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.

Work Centers

Go to Manufacturing > Master Data > Work Centers. A work center is a machine, workstation, or production line.

Work Center Fields

Routings

Go to Manufacturing > Master Data > Routings. A routing defines the sequence of operations.

1. Click Create.
2. Reference - Routing name.
3. Add Operations:

• Sequence (1, 2, 3...) - Execution order.
• Work Center - Where this operation is performed.
• Duration - Time per unit.
• Duration Type - Fixed (regardless of quantity) or Per Unit.
• Start/Next Operation - For parallel or divergent flows.
• Default - If "Quantity" is set, it defaults as next operation.

Work Center Load View

Go to Reporting > Work Center Performance. See the scheduled vs actual load. Identify bottlenecks. Color-coded: green (under 80% load), yellow (80-100%), red (overloaded).