ERPNext Manufacturing
Plan and run production from bill of materials to finished goods. Work orders consume stock, record operations and calculate costs, so production is connected to buying, stock and accounts.
DocumentsBOM · Production Plan · Work Order · Job Card · Stock Entry
ReportsProduction Analytics · Work Order Summary · BOM Stock Report · Job Card Summary
Works withStock · Buying · Selling · Accounting
Inside ERPNext Manufacturing
Bills of materials
Multi-level BOMs with raw materials, operations, scrap and costing.
Work orders
Production of an item from a BOM, with materials reserved, transferred and consumed.
Job cards and workstations
Operations recorded at each workstation, with time, quantity and operator.
Production planning
Plans built from sales orders and material requests, with the materials to buy or make.
Subcontracting
Material sent to job workers and finished goods received back, with costs tracked.
Capacity planning
Operations scheduled against workstation capacity.
Quality
Quality inspections during and after production.
Batches, serials and variants
Traceability of what was made from what, and item variants such as size or colour.
How the documents flow
Each step is a document in ERPNext, linked to the one before it, so you can follow any transaction from start to finish.
BOM
What an item is made of, and how.Production Plan
What to make, and which materials to buy or make first.Work Order
The instruction to make a quantity of an item.Job Card
The work done at each workstation.Stock Entry
Finished goods added to stock and materials consumed.
Common problems it solves
Shortages found on the shop floor
Production plans show material requirements before work starts.
Production status is unknown
Work orders and job cards show what is in progress, where and how much is done.
Costs of production are unclear
Material, operation and overhead costs are recorded on each work order.
Configure, customize, integrate, automate
Standard ERPNext first; custom work only where it earns its place.
Configure
BOMs, workstations, operations, routings and manufacturing settings.
Customize
Quality inspection templates, shop-floor print formats and fields on work orders.
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