Starting production

On a draft or planned order, click Start Production. The window checks stock and offers substitutes; once you confirm, the materials are taken out of the source warehouse's stock and the order moves to In Progress.

The start window runs a stock check when it opens:

• if every material is available, you see All materials are available;
• if something is missing, the table shows the required, available and missing quantity. Where a substitute with enough stock exists, you can choose it with the Use … button; the substitute is then used according to its ratio.

When you click Start Production, the system:

1. takes the materials out of the source warehouse's stock (services are not taken from stock);
2. records the planned consumption and the planned output quantities;
3. moves the order to In Progress and records when it was started and by whom.

If a material is short and you have not chosen a substitute, the start stops with an error message. Resolve the shortage with Resolve Shortages or choose a substitute.

If you want production approved first, use Submit for Approval instead of Start Production. An in-progress order can be stopped with Cancel: the materials taken out are then returned to stock.