1 | Setting Up for Manufacturing

This article covers how Manufacturing is setup within BackOffice. A Product can be Manufactured via BackOffice meaning that t he Stock for that Product is not received from a Supplier but rather created from ingredients (other Products in the database). When Stock is manufactured, the ingredients' Stock will be deducted at the time of Manufacture - not when the Product is sold.

This article covers how Manufacturing is setup within BackOffice.

A Product can be Manufactured via BackOffice meaning that the Stock for that Product is not received from a Supplier but rather created from ingredients (other Products in the database).

When Stock is manufactured, the ingredients' Stock will be deducted at the time of Manufacture - not when the Product is sold.

Prerequisites

• To access Manufacturing Settings, the applicable Operator Privileges will need to be enabled:
• Operator Maintenance 'Stock Control' Tab
• General Stock Settings: 'Manufacturing Functions' flag
• Operator Maintenance 'General' Tab
• System Setup: 'Maintain Venue, Stores & Tills' flag

Setting Up Manufacturing

Global Settings

• Before accessing Manufacturing features, the "Use Manufacturing" Flag will need to be enabled within Global Settings 
• After logging on to BackOffice, follow the steps below to enable this Flag: 
1. In the System Setup Menu, Select Venue Stores & Tills 
2. Select the Edit Global Settings Function 
3. In the Global Settings window, Select the Flags Tab 
4. Enable the "Use Manufacturing" Flag in the Purchasing Options Section
5. Select OK once completed to save  
• Note: when making this change in Global Settings, BackOffice must be restarted for the changes to take effect; similarly, SmartController must be restarted for the changes to take place in SmartPOS

Setting Up a Product for Manufacturing

• Within Product Maintenance for the Product that will be Manufactured, the Manufactured flag will need to be enabled
• To enable this flag, log in to BackOffice and follow the steps below: 
1. Within the Maintenance Menu, select Product
2. Select the desired Product that will be set up Manufacturing by either double-clicking or selecting the Edit Product function 
3. In the Products Settings Tab, enable the Manufactured flag located in the Stock Settings section
4. To add Ingredients to the Product, select the Ingredients button which will open a new Ingredients for Manufactured window
   
5. Select the Add Ingredient button to add the Qty and Stock Type for each Product to be used as an Ingredient
6. Select the "Select Product" Function to add Ingredients to the Product 
• Repeat steps 5-6 once all desired Ingredients are added 
7. Once all Ingredients are added, select the Exit Ingredients Function

Related Reading

• From Bepoz Version 4.6.1.4 and above, Nested Manufacturing feature has been introduced in Bepoz

• For more information, please refer to Auto Manufacturing