This guide covers the manufacturing entry, which refers to the assembly and production of products by combining stored sub-products into a composite product. In the process, the inventory quantities of sub-products decrease as the composite product is recorded in inventory. The manufacturing entry is made through the product listing by selecting the desired sub-products, placing them in the processing basket, and making the manufacturing entry. The guide also includes information on checking inventory status and managing transaction types and prices.
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Manufacturing Entry
A manufacturing entry refers to the assembly/production of a product. For example, the product is a table. This is made from four legs and one tabletop. These products are in the product register as table legs and tabletop (these are so-called sub-products), but with a manufacturing entry, they can be formed into a product table. (this is a composite product). A manufacturing entry requires extended product management.
When a sub-product structure has been created for a storable composite product, manufacturing entries can be made for the composite product, with the formation of sub-product inventory transactions being automated.
Note: Sub-products are reduced in the manufacture of the composite product only when the composite product is marked as storable. Sub-products must also be storable products. The construction of the composite product is covered in the Sub-products and Composite Products guide.
Retrieving Composite Product from Product Listing
The manufacturing entry is made through the processing basket of the product listing. The product listing view can be filtered to a suitable product group using either the page's search function or by filtering the product selection using the product group bar. Additionally, non-composite products can be removed from view by unchecking "Show in listing" from the menu:
In the product listing, the composite product looks like this:
You can access the sub-product diagram by clicking the so-called stick figure button after the product name.
When viewing the structure of the table from the sub-product diagram, it looks like this:
The diagram shows:
- Structure:
Sub-products attached to the composite product (Table leg + Tabletop)
Quantity of each sub-product attached (Table legs 4 pcs, tabletop 1 pc). This is shown at the arrows. - Product names
- Price information
- Inventory information
- The edges of the box for a storable product are shown in black. The box is red if there is not enough in stock or its "status" is zero or less.
- Manufacturable: How many products can be manufactured from the sub-products.
- Manufacturing value: The average price of sub-products used in manufacturing. In this example, 4*1+5 = 9 €.
- Reserved: The number of products on sales orders.
- Incoming: The quantity coming to inventory on purchase orders that has not yet been delivered.
- In this example, 1 pc of tabletop and 4 pcs of legs are used for the manufacture of one composite product. These create reducing inventory transactions during the manufacturing entry.
Making a Manufacturing Entry
Manufacturing entries for composite products are made in the processing basket of the product register by first placing the desired products in the basket and selecting "Perform for products" >> "manufacturing entries" as shown in the image below:
In the processing basket, the inventory status of the composite product is shown separately for each warehouse, and the manufacturing entry can also be made for multiple warehouses at once: In this example, 1 pc of the product is marked as completed in warehouse 1.
The transaction type of the manufacturing entry and sub-products can still be changed as desired. There is a separate guide page for managing transaction types.
The purchase price of the composite product can also be considered. By default, this is retrieved from the sub-products, and the purchase price of the composite product becomes the sum of the purchase prices of the sub-products used.
If the selection is from the composite product, the price is retrieved from the purchase price field of the composite product, and if it is manually defined there, the same price is obtained through the manufacturing entry.
The inventory of sub-products can also be affected. By default, the selection is from the sub-product, and in this case, the entry used for manufacturing reduces the inventory of the sub-products. If the selection is undefined, the manufacturing entry will not have an inventory for the sub-products from which the products are reduced.
After the entry, press the "Save changes" button, at which point the system automatically makes the correct inventory entries, and the interface moves to the inventory transaction of the manufacturing entry.
End result:
- The inventory transaction is automatically saved
- Inventory balances have changed as follows:
- The composite product, i.e., the table, has been added to the inventory by 1 pc
- Tabletops have been reduced from the inventory by 1 pc
- Table legs have been reduced from the inventory by 4 pcs
Keywords: manufacturing entry, composite product, sub-product, processing basket
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