Manufacturing in Biznsbook: An Overview
Manufacturing connects your shop floor to the rest of the ERP: define recipes (BOMs), run work orders, issue materials, record output, inspect quality, and see production performance — with inventory and accounting kept in sync. A built-in shop-floor terminal, OEE dashboard, scheduling board, lightweight material planning, and lot genealogy all come with the module — no separate purchase needed.
What you can do
- Define how products are built with a bill of materials (BOM)
- Plan and run work orders for production batches
- Issue raw materials to the floor and return what's unused
- Record finished output — good, rejected, rework, and scrap — from the back office or a fast Shop Floor Terminal
- Track operator time against a specific operation
- Run quality inspections against a plan
- Monitor OEE (Availability × Performance × Quality) per workstation
- Visually schedule work orders on a drag-and-drop board
- Run a lightweight material requirements check and raise purchase requisitions for shortages
- Trace lot genealogy — which raw batches went into a finished lot, and where a raw batch ended up
Finished goods and raw materials still live in Inventory — Manufacturing consumes and produces stock through controlled documents.
Before you start
| You'll need | Why |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing module enabled | The Manufacturing menu appears |
| Inventory module | Raw materials, finished goods, warehouses, and stock all live there |
| Accounting (recommended) | Production costs post to the ledger once configured |
| HRMS (optional) | Link operators to work orders, operations, and terminal sessions |
| Labour Scheduling (optional) | Staff workstations and check operator coverage |
In Products, use item types like Raw Material, Consumable, or Semi-Finished for BOM components, and Finished Goods for what a BOM produces.
Recommended setup order
- Set up your raw materials, finished goods, and warehouses in Inventory.
- (Optional) Set up workstations and machines.
- Create a BOM.
- Create and run a work order.
- Issue materials to the work order.
- Record production, or use the Shop Floor Terminal.
- Run a quality inspection.
- (Optional) Use the Operation Time Log for accurate labor cost and OEE data.
- Review the dashboard, statistics, and OEE Dashboard.
Finding your way around
| Section | Screens |
|---|---|
| Planning | Bill of Materials, Work Orders, Scheduling Board, Material Requirements, Workstations |
| Production | Production Entries, Material Issues, Material Returns, Shop Floor Terminal |
| Quality Control | Quality Inspections, QC Plans |
| Reports | Production Statistics, Daily Report, Quality Statistics, OEE Dashboard, Lot Trace |