About manufactures
Learn how material and product stock levels change when you create a manufacture.
A manufacture is a record of the creation of your products, variations, or components. This process involves making a product or batch of products for sale, which is a crucial aspect of your job if you're in manufacturing.
When you create a manufacture and mark as Completed, any materials you have included in the material list will decrease your on-hand material stock. Your available product stock will also increase simultaneously, based on the quantity you have indicated that you have made.
You can create a manufacture before or after a customer orders, whichever fits your business workflow.
In this article:
- Making batches
- Production statuses
- Auto manufacturing
- Assigning manufactures
- Tracking labor costs
- Manufacture FAQ
Making batches
When you add a recipe to a product, the manufacture will automatically use the material list from the recipe. This can be handy if you make the same products repeatedly.
If you need to size a manufacture up or down (for example, a batch of 12 soaps instead of a batch of 6, or for a half batch 0.5 instead of 1), you can increase or decrease the manufacture quantity of your manufacture.
Production statuses
You can set statuses for your manufacturers to provide fine-grained control over your production process. Only Completed statuses deduct stock from your raw materials and increase your product stock. More information on production statuses
Auto manufacturing
If you're on an eligible plan, you can turn on Auto Manufacture to automatically create manufactures for your products, variations, or components when an order comes in. This saves you time and effort if you make products or variations that often use the same materials in every manufacture, or when utilizing components for product bundles or sets.
By default, the auto manufacturing setting will be off.
To enable auto manufacturing:
- Hover your mouse over the Settings icon, then select the Account Settings option from the menu that appears. (How to find your account settings page)
Scroll down to the orders section and check the 'Auto Manufacture from Orders' box.
Click on Save details.
When the remove auto manufactures on order cancellation setting is enabled, if an order is imported with a "canceled" status, Craftybase will not create an auto manufacture for that order. Additionally, if an existing order is updated to "canceled," Craftybase will automatically remove any associated auto manufactures. This ensures your inventory remains accurate and up-to-date by preventing unnecessary manufactures and maintaining accurate manufacturing records.
Assigning manufactures
Manufactures can be assigned to a user to enable you to see who is working on each product batch.
To assign a user to a manufacture, select the user from the Add or Edit Manufacture form dropdown.
Tracking labor costs
Manufacture FAQ
Can I manufacture multiple products in a single manufacture?
No, you can only manufacture one product at a time in a single manufacture