Get Oracle Process Manufacturing Manufacturing Accounting Controller

In Discrete, you have a BOM and a Routing that define the manufacturing process (released as a discrete job). In OPM, you have a Formula and a Recipe that are used to define the manufacturing process (released as a batch).

Process manufacturing relies on creating formulas or recipes to produce a product, whereas discrete manufacturing assembles parts in a prescribed process to produce a distinct item. While discrete manufacturing creates products that are differentiated by individual units, process manufacturing does not.

OPM Costing is part of Oracle Process Manufacturing (OPM), an integrated suite of E-Business applications, which addresses specific needs of process manufacturers.

Repetitive schedules represent planned supply for repetitive assemblies in the same way that planned orders represent planned supply for discretely planned assemblies. The difference, however, is that repetitive schedules are defined using daily rates; whereas planned orders are defined using discrete quantities.

What is batch manufacturing? While in discrete manufacturing the components can be separated, in batch manufacturing this is not possible, since a recipe or formula is used to combine raw materials or ingredients in the final product.

Discrete manufacturing is typically characterized by: Work orders produce a specific quantity of a single item for a specific completion date. Routing instructions are a series of independent operations.