Project as the top of the tree
Work orders, purchases and engineering hours belong to a project phase; the project shows cost to date and cost to complete.
Engineer to order and projects
Long-lead, designed-to-contract products: project structure over the plan, milestones, progress billing and cost to complete.
Typical roles
Also built for
- Job shops and make to order
- Repetitive and line manufacturing
- Process and batch manufacturing
- Engineer to order and projects
What changes for this plant
configured at rolloutMachinery, equipment and structures designed to a contract need the plan tied to a project. The authored core supplies products, engineering changes, work orders and costs. The following project capabilities are extensions to scope and verify during rollout.
Design releases
Bills are released in stages as engineering completes them; procurement starts on long-lead items before the design is final.
Milestone billing
Invoicing is tied to project milestones, not to shipment.
Change orders
Customer changes create a priced change order that adjusts scope, cost and schedule together.
Serialised deliverables
The finished machine has a serial with full genealogy and an as-built bill for service later.
Plan to ship for this plant
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Sales order
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MRP run
Project as the top of the tree · Milestone billing
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Purchase
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Work order
Change orders
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Quality release
Approval requiredDesign releases
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Ship
Serialised deliverables
Same records, same gates. The configuration changes how the process runs for this plant.
Workspace previews
StatusPendingInProgress
- WC-130: WO-15343 · 20, 24 Sep to 03 Oct, Pending
- WC-110: WO-54773 · 10, 06 Sep to 08 Sep, InProgress
- WC-110: WO-16425 · 70, 28 Sep to 07 Oct, Pending
- WC-150: WO-92810 · 20, 13 Sep to 21 Sep, InProgress
- WC-120: WO-83081 · 20, 20 Sep to 27 Sep, Pending
- WC-120: WO-60275 · 70, 14 Sep to 22 Sep, InProgress
Approval conditions
Planner reviews suggestions, releases WorkOrders (Status: Planned → Released), and WorkOrderComponents + WorkOrderOperations are generated from the referenced BOM and Routing.
StatusPlannedReleasedInProgress
| Work Order Number | Product | Quantity Ordered | Quantity Completed | Planned Start |
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| WO-12156 | PRD-5525 | 50 | 0 | 21 Sep |
| WO-61333 | PRD-6326 | 550 | 0 | 26 Sep |
| WO-59893 | PRD-3945 | 210 | 70 | 16 Sep |
| WO-72971 | PRD-5394 | 840 | 0 | 18 Sep |
| WO-14931 | PRD-8370 | 50 | 0 | 19 Sep |
| WO-92173 | PRD-9069 | 520 | 300 | 15 Sep |
StatusPendingInProgressnext 14 days
- WC-120: WO-92859 · 40, 27 Sep to 01 Oct, Pending
- WC-120: WO-60275 · 30, 12 Sep to 15 Sep, InProgress
- WC-130: WO-35979 · 30, 19 Sep to 28 Sep, Pending
- WC-120: WO-57821 · 20, 17 Sep to 21 Sep, InProgress
- WC-150: WO-56453 · 10, 27 Sep to 03 Oct, Pending
- WC-130: WO-88658 · 80, 12 Sep to 15 Sep, InProgress
- WC-130: WO-50465 · 40, 27 Sep to 01 Oct, Pending
- WC-110: WO-72984 · 70, 16 Sep to 19 Sep, InProgress
- WC-150: WO-76628 · 30, 18 Sep to 22 Sep, Pending
- WC-110: WO-78348 · 30, 15 Sep to 23 Sep, InProgress
- WC-110: WO-20055 · 20, 18 Sep to 22 Sep, Pending
- WC-150: WO-55597 · 40, 14 Sep to 22 Sep, InProgress
Typical roles
Roles and permissionsOwns MRP, work-order release, scheduling, and BOM/Routing maintenance.
Manages procurement of raw materials and components.
Runs the floor — assigns operators, posts production, handles holds.
Executes assigned production operations; separately assigned receiving and stock-handling permissions cover warehouse work.
Performs inspections and dispositions non-conforming material.
Owns the general ledger, payables, and receivables for manufacturing transactions.
Makes assigned purchasing and control decisions independently of the person who requested or prepared them.
Modules
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Product engineering
Items, bills of material, routings and engineering change, with revision control on all of it.
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Shop floor
Work orders, dispatch, operations, labour, material issue, scrap and completion, recorded where the work happens.
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Planning
Demand, master schedule, MRP and capacity: from what customers want to what the plant and suppliers must do, with every planned order traceable to its demand.
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Quality
Inspection plans, incoming and in-process inspection, non-conformance, corrective action, holds and certificates, tied to the exact lot or order.
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Inventory
Warehouses, locations, lots and serials, every stock movement, cycle counting and valuation that reconciles to the ledger.
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Purchasing
Requisitions, sourcing, purchase orders, receiving, three-way match and supplier performance, with approval where money is committed.
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Costing and finance
Standard costs, cost rollups, work-in-progress, variances and the journal entries that make every movement a posting.
Relevant reports
Reports and dashboardsSupplier Performance
On-time delivery %, incoming-inspection reject %, and price variance per vendor.
Production Schedule Attainment
Orders completed on-time-in-full vs. planned, by product family and week.
MRP Exception Report
Components short to cover demand, grouped by lead-time bucket and buyer.
Common questions
All questionsHow do I get started?
Click Start now, then use Proto to configure Manufacturing ERP for your business. Set up your workflows, import your data and invite your team.
Related questionDoes it handle multi-level bills and revisions?
The specification defines multi-level bills, dated bill revisions and versioned routings. Released work orders retain their referenced bill and routing. Phantom items, component substitutes and serial-based effectivity need to be included explicitly in the rollout scope where the plant uses them.
Related questionLot and serial traceability?
The model includes Lots and Serials, with links to production and delivery. A rollout rehearsal must trace actual receipts through issues and shipments, including partial quantities, returns and rework, before the plant relies on it for a recall.
Related questionStandard or average cost?
The authored model uses standard costing, pending standards and reviewed cost rollups. Average costing requires an agreed extension and reconciliation checks; it is not represented by the current item fields.
Related questionCan we keep our accounting system?
Yes. The ledger is included, but journals export by period to a group ledger if that is where consolidation happens.
Related questionWhat about our machines and scanners?
Scanners can be connected to receiving and movement actions. Machine counters can feed production logs through an agreed mapping. Device protocols, duplicate handling and operator confirmation are part of integration work described on the integrations page.
Related questionHow long does implementation take?
The schedule depends on the app configuration, data quality, integrations and rehearsal results. Agree it after reviewing the plant’s scope; the implementation page sets out the work and acceptance points.
Related questionWhat does it cost?
Nothing per user. Credits pay for machine work and never expire. See pricing.
Related questionOther industries
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Industry
Job shops and make to order
Every order is different: quoting from estimated routings, job costing, and a schedule that changes daily.
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Industry
Repetitive and line manufacturing
Stable products in volume: rate-based schedules, backflushing, line-side stock and takt, with the ledger still exact.
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Industry
Process and batch manufacturing
Formulas instead of bills, yields, potency and shelf life, lot genealogy, and the batch record a regulator can read.
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Engineer to order and projects
Long-lead, designed-to-contract products: project structure over the plan, milestones, progress billing and cost to complete.