Manufacturing

Bills of materials, manufacturing orders, work centers and quality checks.

3 lessons available · 4 more on the way

Overview

Manufacturing turns components into finished goods. A manufacturing order says what to make and how many; when you produce it, the components leave stock, the finished product enters stock, and the cost of the finished goods is worked out for you.

Manufacturing order (Draft) → Confirm → Produce → Done

Feature	Where	What it is
Overview	Manufacturing › Overview	How many orders are Draft, Confirmed, In Progress and Done, with the latest orders.
Manufacturing orders	Manufacturing › Operations › Manufacturing Orders	Make finished goods from components.
Unbuild orders	Manufacturing › Operations › Unbuild Orders	Take a finished product apart into its components again.
Material planning	Manufacturing › Operations › Material Planning	Component shortages: buy or manufacture to replenish.
Bills of materials	Manufacturing › Products › Bills of Materials	The recipe of a finished product and its components.
Reports	Manufacturing › Reporting	Production, Cost Analysis, Component Consumption and Work Center Load.
Work centers	Manufacturing › Configuration › Work Centers	Places where operations run, each with an hourly cost.
Quality control points	Manufacturing › Configuration › Quality Control Points	Checks generated on manufacturing orders.
Settings	Manufacturing › Configuration › Settings	Backflush and labour/overhead costing options.

Tasks in Manufacturing

Manufacturing orders

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. 6 steps1:37 video

Configuration

Set up work centers Set up the places where production happens - a machine, a bench or a team - each with an hourly cost rate. 6 steps0:51 video

Reports

Run the production and cost reports See what you produced, what each order cost, which components were used, and how busy each work center was. 6 steps0:49 video

Coming soon

These lessons are being written and recorded.

Create a bill of materials (BoM)
Unbuild a finished product
Material planning - find component shortages
Quality control points