About Auto Manufacturing

Learn how to automate your workflows using our auto manufacture feature

In this article:

• What is auto manufacturing?
• How to enable auto manufacturing
• How does auto manufacturing work?
• Configuring all products to auto manufacture
• Configuring specific products to auto manufacture
• Configuring specific variations to auto manufacture
• Auto manufacturing components
• How to automatically remove automanufactures

What is auto manufacturing?

This feature is available in our INDIE+ plans.

The Auto manufacture feature allows you to automate the creation of your manufactures, based on the orders you receive. It is useful for situations where products:

1. Are not created in advance as a batch and
2. Contain materials that do not change between manufactures.

A simple example of auto manufacturing would be a charm bracelet in which the customer selects their desired charm from a list of available options. Since the finished product is only created when the order is received and only involves a relatively insignificant configuration time, this would be an ideal candidate for auto manufacturing.

How to enable auto manufacturing

By default, the auto manufacturing setting will be off.

To enable auto manufacturing:

1. Hover your mouse over the Settings icon, then select the Account Settings option from the menu that appears. (Find your account settings page)

2. Scroll down to the orders section and check the 'Auto Manufacture from Orders' box.

   

3. Click on Save details.

How does auto manufacturing work?

Auto manufacturing can be configured at the account, product, or variation level.

The auto manufacturing flow can also create components when a product is sold automatically.

Auto manufacturing will only occur for a product/variation ordered if:

• It is switched on (via the account, parent product or variation)
• There is a recipe in place for the product ordered (for variations, the recipe needs to exist at either the variation level or the parent product level)

If these conditions are met, a manufacture will be created for the quantity ordered, using the same date as the order. This manufacture will be created regardless of the product or variations currently available stock levels.

Auto manufacturing components

When included in product manufacture, components can be set to auto manufacture themselves. This is particularly useful for bundling and kitting situations.

This can be configured for any recipe that includes the component or for each manufacture that consumes the component.

Directly underneath the material on the recipe form, a small wizard wand icon with a checkbox will appear. Check the box if you want each manufacture to set the component to auto manufacture automatically.

Configuring all products to auto manufacture

Auto manufacturing can be switched on with a single setting if you wish to use this across all of your products:

1. Navigate to your Account Settings page (How do I find my Account Settings page?)
2. On the form that appears, check the Auto Manufacture from Orders checkbox.
3. Click the Save Details button to save the changes to your account.

Configuring specific products to auto manufacture

If you only want to use the auto manufacture feature for specific products:

1. Navigate to your product edit page (How do I edit a Product?)
2. On the form, under the  Sale Information heading, ensure that the Auto Manufacture checkbox is ticked.

3. Click the Save Product button to save the changes.

   

Configuring specific variations to auto manufacture

If you only want to use the auto manufacture feature for specific variations under a product:

1. Navigate to your variation's edit page
2. Ensure that the Auto Manufacture checkbox is ticked on the form that appears.

3. Click the Save button at the bottom of the form.

   

How to automatically remove automanufactures associated with canceled orders

After enabling Auto Manufacture, Craftybase can automatically create manufactures for your products when an order is placed. However, if an order is canceled, you may not want those automatically created manufactures to remain. To return your stock levels back to the amounts prior to a canceled order, you'll want to enable the setting to automatically remove automanufactures.

By default, the Remove Automanufactures on order cancellation setting will be off.

To enable automatic automanufacture removal:

1. Hover your mouse over the Settings icon, then select the Account Settings option from the menu that appears. (How do I find my Account Settings page?)

2. Scroll down to the orders section and check the 'Remove auto manufactures on order cancellation' box.

   

3. Click on Save details.

When 'Remove auto manufactures on order cancellation' is Enabled:

Here’s how Craftybase handles automanufactures when an order is canceled, ensuring your inventory remains accurate and up-to-date.

1. Importing Orders with a "Canceled" Status:
   • If an order is imported into Craftybase with a status of "canceled," Craftybase will not create an auto manufacture for the order, even if the auto manufacture setting is enabled for the products in the order. This prevents unnecessary manufactures from being created for orders that will not be fulfilled.
2. Updating Orders to a "Canceled" Status:
   • If an existing order in Craftybase is updated to a status of "canceled," Craftybase will search for any auto manufactures associated with that order. If auto manufactures are found, they will be removed automatically. This ensures that any manufactures created for the canceled order are deleted, maintaining the accuracy of your manufacturing records.