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Manufacturing · 4 steps

Start, produce and scrap on a work order

Start a work order, check the material it will use, record good units and rejects, and watch finished stock rise as you go.

Before you start: Components must be in stock at the source warehouse. If one is short, the order can't be produced until you restock.

1Check the material requirements

Open a work order from Manufacturing → Work Orders. Material requirements compares what the units left to produce Required with what is Available, flagging any Short component.

Scalar360 screen: Check the material requirements
Numbered outlines show what to click, in order.

2Start the work order

Choose Start to move a Draft order to In progress. Starting does not use any stock yet — you can also produce straight from a draft.

Scalar360 screen: Start the work order
Numbered outlines show what to click, in order.

3Produce good units and record scrap

In Produce now, enter the Good units made and any Scrap (rejects), then choose Produce. Components are consumed for good and scrap units together, but only good units are added to finished stock.

Scalar360 screen: Produce good units and record scrap
Numbered outlines show what to click, in order.

4Follow progress and job cards

The Progress panel shows units produced against the plan, plus any Scrapped quantity. Produce again for each batch; the order completes when the planned quantity is made. Job cards lists each operation and its stage.

Scalar360 screen: Follow progress and job cards
Numbered outlines show what to click, in order.
Create a work orderRaise a production run for a BOM, choose where components come from and where finished goods go, and set the planned dates.Set up workstations and run the shop floorDefine the stations where work happens, then move job cards across stages and record quality checks as work progresses.

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