Manufacturing Location

Manufacturing locations are where batches are performed

Each Location becomes available to view separately on the Manufacturing Dashboard

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

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.