Manufacturing

Section: Omnichannel Sales & Manufacturing
URL: /admin/manufacturing

Overview

Manufacturing module — bill of materials, production orders, work centres.

Business value

Bill of materials, production orders, work centres — turns the CRM into a light MES for SMB manufacturers who don't need (or can't afford) a full ERP.

• Who uses it: Production manager, operators, planning, costing
• Key benefit: Visibility from sales order to finished product without a separate manufacturing system.

Typical use cases:

• Make-to-order production triggered by a sales order
• BOM costing for quoting
• Track WIP and production lead time

At a glance

Accessing this module

From the admin sidebar, navigate to Manufacturing, or open the URL directly:

/admin/manufacturing

List view

The list view shows existing manufacturing records. Use it to search, filter, sort, and bulk-act on items.

Common actions

1. View existing records — open Manufacturing from the sidebar to see the list view.
2. Search and filter — use the search box and column filters to find records.
3. Create a new record — click the Add / New button (or follow the "Create" URL above) and fill in the required fields.
4. Edit a record — click a row to open the detail view, then use the edit action.
5. Delete a record — use the row's delete action; deletion may be soft or hard depending on the module.
6. Bulk operations — select multiple rows via the checkboxes and apply a bulk action from the toolbar (export, delete, status change, etc., where supported).

Routing

URL: /admin/manufacturing/routing_manage

A routing defines the ordered sequence of operations required to manufacture a product. Each routing step is linked to a work center and carries its expected duration, so the system can schedule production and sales order lead times automatically.

Key actions:

• Create a routing — click Add on the Routing list and define the code, name, and attach operations in sequence.
• Add / reorder operations — within a routing record, use the operations sub-table to add steps, set the work center, and specify cycle time per unit.
• Link to a Bill of Materials — assign the routing on the BOM so that every manufacturing order for that product inherits the correct operation sequence.
• Delete a routing — only possible when the routing is not referenced by an active BOM or manufacturing order.

Work Centers

URL: /admin/manufacturing/work_center_manage

Work centers represent the physical or logical resources that perform operations — a CNC machine, a welding station, an assembly line, or a labour team. Each work center has a capacity (hours/day) and a cost rate used for production costing.

Key actions:

• Create a work center — navigate to /admin/manufacturing/work_center_manage and click Add; provide the name, capacity, and cost per hour.
• Edit capacity / cost — update the work center record to reflect shift changes or re-costing exercises.
• View work center utilisation — the detail view shows which operations are currently assigned to the work center and their status.
• Delete a work center — blocked when operations referencing the center are attached to active routings.

Note: Work centers require both the Inventory and Purchase modules to be active. If either module is missing the system displays a configuration prompt instead of the list.

Work Orders

URL: /admin/manufacturing/work_order_manage

Work orders (WOs) are the individual operation tasks generated from a manufacturing order. Where a manufacturing order represents the overall production run, each work order corresponds to one step in the routing — e.g. "Cut", "Weld", "Paint". Operators update WO status in real time, giving production managers a live view of WIP.

Statuses:

Key actions:

• View all work orders — open /admin/manufacturing/work_order_manage for a cross-order view filterable by product, routing, status, and manufacturing order.
• Start a work order — use the Start Working action on a Ready WO to log start time.
• Pause / Resume — operators can pause and resume; elapsed time is tracked.
• Mark as Done — closes the WO and, when all WOs for a manufacturing order are done, triggers the MO completion check.
• Filter by manufacturing order — use the Manufacturing Order dropdown to see only the WOs belonging to a specific production run.

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