Manufacturing locations are where batches are performed
Each Location becomes available to view separately on the Manufacturing Dashboard
Manufacturing locations
linked to a inventory location - this will be the default location for picking and for completing stock
- 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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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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- Has an overhead cost recovery rate that is used in finished product cost
- Has a special type
allows similar rooms to be used to produce the same things with different production rate factors
a production rate factor of 5 is half the speed of production of one rated 10
- used to determine the products that can be manufactured (e.g. labeller)
- 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.