Create and complete a manufacturing order

Make finished goods from components - the order uses up the parts, adds the product to stock and works out its cost.

Manufacturing 6 steps 1:37 video Manufacturing - User or Manager

Where to find it ManufacturingOperationsManufacturing Orders

Before you start

The finished product and every component must exist as products.
The components must be in stock. Receive them first if they are not.
If the product has a bill of materials (a saved recipe), choose it in Bill of Materials and the components fill in by themselves. This lesson types the components by hand, which works for any product.

Open Manufacturing, point at Operations, choose Manufacturing Orders and click New.
Pick the Product to manufacture and type the Quantity to produce. A Reference helps you find the order later.
Click Add component for each part the order will use. Search for the component and type how many.
Click Save. The order is created as a Draft.
Click Confirm to release the order for production.
Click Produce and confirm. The components are used up and the finished goods go into stock. The status becomes Done.

Tip

After producing, look at Cost Summary on the order. It shows the component cost, the operation cost and the cost of each unit made.

Note

Produced by mistake? Open the finished order and use Unbuild (under Operations > Unbuild Orders) to put the components back.

See what your production costs: production and cost reports.

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