Use Cases / Context

Some manufacturing flows need produced lots to keep information from the lot consumed for a key component.

For example, a component lot can define expiration or traceability metadata that must remain available on the finished product lot, or on selected by-product lots, after production.

The same need can appear on manual manufacturing orders that do not use a BoM. In that case, the manufactured product category can define which propagation profile should be used.

Configuration

Only one component line can have a propagation profile per BoM, and the component must be tracked by lots or serial numbers.

Propagated fields are grouped in profiles. To create one:

1. Go to Manufacturing > Configuration > Lot Info Propagation Profiles.

2. Create a profile.

3. Select the stock lot fields that the profile should propagate.

To configure product category defaults:

1. Go to a product category.

2. Set MRP Lot Propagation Profile.

That profile will be proposed automatically on BoM lines when selecting a component from that category.

To configure a BoM:

1. Open the BoM.

2. On the component line that should provide the lot information, review or edit the lot propagation profile.

3. Leave the profile empty on the other component lines.

4. On by-product lines that should receive the same lot information, enable Propagate Lot Info.

For manufacturing orders created without a BoM, configure the propagation profile on the manufactured product category. The order must consume exactly one lot/serial number across all raw material moves.

Usage

To use lot propagation in manufacturing:

1. Confirm the manufacturing order.

2. Consume exactly one lot/serial number for the configured component.

3. Set the finished product lot/serial number.

4. Validate the manufacturing order.

During validation, the configured non-empty values from the consumed component lot are copied to the finished product lot and to the lots of by-products that have Propagate Lot Info enabled on the BoM.

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Credits

Maintainers

This module is maintained by the OCA.

OCA, or the Odoo Community Association, is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to support the collaborative development of Odoo features and promote its widespread use.

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This module is part of the OCA/manufacture project on GitHub.

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