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Manufacturing — user documentation

The documentation describes how the “Manufacturing” section works: maintaining Bills of Materials, creating and executing manufacturing orders, reserving materials, producing finished goods, recording Scrap, printing and reports.

Contents​

Related documents:

Quick start​

Below is a typical scenario “from Bill of Materials to production output”.

  1. Make sure a Bill of Materials exists for the item (see Bill of Materials).
  2. Create a Manufacturing order:
    • select the order type;
    • specify the item to produce;
    • set the planned start date;
    • if needed, select a Bill of Materials.
  3. Fill in planned quantities:
    • how many units to produce;
    • which materials will be consumed and in what quantities.
  4. Check material availability and reserve:
    • run the Check availability action;
    • if the check is successful, the order moves to the ready state.
  5. Run Manufacture (move the order to In progress) and record output.
  6. Run Mark as Done and specify the Products location (finished goods storage location).

The section is located in the navigation tree as “Manufacturing” and usually contains groups:

  • Operations — manufacturing orders and related actions.
  • Reporting — manufacturing reports.
  • Settings — manufacturing directories and parameters.

Terms​

Manufacturing order​

A document where you plan and record production of an item (or disassembly, if the corresponding type is selected).

Bill of Materials​

A description of an item structure: which materials and in what quantities are required for production.

Material reservation​

A procedure where the system records that the required quantity of materials will be used for a specific manufacturing order.

Production and consumption​

Production is recording the produced quantity. Consumption is recording the actually consumed materials.