Creating & Performing a Production Run
Using Supply'd for production runs streamlines manufacturing, tracks progress, and ensures efficient resource use, while maintaining accurate inventory and reducing waste.
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Using Supply'd for production runs streamlines manufacturing, tracks progress, and ensures efficient resource use, while maintaining accurate inventory and reducing waste.
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This document will guide you through:
Selecting Production in the main menu will open the Production page.
The Up Next tab shows Production Batches currently in production. The current stage of production for any batch is clearly indicated with colour coding for easy identification.
The Completed tab shows any completed batches.
To create a Production Batch select Production from the main menu. The Production Batches list will appear.
Click Add + in the top right corner. The Add Production Batch form will show.
Complete the fields as follows:
The product you would like to produce. Select from your list of products in the drop-down. For our example below we will be selecting "OMCC101 - Only Mine - Classic Collection - 10 Pack 120g x unit".
After the product is selected, additional fields will appear.
The date the first stage of production will commence. Clicking this field will bring up a calendar where you can select the month, year and day.
The location where the product is being produced and will be subsequently stored in inventory on completion. Select from your list of location(s) from the drop-down menu.
The user(s) this production run associated to. Select from your list of users in the drop-down menu.
The batch code for this batch. Will be auto generated based on your settings.
The expiry date for this batch. Clicking this field will bring up a calendar where you can select the month, year and day. Will be pre-filled based on the production date. Press the X to remove.
The quantity of batches to produce in this run.The expected yield will be automatically updated based on your selection.
The expected yield for this batch. The batch qty will be automatically updated based on your selection.
The total size of this batch. This field cannot be edited.
The total cost to produce this batch. This field cannot be edited.
The current stage that this batch is at in production. Select from the drop-down. It is recommended not to change this value.
Any notes you wish to make about this batch.
The batch will now appear in the Production Batches list.
Clicking on any product in the Production Batches list will bring up the batch ready to perform the next stage.
The recipe shows you all the items required for the stage.
In this example the items required are a selection of bonbons. If you were producing the single bonbons rather than a mixed box, the recipe would be the ingredients used to produce them.
You can manually assign batches you are using for the production batch or choose to auto assign batches.
Auto Assign Batches will automatically assign batches to the order on a first in first out (FIFO) basis. You can also configure batches to always be automatically assigned to a batch in your production settings.
The instructions to complete this stage of the production batch, where "Stage" will vary depending on whatever stage production is at. In this example it is "Packaging" so would say "Packaging Instructions".
Tracking time spent on this stage of production.
Select the user from the drop-down. Click Add User to add an additional user.
Clicking the stop watch on the right will start the timer. Click again to stop. You can manually enter the time if you don't wish to use the timer or are on a shared device. The field are in "H:MM:SS".
The yield achieved versus expected in this production run.
The actually yield from this production run. Will be set as the expected yield until updated.
The expected number to be produced in this production run. This field cannot be edited.
View & update field and notes information for this production batch. This includes any custom fields you have configured in your production settings as well as a free form field for entering any notes. See the Production Settings document for details on how to create custom fields.
Click FINALISE STAGE if this current stage of production is complete. Any inventory batches used in that stage will be consumed after finalising. The production batch will either tagged for the next stage of production or, if this was the final stage of production, it marked as completed and moved to the Completed list. Completed batches will be added to inventory ready to sell or consume.
You will be asked to confirm.
If there are and steps you have missed, such as, assigning batches or tracking labour, you will receive a warning about these after clicking FINALISE STAGE.
Click Save Changes to save any changes made without finalising the stage.
The completed production batch will show like this:
After selecting a product in the Production Batches list, clicking on the 3 dot on the right of the page will bring up an additional menu.
Will save the current stage.
Will finalise the current stage. The production batch will either tagged with the next stage of production or, if this was the final stage of production, it marked as completed and moved to the Completed list.
Allows you to edit the production batch. See Editing Production Batches below for full details.
Enables you to print the label for this product if you have a template set up for it. See Printing Labels below for full details.
Will remove the production batch. You will be asked to confirm.
Select the product in the Production Batches list, click on the 3 dots on the right of the page, and select Edit Production. The Edit Production Batch page will show.
Edit any fields required in the same way as Adding a Production Batch above.
Enables you to print the label for this product if you have a template set up for it. See the Templates document for details about creating templates.
Select the template to use to generate the label for this product from the drop-down.
Select the batch code from the drop-down to print on the labels.
Enter the number of labels to print.
Whether or not to include additional details on the label. None will print just the product name and barcode. Price will have the product name, price and barcode. Custom text will allow you to include your own text along with the product name and barcode.
The font you would like to use in this customisation.
Whether or not to include a barcode on the label. If including which barcode type would you like to use and include.
The label to use for printing. Only applies to templates with utilise the logo_image.
Custom text to include on the label. Max length 20 characters. Only to applies to templates which utilise custom text.
Click to apply your settings and add this batch.
Click to apply any changes.
