
Staging Area
Staging Area
Tableting Soft Gels
Packaging
Bulk
Storage

11. Business Opportunity
■ Spaulding Nutrition Facility
▪ Capacity
▪ Risk Mitigation

12. Possible Solutions

13. Possible Solutions
1 2 3 4
Fire Them
All!
In-Depth
Analytics
Separate
Branch Plants
Flex
Accounting

14. Door #1: Fire Them All!
■ You’ve chosen to fire your
financial staff and plant
managers.
■ Outcomes:
▪ Low Employee Morale
▪ Untrained Staff
▪ New Plant Launch fails

15. Possible Solutions
2 3 4
Fire Them
All!
In-Depth
Analytics
Separate
Branch Plants
Flex
Accounting
1

16. Door #2: In-Depth Analytics
■ You’ve chosen to continue
managing your manufacturing
variances through in-depth
analytics and number
crunching.
■ Outcomes:
▪ Waste Key Resources
▪ Increase Margin of Error
▪ Inefficient Operations

17. Possible Solutions
3 4
Fire Them
All!
In-Depth
Analytics
Separate
Branch Plants
Flex
Accounting
1 2

18. Door #3: Separate Branch Plants
■ You’ve chosen to continue
managing your manufacturing
variances by creating separate
branch plants for each work
area.
■ Outcomes:
▪ Variances by work area
▪ Transactional Nightmare
▪ System Limitations
▪ Tail wagging the dog

19. Possible Solutions
4
Fire Them
All!
In-Depth
Analytics
Separate
Branch Plants
Flex
Accounting
1 2 3

20. Door #4: Flex Accounting
■ You’ve chosen to manage your
manufacturing variances by
implementing flex accounting.
■ Outcomes:
▪ Variance can be tracked by
work area
▪ Low Maintenance
▪ Future Re-Application

21. What is Flex Accounting?

22. Manufacturing Flex Accounting
■ Flex Accounting allows you to flex the Business Unit and
Subsidiary sections of the general ledger account structure
when performing various accounting transactions.
■ Available in the following applications of EnterpriseOne:
▪ Manufacturing
▪ Cost Accounting
▪ Distribution
▪ Financial
■ Located in System 16 Advanced Cost Accounting

23. Tables/Files That Support Flex Accounting
■ F4101 – Item Master
■ F4102 – Item Branch
■ F4801 – Work Order Master
■ F0006 – Business Unit Master
■ F3102 – Production Cost Variance
■ F3111 – Work Order Part List
■ F3112 – Work Order Routing
■ FF31112 – Lean Trans Routing
■ FF31111 – Lean Trans Part List
■ FF31011 – Lean Trans Master
■ FF31200 – Lean Trans Production Costs

24. Walk Through

25. High Level Process
Flex Accounting Process
Manufacturing
Industrial
Engineering
Finance
Buena Park & Spaulding
Add RoutingSKU Setup
Populate Flex Field
(URAB)
Process Work Order
Enter Actual
Completions
MRPCreatesManufacturingDemand
Enter Actual Labor
Expense
Run Manufacturing
Accounting Journal
Entries Program
Run Manufacturing
Accounting Variance
Program
VarianceRollup

26. Industrial Engineering
■ Functional Requirements:
▪ Item Setup Workflow
▪ Item to Work Area
Relationship
■ Technical Requirements:
▪ User Reserved Number –
Address Book (URAB)
▪ Item Master Workflow
Validation
Add RoutingSKU Setup
Populate Flex Field
(URAB)

27. Populate Flex Field (URAB)

28. High Level Process
Flex Accounting Process
Manufacturing
Industrial
Engineering
Finance
Buena Park & Spaulding
Add RoutingSKU Setup
Populate Flex Field
(URAB)
Process Work Order
Enter Actual
Completions
MRPCreatesManufacturingDemand
Enter Actual Labor
Expense
Run Manufacturing
Accounting Journal
Entries Program
Run Manufacturing
Accounting Variance
Program
VarianceRollup

29. Manufacturing
■ Functional Requirements:
▪ Work Order Reconcile
▪ Enter Actual Labor Expense
▪ Enter Actual Material
Completions
■ Technical Requirements:
▪ None
ProcessWork Order
Enter Actual
Completions
Enter Actual Labor
Expense

30. Enter Actual Labor Expense

31. Enter Actual Quantity Completed

32. High Level Process
Flex Accounting Process
Manufacturing
Industrial
Engineering
Finance
Buena Park & Spaulding
Add RoutingSKU Setup
Populate Flex Field
(URAB)
Process Work Order
Enter Actual
Completions
MRPCreatesManufacturingDemand
Enter Actual Labor
Expense
Run Manufacturing
Accounting Journal
Entries Program
Run Manufacturing
Accounting Variance
Program
VarianceRollup

33. Finance
■ Functional Requirements:
▪ Create Subsidiary G/L
Accounts
▪ Report Monthly Variances
▪ Calculate Annual Standards
■ Technical Requirements:
▪ Versions
▪ Processing Options
▪ Data Selection
Run Manufacturing
Accounting Journal
EntriesProgram
Run Manufacturing
Accounting Variance
Program
VarianceRollup

34. R31802A – Manufacturing Accounting
Journal Entries

35. R31802A – Manufacturing Accounting
Journal Entries
Doc Type GL Acct. Acct Desc. Debit Credit
IH Spaulding WIP Labor Charged to WO 1,932.00
IH Soft Gels Absorption Labor Charged to WO -1,932.00

36. R31804 – Variance Journal Entries

37. R31804 – Variance Journal Entries
Doc Type GL Acct. Acct Desc. Debit Credit
IV Soft Gels Actual Variance Calculated for WO 8,219.28
IV Soft Gels Eng. Variance Calculated for WO 278.35
IV Spaulding WIP Variance Calculated for WO 8,497.63

38. Configuration Requirements

39. System Requirements – “Switches”
■ Enable Functionality by Application (P16902)
■ Cost Object Rules Setup Method (P1691)
■ Flex Definition Rules (P40296)

40. Challenges / Successes

41. Challenges
■ Flex Accounting Documentation
■ Finding a Flex Field
■ Customized Security Access
■ Customized Menu Structure
■ Data Quality
Successes
■ Future Re-Application
■ Zero Disruption to Manufacturing
■ Retrofitting

42. Questions

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