The Manufacture feature will be very useful for you if you buy raw materials and want to manage them into finished products, such as a bakery/cake shop, furniture store (own production), etc. We can also calculate the service expenses in the process from managing raw materials in the Manufacture menu.
In the Manufacture menu, there are 2 different workflows for manufacturing process, they are instant and with planning. This article will explain the difference between instant workflow and workflow with planning when creating a manufacturing job order.
I. Configure Workflow
Step 1. Go to Setup, click More Menu, and click AddOns
Step 2. Go to Manufacture tab
Step 3. Select the Workflow then click Save
II. Job Order with Planning
Step 1. Go to Inventory and Check the Manufacture product stock
For example, the Cake product is having 1 qty
Step 2. Go to Manufacture, select Archive, and click New
Step 3. Select Outlet and click Ok
Select the Outlet where you want to add stock from the manufacturing product
Step 4. Make a Job Order and click Submit
After you input the Manufacturing product (Cake) into the Output list, a list of products that serve as Inputs (materials) will appear
Step 5. Input Job Order Description (Optional) then click Ok
Step 6. The Job Order was completed
Step 7. Go to Inventory then recheck the Manufacture product stock
Cake stock will show 1 quantity until the user executes the job order plan on the manufacture (same as they were before the job order was created).
When using workflow with a plan, stocks in materials and manufactured products remain the same as they were before the job order was created. You must execute the plan if you want to add stock to the manufacturing product.
Step 8. Go to Manufacture then select previous Job Order
When you enter the Manufacture menu, you will see a list of job orders that you have previously created. You can differentiate which job orders have been processed and which haven't based on their state. If they are still in the planning stage, they will be marked as 'Plan,' and if they are completed, they will be marked as 'Completed.'
Click the number of the Previous Planned Job Order to see the Job order detail
Step 9. Click Execute Plan
Step 10. Go to Inventory then recheck the Manufacture product stock
Cake stock will show a 2 quantity (increase by one) after the you executes the plan.
III. Instant Job Order
Step 1. Go to Inventory then check the Manufacture product stock
For example, the Cake product is now having 2 qty
Step 2. Go to Manufacture then click New
Step 3. Select outlet then click Ok
Select the Outlet where you want to add stock from the manufacturing product
Step 4. Make Job Order then click Submit
Step 5. Input Job Order description (optional) then click Ok
Step 6. The Job Order was Completed
Step 7. Go to Inventory then recheck the Manufacture product stock
Cake stock will instantly showing 3 quantity (increased by one) after you submit the job order.
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