Formulas and recipes
Quantities by percentage or weight, scalable to batch size, with by-products and co-products.
Process and batch manufacturing
Formulas instead of bills, yields, potency and shelf life, lot genealogy, and the batch record a regulator can read.
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 rolloutProcess manufacturers combine ingredients under a formula and measure the output by batch. Manufacturing ERP's authored core is discrete manufacturing; a process-batch rollout requires the following extensions and verification against the plant's quality requirements.
Yield and loss
Expected yield per stage; actual yield reported; loss analysed by cause.
Lot genealogy
Every output lot knows its input lots, forward and backward, which is the recall answer.
Shelf life and potency
Lots expire; potency adjusts the quantity needed; first-expiry-first-out picking is the default.
Batch record
Every step, parameter, operator and check on one record per batch, with electronic signatures where required.
Quality release
Configure a hold at batch completion and require Quality Inspector's recorded decision before shipment.
Plan to ship for this plant
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Sales order
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MRP run
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Purchase
Approval requiredBatch record
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Work order
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Quality release
Approval requiredFormulas and recipes · Yield and loss · Lot genealogy · Shelf life and potency · Quality release
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Ship
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
OnHold
| Hold Number | Hold Type | Lot | Work Order | Placed Date |
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| QH-72807 | Lot | LTS-57481 | WO-19238 | 20 Sep |
| QH-74332 | GoodsReceipt | LTS-52544 | WO-19744 | 21 Sep |
| QH-46332 | WorkOrderOperation | LTS-62401 | WO-51605 | 07 Sep |
| QH-50967 | Lot | LTS-11987 | WO-31032 | 18 Sep |
| QH-39175 | GoodsReceipt | LTS-58010 | WO-81449 | 23 Sep |
| QH-66629 | WorkOrderOperation | LTS-22564 | WO-11106 | 05 Sep |
Typical roles
Roles and permissionsOwns MRP, work-order release, scheduling, and BOM/Routing maintenance.
Executes assigned production operations; separately assigned receiving and stock-handling permissions cover warehouse work.
Runs the floor — assigns operators, posts production, handles holds.
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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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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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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Inventory
Warehouses, locations, lots and serials, every stock movement, cycle counting and valuation that reconciles to the ledger.
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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.
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Purchasing
Requisitions, sourcing, purchase orders, receiving, three-way match and supplier performance, with approval where money is committed.
Relevant reports
Reports and dashboardsWork Order Variance
Planned vs. actual quantity, time, and cost per work order; highlights scrap rate and labor efficiency.
Quality Summary
First-pass yield, reject rate, and top-10 defect codes for a period.
Production Schedule Attainment
Orders completed on-time-in-full vs. planned, by product family and week.
Common questions
All questionsCan 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 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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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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Industry
Engineer to order and projects
Long-lead, designed-to-contract products: project structure over the plan, milestones, progress billing and cost to complete.