Prerequisites
- The finished‐goods item has an active, submitted BOM under
Manufacturing > Bill of Materials > BOM List. - All component items (raw materials) in that BOM are set up as “Stock Items” under
Stock > Item > Item List. - Warehouses for raw materials and production (e.g., “Raw Material Store”, “Work‐In‐Progress”) are defined under
Stock > Warehouse.
1.0 Open a New Material Request for Manufacturing
- Navigate to
Stock > Material Request > New Material Request. - In the “New Material Request” form, set:
- Request Type: select “Manufacture”.
- Company: choose your legal entity (e.g., Charisma Global).
- Purpose: should read “Manufacture” automatically when Request Type is “Manufacture.”
- From Warehouse: choose the warehouse where raw materials are pulled from (e.g., “Raw Material Store”).
- Project or Cost Center: (optional) assign if you track production costs to a specific project or department.
- Click Save to draft the request.
1.1 Link the BOM and Specify Production Quantity
- In the Material Request form, locate the Work Order field near the top (if you have an existing Work Order).
- If you are using a Work Order, select it and skip ahead to Step 3.
- Otherwise, leave Work Order blank and focus on BOM.
- In the BOM field, click the lookup (🔍) and select the BOM corresponding to your finished‐goods item (e.g., BOM‐Danaval‐Chocolate‐001).
- In the Quantity field (immediately to the right of the BOM), enter the number of finished units you plan to produce (e.g., 500 Loaves).
- CGIC automatically scales each component in the Items grid based on the BOM’s default “Quantity to Manufacture” and your specified quantity.
- Verify that each component row now displays:
- Item Code (raw material)
- Required Qty (calculated quantity needed for 500 units)
- UOM (e.g., “Kg”, “Nos”)
- Warehouse (source location for that raw material)
- Click Save. The system has now exploded the BOM and listed all raw materials with exact quantities required.
1.2 Review and Adjust (If Necessary)
- Scroll through the Items table in the Material Request. Confirm that each raw material’s Required Qty matches your expectations.
- If a component is consumed at a different rate (e.g., if you decided to produce only 450 units instead of 500), simply update the Quantity field at the top and click Fetch Items again.
- If any raw material needs to come from a different warehouse—click its Warehouse cell in the row and select the correct location.
- For non-stock items or manually provided services, change the Item Code cell to a free-text description (if your BOM includes services under “Consumables”).
-1.3 Submit Material Request (Optional)
- In the Material Request form, change Status from Draft to Submitted by clicking Submit.
- CGIC automatically creates “Requested” stock reservations for each raw material in the specified warehouse.
- If any raw material quantity cannot be fulfilled from existing stock, CGIC flags it as “Open” under the Balance Qty column.
- To procure missing items, click
Create > Purchase Orderfrom the MR toolbar. CGIC generates a draft PO with all raw materials, their required quantities, and default suppliers pre-filled. - Review the Purchase Order, then click Submit to send to your vendor—and rest assured that your production run has all required materials planned.