Manufacturing

Production Planning

Replenishment-Based MO Creation

Products with route "Manufacture" and a reordering rule trigger MO creation:

1. Go to Inventory > Master Data > Reordering Rules.
2. Set route = Manufacture.
3. When stock drops below minimum, the replenishment engine creates an MO.

Planned Orders

Go to Manufacturing > Planning > Planned Orders. These are tentative MOs not yet confirmed. Review and confirm them in batch. Useful for medium-term capacity planning.

MRP (Material Requirements Planning)

For advanced planning:

1. Go to Manufacturing > Planning > MRP.
2. Click Run MRP.
3. Quickenerp analyzes:

• Current stock levels.
• Open sales orders.
• Forecasted demand.
• Reordering rules.
• BOM structure (explodes multi-level BOMs).

Production Scheduling

The Gantt view in Manufacturing Orders shows scheduled MOs across work centers. Drag and drop to reschedule. Filter by work center, date, product.

Manufacturing Orders

Go to Manufacturing > Operations > Manufacturing Orders.

Creating an MO

1. Click Create.
2. Product - Finished good to produce.
3. Quantity - Number of units.
4. BOM - Auto-selected if only one BOM exists for the product.
5. Routing - Auto-selected from BOM.
6. Deadline Start - When production should begin.
7. Deadline End - When production should be complete.
8. Source Document - Auto-filled if created from sales order or reorder.
9. Click Save.

MO Lifecycle

Confirming & Starting Production

1. Click Confirm Production - Reserves raw materials.
2. Click Plan - Assigns work orders to work centers.
3. Click Start Production - Begins the first operation.
4. Operators record time per operation.
5. Click Record Components to register component consumption (if consuming manually).
6. When all operations done, click Produce - The MO is completed.
7. Finished goods appear in the WH/Stock location.

Work Orders

Each routing operation creates a work order. Open MO → Work Orders tab. Each work order shows:

• Assigned work center and operator.
• Scheduled start and end.
• Components consumed at this operation.
• Actual duration vs planned.

Mark each work order as done by clicking the Complete Last Operation button on the MO.

Manufacturing Reporting

Manufacturing Analysis

Go to Manufacturing > Reporting > Manufacturing Analysis. Pivot table with:

• Dimensions: Product, BOM, Work Center, Operation, Vendor (for subcontracting), Date.
• Measures: Quantity Produced, Planned Quantity, Duration (hours), Cost, Scrap Quantity.
• Filters: Order Status, Date Range, Product Category.

Cost Analysis

Open a completed MO → Cost Analysis button. See:

• Raw Material Cost - Sum of all consumed components - cost price.
• Operation Cost - Time spent at each work center - hourly cost.
• Total Cost - Material + Operations.
• Unit Cost - Total Cost / Quantity Produced.

Work Center Performance

Go to Reporting > Work Center Performance. See for each work center:

• Planned hours vs actual hours.
• OEE percentage.
• Load rate (scheduled hours / available hours).
• Number of MOs processed.

Best Practices

• Review work center load weekly to avoid bottlenecks.
• Track scrap percentage per product to identify quality issues.
• Compare actual vs planned costs to improve BOM accuracy.
• Use OEE to identify underperforming work centers.