Create a manufacturing order

Create a production plan for one product. Ashicore copies the product’s current recipe into the order, scales the ingredients, and keeps the order open until you complete production.

5 steps · ~4 minCreates: Open · Not startedAccess: Manufacturing operate

Before you start

You need a product with a current recipe. Recipes are maintained on the product card: components live on the Recipe tab, while operation costs live on the Production tab. Manufacturing orders copy the current recipe; they do not edit the product recipe.

1. Start a new order. From Manufacturing > Manufacturing orders, choose New Order. Ashicore opens an unsaved card titled New manufacturing order.

   Ashicore · Manufacturing orders New Order

   Order	Product	Production	Progress
   MO-2051	Premium Potting Mix	Work in progress	0 / 40 yd3
   MO-2050	Raised-Bed Blend	Not started	0 / 12 yd3
   MO-2049	Screened Compost	Done	25 / 25 yd3

2. Choose the product. Select the product you are making. Only manufacturable products with a recipe are selectable; if the product list is empty, create the product recipe first. Once the order can save, Ashicore assigns the next MO number and changes the URL to the saved order.

   New manufacturing order

   Product*

   Premium Potting Mix

   PP Premium Potting Mix yd3 · recipe

   RB Raised-Bed Blend yd3 · recipe

3. Set how much to make. For a discrete product, enter Quantity in the product’s unit. For a batch product, enter Number of batches and confirm Expected output. Ingredient demand follows the batch count, while expected supply follows the planned output.

   MO-2052 · Premium Potting Mix

   Number of batches

   3 batches

   Expected output

   40 yd3

   Production deadline

   Apr 24, 2026

4. Review ingredients. The Ingredients section is prefilled from the recipe. Each row shows the ingredient, SKU, per-unit or per-batch requirement, scaled total, and cost once production has consumed stock. BOM rows stay on the order, but you can swap an ingredient to another active variant in the same item family while planning is still editable. The swap preserves the row quantity.

   Ingredients · 3 items + Add ingredient

   Ingredient	SKU	Per unit	Total	Cost
   Screened Compost	CMP-SCR	0.5	20 yd3	-
   Coir Pith variant available	COIR	0.3	12 yd3	-

5. Let it autosave. There is no Save button. A valid new order is created inline on the first saveable edit, then continues autosaving with optimistic version checks. Add optional notes or a production deadline, then leave it in the open queue until the floor is ready to run it.

When The Plan Locks

Planning fields lock after production activity starts. The app locks product, quantity, and ingredients when work has started, a batch has started, anything has been picked, or output exists. A completed order is read-only because it is production history.

What’s Next

• Start & track production — move work to in progress or block it.
• Complete & record output — consume materials, create output lots, and close production.
• Discrete & batch production — understand quantity and batch scaling.