Production Orders
Know what's short before the run starts
Plan a run and Flōware checks every material against stock before the production order is created. When the run is done, materials come out of stock and finished goods go in.
Runs planned on material you actually have
Each production order follows its recipe. Flōware tracks what goes in and what comes out, so stock is right after every run.
- See shortages before you commit to a run
- Pick a recipe and a quantity. Each material shows OK or Insufficient against what's in stock.
- Stock is right the moment a run finishes
- Materials come out of stock and finished goods go in, all at once. Nobody adjusts stock by hand afterwards.
- See every run in progress
- Each production order shows what's being made, what it has used and what's still to come.
- Know who made what, and when
- Every order keeps who raised it, when it changed and every comment along the way.
Your planner spots a shortage while planning the run
This is what your planner sees when setting up a run. Two concentrates are short. The other four materials are covered.
- See the gap, not just a warning
- Each material shows what the run needs next to what's in stock. The run needs 2,060 of mango concentrate, and there are 1,800.
- Time to order before the line stops
- Short materials are marked Insufficient before the order is created. There's time to buy more or plan a smaller run.
- Only chase what's short
- Materials with enough stock are marked OK. Your planner follows up on the two that aren't.
What your planner stops doing
Flōware checks materials when a run is planned. Stock moves when the run is done.
- Checking stock levels by hand before every run
- Finding out a material is short once the line has started
- Adjusting stock from a spreadsheet after each batch
- Asking around the floor to find out what's being made
For manufacturers of food, chemicals, cosmetics or building materials, whether they make to stock or to customer order.
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