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.

Subcontracting

Enable in Manufacturing > Configuration > Settings > Subcontracting. Allows outsourcing production to vendors.

Setup

1. Go to Inventory > Configuration > Routes.
2. Enable route "Subcontracting" if not already active.
3. Go to your vendor's contact form, Sales & Purchases tab.
4. Check Subcontractor. Set the Subcontracting Location (where raw materials are sent).
5. On the product form, add the "Subcontracting" route.

Subcontracting Flow

1. When stock reaches reorder point for a subcontracted product, a PO is created.
2. Quickenerp creates a Subcontracting Receipt - raw materials are sent to the vendor.
3. The vendor receives raw materials, produces the product, sends it back.
4. You receive the finished product as a normal receipt.
5. The PO is billed by the vendor.

Resupply Subcontractor

When confirming a subcontracted PO, Quickenerp auto-creates a delivery order to send raw materials to the subcontractor. The quantity of raw materials = BOM component quantity * PO quantity.

Tracking Subcontracted Stock

Raw materials sent to subcontractors are tracked in the Subcontracting Location (a virtual location). When the finished product is received, the raw material stock is consumed from there.

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.