Manufacturing locations are where batches are performed
Each Location becomes available to view separately on the Manufacturing Dashboard
Manufacturing locations
- Are defined with work times
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- - start and finish times.
- This affects the time batches are scheduled on the Manufacturing Dashboard
- Have default employees - actual employees are tracked on batch information and QA Tests
- Have a production rate factor that compares the speed in this room with other rooms
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- Has an overhead cost recovery rate that is used in finished product cost
- Has a special type that is used
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Manufacturing rooms have default employees - actual employees are tracked on batch information and QA Tests
Different types of cleans with associated times and linked QA Test Groups are linked to the room and referenced during production planning.
Internal Manufacturing has an overhead cost rate
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- to determine the products that can be manufactured (e.g. labeller)
- Has multiple cleans defined - example "Simple clean", "light to dark colour", "Full clean" etc
- Each clean has an estimated time for planning purposes to estimate the time required in the Manufacturing Dashboard
- Each clean is linked to a QA Test Groups of tests that will be tracked during the clean
Extenal Manufacturing locations
- Use purchase orders plus BOM ingredients for product costing.
- Use Supplier lead times and expected durations at the Manufacturing Location level that can be over-ridden at the Article level.