# Production Settings
**Production Settings** allow you to manage and streamline your manufacturing or production processes within Supply’d. By configuring these settings, you can control how products are produced, track labour and costs, manage production batches, and ensure accurate inventory allocation.
In **Production Settings** you can set production defaults and preferences, such as, assigning batches, default allergens, production locations, batch code formats, and labour tracking. You also have the option of creating your own custom fields to suit your company's requirements.
Properly configured Production Settings help ensure your production operations run smoothly, with accurate cost tracking and efficient resource management.
This document will guide you through applying settings for:
* [#production-defaults](#production-defaults "mention")
* [#batch-coding](#batch-coding "mention")
* [#labour-tracking](#labour-tracking "mention")
* [#custom-fields](#custom-fields "mention")
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## Applying & Editing Production Settings
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#### Go to Settings
Click on your company name in the top right and select **Settings**.
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#### Select Production Settings
Select **Production Settings** from the **Settings** menu.
The **Production Settings** form will open.
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To open or close the sections on this form click the little arrows to the right of the titles (as circled in red above).
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Complete the sections as per the guidelines below:
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### Production Defaults
Set the default settings for production batches.
**Auto-Assign Batches**
Select whether or not to automatically assign item batches on a first-in first-out basis when a production stage is loaded.
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Please note this may override manually assigned batches.
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**Match Recipe To Actual Yield**
If the actual yield differs from the expected yield, you can choose to adjust future stage recipes accordingly.
Set to "**No**" to always use the expected yield.
**Default Allergens - Contains**
Enter a comma-separated list of allergens that are present in all products produced.
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If set, these allergens will apply to all products when generating allergens.
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**Default Allergens - May Contain**
Enter a comma-separated list of allergens that may be present due to potential cross contamination.
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If set, these allergens will apply to all products when generating allergens.
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**Production Location**
Select the default location you would like to use when creating a new production batch. This can be overridden when creating a specific production run.
**Auto-Show Next Stage**
Choose whether or not to open the next window for the next stage after a stage is finalised.
* **Yes:** After finalising the stage, the next stage of the production run will be opened automatically.
* **No:** After finalising the stage, the open production run window will be closed.
**Smart Planning Date Range**
Select the default date range (in days) used for **Smart Production Planning**.
👉 See the [Smart Production Plan](/production/smart-production-plan.md) document for more details.
**Smart Planning Date Range Interpretation**
This setting determines how the selected date range is applied within Smart Production Planning.
* **Required Date:** The date when the produced stock is needed for consumption or sale. The system will include orders that must be fulfilled within the selected date range.
* **Scheduled Date:** The date when the production run needs to occur, based on the product’s configured lead times. The system will schedule production within the selected date range to ensure orders are ready by their required date.
**Default Start Time**
Select the default time of day for scheduling production runs in your local time zone. Times are available in 30-minute increments.
**Enable Bakers Mode**
Choose whether or not to enable **Bakers Mode**.
**Bakers Mode** includes the following features:
* **Deck Reports:** Generate daily deck reports for your scheduled production runs.
* **Hydration:** Set a hydration percentage on items in a production recipe to simplify your production runs.
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**Baker’s Mode**
We know bakeries have unique workflows, so we’ve created tools to support them.
* **Starter Within a Starter**\
Use a starter within its own recipe without issues.
* **Automated Hydration**\
Tag flour as **“needing hydration”** and enter a hydration percentage - Supply’d will calculate the water automatically. You can adjust this during production if needed.
* **Deck Reports**\
Choose which products appear on deck reports and export them to help plan your daily bake.
👉 See the [Bakers Mode](/production/bakers-mode.md) document for full details.
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### Batch Coding
Choose your batch coding settings.
**Batch Code Format**
Select the formatting to use when auto-generating a batch code.
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When a **Prefix + Count** format is selected, and additional field - **Start Count** - will show.
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**Start Count**
Enter the start code for batch generation.
This number will be unique for each different prefix.
**Enforce batch tracking?**
Select whether or not production staff must assign batches for tracked products during production runs.
* If enabled, staff are required to assign a batch for each tracked recipe item.
* If they cannot assign a batch, they must provide a reason.
* This setting only applies to recipe items with batch tracking enabled.
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If you try to finalise a stage without allocating batches, the system will display a warning. You cannot proceed until batches are assigned and must go back to allocate them before continuing.
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### Labour Tracking
Choose your labour tracking functionality.
**Enable Labour Tracking**
Select whether or not to enable labour tracking for production batches.
Choosing **Yes** allows you to track the time each team member spends on every stage of production.
**Default Hourly Rate**
Enter the default hourly rate for labour tracking. This rate can be overridden for individual users in **User Settings**.
👉 See the [Users](/configuring-supplyd/settings/users.md) document for details on how to do this.
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This field will only show when **Yes** is selected under **Enable Labour Tracking**.
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### Custom Fields
Add custom fields to production batches to store and manage specific information.
To add a custom field, click the button. A **Custom Field** form will appear.
**Field Name**
Enter a name for the custom field.
This will be displayed as the label on the production screen for this field.
**Field Type**
Select the type of field for this custom field - **Short Text**, **Long Text** or **Drop Down**.
**Default Text**
Enter the default text to pre-fill this field.
Leave blank to not pre-fill this field.
**Required**
Select whether or not the field is a required field, ie. the field must be completed.
Repeat the steps above for any other custom fields you would like to create.
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To remove a custom field, click the **X** beside the field name.
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#### Click Save
Click to apply your settings.
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