ERPNext multi-level BOMs and the BOM Creator
Structuring products with sub-assemblies in ERPNext: multi-level BOMs, building the tree in BOM Creator, BOM costing, updating BOMs in bulk and keeping BOMs accurate for purchasing.
ERPNext manufacturing
Specific manufacturing capabilities in ERPNext beyond the initial setup: BOMs, planning and MRP, shop floor execution, process and contract manufacturing, scrap and downtime.
ERPNext production planning and MRP
Planning what to make and buy in ERPNext: Production Plans from sales orders and material requests, sub-assembly planning, raw material requirements, and forecasts and delivery schedules for longer horizons.
ERPNext work orders and job cards on the shop floor
Executing production in ERPNext: work orders from BOMs, job cards per operation and workstation, material transfer to manufacture, time logs and tracking progress per operation.
ERPNext routings, workstations and capacity planning
Modelling operations and machine capacity in ERPNext: workstation working hours and costs, routings as operation templates, and capacity planning that schedules job cards across workstations.
ERPNext plant floor view for machines and job cards
Giving supervisors a live picture of the shop floor in ERPNext: plant floors, machines as workstations with status illustrations, floor stock and processing job cards from the visual interface.
Tracking semi-finished goods by operation in ERPNext 16
Producing and consuming semi-finished goods per operation in ERPNext version 16 instead of separate sub-assembly BOMs, and what changes for work orders, job cards and stock.
ERPNext for process manufacturing: batches, grades and by-products
Fitting ERPNext to chemical, food and other process plants: batch-tracked output, recording a different finished grade found at QC, scrap and process loss, and quality inspection gates.
ERPNext for contract manufacturers: subcontracting inward
Manufacturing for customers who supply raw materials, with ERPNext version 16 Subcontracting Inward: receiving customer materials off-book, tracking them and billing the conversion service.
ERPNext scrap management in manufacturing
Accounting for scrap and waste in ERPNext: scrap items in BOMs, scrap warehouses, scrap in manufacture entries and its effect on finished goods valuation.
ERPNext disassembly orders for dismantling finished goods
Returning components to stock from finished goods in ERPNext: creating a disassembly order from a completed work order, removing damaged parts and setting component valuation.
ERPNext demand forecasting with exponential smoothing
Using ERPNext's Forecasting report to predict demand from past sales orders, deliveries or quotations, choosing the smoothing constant and feeding forecasts into MRP.
Tracking machine downtime in ERPNext
Recording machine stoppages with Downtime Entries, analysing downtime reports by workstation and linking the results to maintenance planning in ERPNext.
