Manufacturing Order
Turn a recipe into real stock: consume the ingredients, produce the finished good.
What it does
A Manufacturing Order is the actual production transaction: pick a recipe, decide how many units to build, choose which store the raw materials are consumed from and which store the finished item is produced into, then post it to move real stock. Orders can be saved as drafts and revised freely; once posted, quantities are locked in and can only be changed by unposting first.
How it works
Pick a recipe
Only finished items that actually have a Bill of Materials defined are offered here, and picking one seeds the order's raw-material lines straight from that recipe's requirements.
Set the quantity and the two locations
Choose how many units to produce, plus a From Branch/Store (where raw materials leave from) and a To Branch/Store (where the finished item lands) - they can be different, matching setups like a central production site supplying a retail branch.
Review stock on hand before committing
The form snapshots current on-hand quantity for the finished item and every raw-material line, so staff can see what's actually available before posting; lines can only be edited if the recipe explicitly allows it for that ingredient.
Post to move stock
Posting creates two already-posted documents in one step: an Adjustment In for the produced quantity at the destination store, and an Adjustment Out for every raw material consumed - required quantity multiplied by units produced - at the source store, each line carrying its own real cost.
Unpost to correct a mistake
Unposting simply un-posts both adjustment documents; posting again always creates a brand-new pair rather than reviving the old ones, so the history of what was actually produced and when stays intact.
The problem it solves
The real risk without a system like this: finished goods get sold or promised that were never actually assembled, because nothing forces raw materials to be deducted the moment a finished item is 'produced' on paper or in someone's head. By tying both sides of the transaction to one posting action - raw materials out, finished good in, at the same moment - a Manufacturing Order makes it impossible for the stock system to show a finished item as available without the materials it took to build it having actually been consumed.
Part of the domain
🏭 ManufacturingTurn raw materials into finished goods, with the stock and cost to prove it.