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Inventory & Manufacturing

Manufacturing Module

BOM, production orders, work centers, and MRP.
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Manufacturing Module

Overview

The manufacturing module adds BOM, production orders, work centers, routing, quality inspections, and MRP-style material requirements for businesses that build or assemble products—not just install services.

How to access

The Manufacturing menu appears only when your business industry type is set to manufacturing (Settings → Business Profile).
AreaPath
Production Orders/manufacturing/production-orders
Bill of Materials/manufacturing/bill-of-materials
Work Centers/manufacturing/work-centers
Production Routing/manufacturing/production-routing
Quality Inspections/manufacturing/quality-inspections
Material Requirements/manufacturing/material-requirements
If you do not see Manufacturing, your industry is not set to manufacturing—contact an admin to update Business Profile.

What you can do today

  • Define Bills of Materials (BOM) linking finished goods to component inventory.
  • Create production orders with status tracking.
  • Configure work centers and production routing steps.
  • Record quality inspections on production output.
  • Run material requirements views to see component demand from open production.
  • Tie into base inventory for component consumption and finished goods receipt.

Prerequisites

  • Business industry type = manufacturing.
  • Component and finished-good inventory items created.
  • BOMs defined before scheduling production orders.
  • Roles with manufacturing and inventory permissions.

Step-by-step

Enable manufacturing (admin)

  1. Settings → Business Profile.
  2. Set Industry type to Manufacturing.
  3. Save. Refresh—the Manufacturing menu should appear.

Create a BOM

  1. Manufacturing → Bill of Materials → New.
  2. Select the finished item and add component lines with quantities.
  3. Save.

Create a production order

  1. Manufacturing → Production Orders → New.
  2. Select BOM/finished good and quantity to produce.
  3. Set dates and work center/routing as required.
  4. Save and progress status as work completes.

Inspect quality

  1. Manufacturing → Quality Inspections → New (or from a production order).
  2. Record pass/fail and notes.
  3. Save.

Check material requirements

  1. Manufacturing → Material Requirements.
  2. Review component shortages against open production.
  3. Create Purchase Orders for short items.

Current limitations

  • Industry gating is binary—mixed install + light assembly shops may still need standard inventory without full MRP.
  • Advanced finite scheduling and shop-floor tablet apps are lighter than dedicated MES systems.
  • Cost rollup from production variances into GL may require ServiceFlow Accounting for full detail.
  • Integration with external CNC or machine data is not built in.

Roadmap

  • Shop-floor clocking per operation step.
  • Automatic component issue from production order start.
  • Capacity planning across work centers.

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