Production — Overview

The Production module takes a confirmed sales order and walks it through manufacturing: job creation, material issue, shop-floor work, quality control, and dispatch — with an AI planner advising which job to build first.

Who can use Production

Production Engineer, Company Admin and Super Admin. Production Engineers land on the Production Dashboard at login.

📷 Screenshot spot — capture this screen and save it as static/img/screenshots/production-overview.png, then replace this whole box with the single line:
![Production Overview: Order to Dispatch](/img/screenshots/production-overview.png)

The make-to-order journey

Sales Order (with BOM)
   │
   ├─ Material Availability check ──▶ shortage? ──▶ Purchase Requisition
   │
   ▼
Production Job (JOB-2026-0001) — status: Planned
   │  · 5 work orders auto-created (Fabrication, Assembly, Wiring, Testing, Quality Check)
   │  · BOM materials reserved in stock
   ▼
Issue Materials ──▶ Material Issued
   ▼
Shop Floor / Kanban: In Progress → Assembly → Wiring → Testing
   ▼
Quality Checklist ── pass ──▶ Ready for Dispatch
   │                fail ──▶ QC Failed → Rework → back to In Progress
   ▼
Dispatch (DN-2026-0001): Packed → Dispatched → Delivered
   │  · stock leaves the warehouse, sales order → Shipped, job → Completed
   ▼
Create Invoice (delivery-based billing)

The screens at a glance

Screen	What it's for
Production Dashboard	Morning view — active jobs, kanban snapshot, low stock, open work orders.
Work Orders	Every operation of every job — start, complete, log hours.
Shop Floor	A live stopwatch board for operators — start/pause/finish timers.
Manufacturing Jobs	The master job list — create jobs, issue materials, print job cards.
Kanban	Guided stage board — advance jobs one step at a time.
Production Planner	AI ranks open jobs into the best build order.
Material Availability	Check stock readiness for a sales order's BOM; raise requisitions for shortages.
Quality Checklist	Pre-dispatch QC — pass moves the job to Ready for Dispatch.
Dispatch	Delivery notes, transport details, and invoicing from dispatch.

Job statuses and progress

Jobs move through: Planned → Material Issued → In Progress → Assembly → Wiring → Testing → (QC) → Ready for Dispatch → Completed, with QC Failed and Cancelled as side exits. The progress bar you see everywhere is derived from the stage (Planned 5% … Testing 80% … Completed 100%).

Three things worth knowing before you start

1. Only sales orders with a linked BOM can be planned for production. Create the BOM first (BOM Generator), attach it to the quotation/order, and both the "From Sales Order" job dialog and the material check will work.
2. Available stock = On Hand − Reserved. Creating a job reserves its BOM materials, so the same stock is never promised to two jobs.
3. Dispatch is what completes a job. Marking a delivery "Dispatched" moves stock out, sets the sales order to Shipped, and completes the job — you don't need to (and shouldn't) complete it by hand first.