Production Orders
Plan and execute production runs, log material consumption, machine hours, and labour.
What is a Production Order?
A production order is a manufacturing run — a plan to make a specific quantity of a product. Learn how production orders track planned vs. actual costs so you can improve your estimates over time.
Creating a Production Order
Step-by-step guide to creating a production order in CrafterBy — selecting a product, entering quantities, reviewing required materials, and saving with Planned status.
Reserving Materials for Production
Learn how to reserve materials for a production order so they are set aside in stock and not allocated to other purposes while your production run is planned.
Starting and Managing a Production Run
How to start a production order, track progress through stages, log consumption and time as you go, and manage work-in-progress across a multi-session production run.
Logging Material Consumption
How to log the materials actually used during a production run, understand planned vs. actual variances, and use that data to improve your product cost estimates.
Logging Machine Hours Used
How to log machine time against a production order so that equipment running costs are accurately included in your actual cost per unit.
Logging Labour on a Production Order
How to log your time and your team's time against a production order, so labour costs are accurately included in the actual cost per unit.
Production Stages and Work-in-Progress
Understand how production stages work in CrafterBy and what work-in-progress (WIP) means for your inventory and financial records.
Planned vs. Actual Costs
How to read the planned vs. actual cost comparison on a completed production order, interpret variances, and use them to improve your product cost estimates over time.