Documentation
User guide
Creating a production order
From a customer order
- Create or open a customer order containing products marked as "Internal manufacturing"
- Go to the Production tab of the order
- You will see the list of products requiring production
- Click Start production to create orders
Automatic creation
If the option is enabled in the configuration, production orders are automatically created when validating a customer order.
Manual creation
From the Production > New menu, fill in the form:
- Select the product to manufacture
- Enter the quantity to produce
- Choose the destination warehouse
- Set the planned date and priority
Production order lifecycle
A production order goes through 5 statuses:
- Draft: Order created, editable
- Validated: Order confirmed, ready for production
- In progress: Production started (at least one entry recorded)
- Completed: Total quantity reached
- Cancelled: Order cancelled
Recording a production
- Open the production order
- Click Record production
- Fill in:
- Quantity produced: Number of units manufactured
- Warehouse: Stock destination
- Batch number: Batch identification (optional)
- Serial number: Serial identification (optional)
- Quality control: Control result
- Production time: Duration in minutes
- Costs: Labour and materials
- Confirm the entry
Stock is automatically updated with an inbound movement.
Production tracking
Production list
The Production > Production tracking menu displays all orders with:
- Filters by status, product, priority, date
- Progress bar for each order
- Colour-coded priority indicators
Intelligent priority
The system automatically calculates priority based on:
- Deadline (40%): Proximity to the planned date
- Quantity (30%): Volume to produce
- Order link (30%): Customer order urgency
5 levels: Very urgent, Urgent, Normal, Low, Very low
Overproduction and distribution
If you produce more than the requested quantity:
- The surplus is automatically detected
- If automatic distribution is enabled, the excess is allocated in FIFO to other pending orders for the same product
- Full traceability: each redistribution is recorded
Stock integration
The module natively integrates with Dolibarr stock:
- Automatic inbound movements for each recording
- Virtual stock calculation (actual stock - reservations)
- Automatic detection of production needs