How Manufacturing is organised
Tabs: BOM Library, Production Runs, Lots & Traceability, Quality Control and Work centres.Common tasks
Write a bill of materials
Choose New BOM, pick the product it makes, and add the components needed for one unit. Add overhead for costs that are not materials. Cost to make one shows the total, and becomes the product’s cost when you save. How the product is made, step by step, is its routing: Define routing from the product’s row, with each step at a work centre and its setup and run minutes. Work centres carry an hourly cost, which becomes the labour in the run’s cost. A BOM that is no longer used can be set aside with Discontinue BOM, and restored later.Make a production run
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New Run
Choose the BOM and the quantity. The form shows, for each component, what you need, what you have and any shortage.
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Save as Draft or Save as Ready
A draft can be finished later; Mark Ready when it is.
3
Execute
Enter the actual quantity produced and any scrap, with its reason (Defective, Damaged, Burnt, Contaminated, Other). In one step the components are taken from stock, the finished goods are added as a lot, and the run is posted to your books at materials plus labour and overhead. This cannot be undone.
Check quality
A lot starts in Quarantine. Choose New Inspection to record the result (Pass, Fail or Conditional) and what happens next: release it, Rework, scrap it, or keep it in quarantine. Rejected units are written off. Inspections happen after the run; they do not hold it up.Trace a lot
Lots & Traceability shows each lot, the components that went into it, and its inspections.Results
Each run shows its yield, its cost per unit and how far it came in over or under budget. Reports → Production Overview brings them together.See also
Products & Services
Components and finished goods in stock.
Procurement
Buying components.
Reports
Production Overview.