Manufacturing

Manufacturing is where raw materials become finished goods — and where Nama ERP helps you plan that transformation, record what actually happened on the shop floor, and put a real cost on every unit you produce. The module walks the full production cycle: deciding what to make, making sure the materials are there, executing the work, and then following the money so your product costs are accurate.

If you plan production, run a shop floor, manage material requirements, or need to understand product costing, start with the overview and follow the cycle through orders, execution and costing. There's also a dedicated set of guides for carton and corrugated-product manufacturers, whose material planning has its own optimization engine.

Core Production Cycle

Plan it, make it, cost it — the backbone of the manufacturing module.

🏭Manufacturing OverviewThe big picture of how the manufacturing module fits together and the concepts it's built on.📝Production OrdersPlan what to make: create production orders that drive material and execution.⚙️Production ExecutionRecord what actually happens on the shop floor against each order.💰Production CostingFollow the money so every finished unit carries an accurate cost.📊Material Requirements Planning (MRP)Work out what materials you need, and when, to meet your production plan.

Master Files

Set these up once and every production order you create reads from them.

🧩Bill of Materials (BOM)The recipe: what components go into one unit of a finished product.🛤️RoutingsThe method: the sequence of operations a product travels through.🏗️Work Centers & Standard OperationsWhere work happens, and what each step consumes in machines and people.🔧Manufacturing MoldsTooling that wears out: receipts, consumption, disposal and value.

Shop Floor Documents

The everyday documents that move material, time and waste against a job.

📥Production Order RequestsAsk for something to be made, and let planning decide whether it becomes a job.📤Raw Material Issues & ReturnsDraw components from the store to a job, and put back what comes home.⏱️Resource VouchersCharge machine and labour time to a production order.♻️Scrap ReceiptsBook offcuts and waste back into stock as something you own.

Carton & Corrugated Manufacturing

A specialised toolkit for carton makers, from product specs to an optimizing material planner.

📦Carton Manufacturing OverviewSmart material planning tailored to corrugated and carton products.📐Carton SpecificationsDefine your carton products and their dimensional specifications.🧾Carton OrdersTurn a customer request into a concrete carton production plan.🧠Carton Material PlanningThe optimization engine that works out the most efficient material use.🚚Carton Material IssuesMove the planned materials from the warehouse out to the shop floor.

Settings and Document Terms

The module-wide switches, and the per-document terms that decide how each manufacturing document behaves.

🛠️Manufacturing ConfigurationThe module settings: issuing, execution, MRP matching and BOM rules.📋Production Order and Planning TermsProduction orders, requests, aggregated documents and the MRP planning document.🔁Execution and Delivery TermsWhat an execution generates, automatic delivery and the quality gates.🧪Raw Material TermsIssues, returns, their requests and the manufacturing stock taking.🧮Costing, Resource and Mold TermsWhere order close, resource vouchers and molds take their accounts from.📦Carton TermsThe books and terms that hand each carton document on to the next.

Help

The questions that come up most around manufacturing.

❓Manufacturing FAQAnswers to common questions about the manufacturing module in Nama ERP.