Operations module
MANUFACTURING / MODULEManufacturing
A work order cannot be released without proven component availability, and every material issue and finished-goods receipt posts as a real, auditable stock movement.
Demand to Production
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Plan
A work order is created from the active BOM, snapshotting its components and routing.
- 02
Check availability
The work order cannot move to released without proven component availability.
- 03
Release and execute
The work order moves through in_progress as operations complete.
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Post production
Material issues and finished-goods receipts post as real, shortage-guarded stock movements.
What it is
The Vercentlabs Manufacturing module plans bills of materials and work orders, executes shop-floor production, and posts material consumption and finished-goods output directly into the live Stock ledger — not a paper work-order tracker sitting beside a separately managed inventory.
Module atlas / operating conditions
Why Manufacturing becomes difficult in fragments
Stale or unapproved product structures
A bill of materials gets used in production even though it was never formally approved, or an old version is used by mistake.
Releasing work that can't actually be built
A work order is released to the floor, and only then does someone discover a component is short.
Manual inventory adjustments for production
Material consumption and finished-goods output get entered into inventory as a separate manual step, disconnected from what actually happened on the floor.
Blind material shortages
There's no forward view of what production will need until it's already overdue.
Operating outcomes
What changes when Manufacturing shares one system of record
Production runs on approved structures
A draft-to-active BOM lifecycle enforces one active BOM per item, with scrap percentage and issue method captured explicitly.
Nothing gets released it can't finish
A work order can't move to released without proven component availability against the active BOM.
Inventory reflects the shop floor automatically
Every material issue and finished-goods receipt posts as a real, auditable stock movement — not a separate reconciliation step.
Forward visibility into shortages
Material and capacity planning runs produce recommended purchase, manufacture, or transfer actions before a shortage becomes a stoppage.
Capability architecture
The module, decomposed by operating capability.
6 capability groups organised by the way the product works, not as a flat marketing feature wall.
Bill of materials management
The versioned product structure production is built against.
- 01Versioned, multi-component BOMs with scrap percentage
- 02Manual or backflush issue method
- 03Draft-to-active lifecycle with one active BOM per item enforced
Routings & work centers
The sequence of operations and where they happen.
- 01Ordered operations with timing and capacity
- 02Work-center rate configuration
Work order lifecycle
From plan to completed production, with materials and operations locked in at release.
- 01Draft-planned-released-in_progress-completed lifecycle
- 02Materials and operations snapshotted from the active BOM/routing at release
Production posting
Where the shop floor becomes a real, auditable inventory transaction.
- 01Per-unit material issue and finished-goods receipt
- 02Shortage and over-production guards
Material & capacity planning
Forward visibility instead of reacting to a stoppage.
- 01MRP-style planning runs
- 02Recommended purchase, manufacture, or transfer actions
Costing
Knowing what a work order actually costs, not just what it was planned to cost.
- 01Cost snapshots at planned, actual, and completion checkpoints
Primary operating sequence
A transaction-level view of how work progresses through Manufacturing.
See it work
Demand to Production
The ordered process a real Manufacturing workflow follows inside Vercentlabs.
Trigger
Demand is identified (a planning run recommendation, or a direct work-order creation).
- Plan
A work order is created from the active BOM, snapshotting its components and routing.
- Check availability
The work order cannot move to released without proven component availability.
- Release and execute
The work order moves through in_progress as operations complete.
- Post production
Material issues and finished-goods receipts post as real, shortage-guarded stock movements.
- Cost and complete
Actual costs are captured at completion against the planned snapshot.
Approvals
- 01Policy toggles (allow_overproduction, backflush_materials) govern how strictly production posting is enforced.
Automated actions
- 01Event-sourced audit trail on every state change
- 02Shortage and over-production guards at posting time
Connected modules in this workflow
Outcome
Finished goods received into a live, auditable stock ledger — with no manual inventory reconciliation step required.
Operational proof
Manufacturing, documented as an operating system.
Capability architecture
6 groups
Grouped by how the module is actually structured.
Primary operating sequence
Demand to Production
Rendered above as an ordered process rather than a feature collage.
Connected system
3 modules
Adjacent modules are linked through the operating model on this page.
Business outcome
Production runs on approved structures
A draft-to-active BOM lifecycle enforces one active BOM per item, with scrap percentage and issue method captured explicitly.
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Manufacturing does not operate alone.
The handoffs below are part of the operating model, not decorative cross-sells.
Every material issue and finished-goods receipt posts a real, FK-linked stock movement — a confirmed, wired connection, not a reporting-only link.
Work orders and production postings can be a source for a Quality inspection point (in-process or final).
Cost snapshots at completion feed into product costing, though Manufacturing does not post journal entries directly.
Output register
What Manufacturing tells operators and managers
Active, planned, and completed work orders, and a live shortage count
Audience / Production planners, plant managers
Rule register
What the module can run on its own
Every work-order state change is captured in an append-only event log.
Production posting enforces guards so a work order can't post more material or output than it should.
Planning runs are manual to trigger, but produce recommended purchase/manufacture/transfer/expedite actions once run — there is no background scheduler.
Control register
How Manufacturing stays governed
Module-specific controls shown separately from the platform-wide security architecture.
Permissions are granular, with a defined owner-bypass path for exceptional cases.
Data access is enforced at the database row level, not just filtered in the application.
A work order can't skip lifecycle states — release requires proven availability, and completion requires the prior states to have happened.
What to plan before going live.
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Bills of materials and routings need to be built and approved (draft-to-active) before production can be planned against them.
- 02
Work centers, capacity, and standard rates are configured to match your actual shop floor.
- 03
Backflush vs. manual issue method is decided per BOM based on your traceability needs.
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Manufacturing has no mobile presence today — it is a web-only workflow.
Buyer questions
Questions teams ask about Manufacturing
Can a work order be released without enough material on hand?
No — release is blocked without proven component availability against the active BOM, unless the allow_overproduction/backflush policy toggles are explicitly configured otherwise.
Does production update inventory automatically?
Yes — every material issue and finished-goods receipt posts as a real, auditable stock movement in the same system, not a separate manual reconciliation step.
Is there a scheduler that runs MRP automatically?
No — planning runs are triggered manually and produce recommended actions; there is no background scheduler running them on a cadence today.