If you have a basic production process where you don’t really need the full capabilities of the production control module then you can put inventory into stock and indicate consumed material through the BOM journal.

Here is a quick overview.

AX2012 R3 CU11

It’s worth pointing out that the accounting posting of the BOM journal changed in R3. See this post by the support team.

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/axsupport/2015/10/02/bom-journal-postings-in-ax-2012-r3-vs-earlier-versions-of-ax-2012/

Cheers

Lachlan