The Production feature allows you to track the inventory of finished (produced) items separately from their components. This is particularly useful for items prepared in advance rather than made to order — for example, baked goods in a bakery. Produced items can be moved between stores, and their inventory can be adjusted and counted.
Note: Production is part of Advanced Inventory Management and requires an active subscription. See Advanced Inventory Management Overview to learn how to activate it.
Enabling Production on a Composite Item
Production is only available for composite items.
- Open an existing composite item for editing, or create a new one.
- In the Inventory section, enable the Use Production toggle.
- Once enabled, the In stock, Low stock, and Optimal stock fields will appear. You can set these values manually for the composite item — this will not affect the stock of its ingredients.
- Click Save.
From this point on, the stock of the composite item's ingredients will change when a Production or Disassembly document is created (see below). When the item is sold, only the composite item's stock is reduced — not its ingredients.
Creating a Production
- In the Back Office, go to Inventory Management → Production.
- Click + Add Production.
- In the Create Production form:
Select the store where the production is taking place.
Optionally, add any relevant notes in the Notes field.
- In the Items section, search for and add the composite items you want to produce. You can search by item name, SKU, or barcode. For each item:
Cost — Automatically calculated based on the cost of the item's components.
Quantity — Enter the number of units you want to produce.
- Repeat step 4 to add more items.
- Click Save to create the production document.
Once saved, the following updates occur automatically:
- The stock of the produced composite items increases by the specified quantity.
- The stock of the components decreases based on their usage in the produced items.
- The average cost of each produced composite item is recalculated.
Managing a Production Document
From the production document, the More menu offers the following options:
Action | Description |
|---|---|
Save as PDF | Download the production document as a PDF file. |
Save as CSV | Export the production data as a CSV file. |
Duplicate | Create a copy of the production document. |
Print Labels | Print labels for the items in the production document. |
Disassembling a Produced Item
If you need to reverse a production and return the components to stock, you can create a Disassembly:
Go to the Productions list.
Click the down arrow next to the + Add production button and select Add Disassembly.
Fill in the Create Disassembly form in the same way as a production.
Click Save.
Once saved, the following updates occur automatically:
- The stock of the disassembled composite items decreases by the specified quantity.
- The stock of the components increases based on their usage in the composite items.
- The cost of the components is recalculated.
See also:
Advanced Inventory Management Overview
How to Work with Purchase Orders and Suppliers
How to Work with Transfer Orders
How to Work with Stock Adjustments
Inventory History and Valuation Report