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 - 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
• 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)
  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.