Make a batch

This page walks you through making a batch of something in the shop: check you have the parts, put it on the Jobs board, take the parts, check the finished units and put them into stock.

Making through a job keeps stock right at every step: the parts leave stock when someone starts, and the finished units arrive only once they pass the check. The screens use the shop's own word for making (Build, Make or Bake); this page says "make".

You need the Work level in Production to make things. The product needs a recipe first: see Production to add one.

1. Decide what to make

If you make for orders, start at Production › Plan. It lists what your open orders still need, after stock and work already under way, and whether the parts on hand allow it. See Planner.

To check one product yourself:

1. Open Production › Recipes and pick the product.
2. Read can be made now: how many the parts on hand make, and which part runs out first.
3. Type a number in What if I need and press Check. Ordryx says whether it's covered, or which parts are short and by how much.

If a part is short, order it first (see Reorder supplies), or make fewer.

2. Put it on the Jobs board

1. Press Make something (or Make here on the recipe, or Create job on a Plan card).
2. Pick the product under What.
3. Set How many. One batch, Most I can and For orders fill it in for you.
4. Under How, choose Make it a job.
5. Press Make a job for (with the number).

The job gets a code like J-0036 and waits in Queued on Production › Jobs. No parts are taken yet. Open the job to Assign it to someone, set a Due date, or Print job sheet for the bench.

3. Start: the parts come out

1. On the job's card, press Start.
2. Pick Who's making it.
3. Check the parts list. Each part shows ✓ when it's all here.
4. Press Start (with the number).

The parts leave stock now. If a part is short, choose Start all, wait for the missing part, or start only what the parts make now. A job waiting for a part shows Waiting on parts and takes the part by itself when it comes in.

4. Make them

While the job is In progress:

• +1 done keeps count as you go.
• + More parts records extra parts you used, for example when a part broke.
• Change how many… on the job's page makes the job bigger or smaller.

When they're all made, press Finish. The job moves to QC.

5. Check: finished stock goes in

1. Press Check on the job.
2. Set How many passed?
3. If some didn't pass, pick a reason or type one. Their parts are used up and don't go back.
4. Press Add … to stock (with the number).

The units that passed go into stock now, at the place the parts came from. The job moves to Completed, and the batch is in Production › History, with the parts it used and what they cost.