The calculated reduction of a component inventory balance based on the reported production of a parent item and the quantity of the component used per each parent A system transaction that may not represent physical usage based on timing and bill of material accuracy issues (syn: post-deduct)
-method for issuing (reducing on-hand quantities) materials to a production order In backflushing the material is issued automatically when production is posted against an operation The backflushing program will use the quantity completed to calculate through the bill of material the quantities of the components used and reduce on-hand balances by this amount See also Transaction by exception
The process of automatically decrementing perpetual inventory records, based on the bill of materials of a given product Normally triggered by shipment and invoicing to a customer, backflushing is used to eliminate wasteful inventory transactions