Bills of materials, material requirements, production orders and tracing in the same flow of goods. For businesses making physical products that need more than a webshop.
A practical view of the process. The exact setup depends on your business and the capabilities you use.
A bill of materials (BOM) connects the finished product to materials, quantities and yield per run, and shows the cost per run. Production steps such as cutting, painting and assembly can be added on the product.
The production order has a planned quantity and production warehouse. Planning the order reserves materials and shows what is covered and what is missing. Planned production also counts towards the material demand purchasing calculates.
Start production, follow the production route step by step and scan steps on the shop floor. Where bar stock and cutting are switched on, cutting is planned against registered bars and offcuts can be reused.
On completion you confirm the actual quantity and see material consumption and scrap. Components are deducted from stock and the finished product is added. When tracking is on, batch and lot are recorded and you can trace a raw-material lot through to the finished product. Serial numbers can be registered on the product.
Configuration, rules and boundaries to review before rollout.
When Kaduno owns stock, completion deducts components and adds the finished product to stock. With the setting “Lagerføring ved ferdigmelding” (Settings → Lagerstyring, the stock management page) set to record only, consumption, lot and batch are noted without changing on-hand stock, for example when an ERP owns it.
Material requirements are calculated from the BOM and production quantity, and coverage is shown against the production warehouse. If the warehouse lacks components, Kaduno refuses to plan the order unless you choose to release it anyway.
The store can require batch/lot tracking and work operations. When switched on, consumed lots, the produced batch and open production steps must be dealt with before the order can be completed. Stock posting, tracking and work operations each have their own setting.
With “Produser ved utsolgt” (produce when out of stock) on the product, an order that cannot be filled from stock opens a draft production order for the missing quantity. This works only if the product’s stock rule allows selling it when out of stock, and the production order stays if the customer cancels the order.
Production order numbers are unique per store. A new store starts with its own numbers and does not collide with other stores.
No. Production is part of Kaduno Warehouse, together with stock, work orders and shipping. Purchasing of raw materials lives in Kaduno Purchasing.
No. Before rollout we agree which system owns stock and accounting data. The stock posting setting and any external connections must follow that decision.
Bring an example finished product, BOM, raw materials, production steps and current stock flow. We can then demonstrate the specific setup and assess the fit.
Tell us where it hurts — and we will show you how Kaduno solves it. A 30-minute demo, in Norwegian or English.