A production order includes a number of steps that must be completed in order to produce a flawless final product. All of these procedures can be specified as Work Orders when configuring a manufacturing order in the Odoo18 Manufacturing module. The manufacturing process is managed in medium-sized to large businesses by coordinating the activities of many work centers. With the aid of Odoo18, it is feasible to allocate each manufacturing stage to these work centers and coordinate them.
You can go to the Configuration menu and select the Work Centers option to configure the work center for the Odoo18 Manufacturing module.
The already defined list of work centers will be displayed, as seen in the screenshot below, together with information such as the name of the work center, its code, tag, alternative work centers, cost per hour, capacity, time efficiency, and OEE target.
The view can also be changed to a Kanban view. You can set up a brand-new WorkCentre by selecting Create. Click the New button to start a new one.
You can specify a name for the work center in the Work Centre Name box for internal identification. In the provided space, provide the proper Tags for the work center. If the actual work center is busy, you might indicate the Alternative work centers that can be used to continue the manufacturing process in place of this one. Add the Code, Working Hours, and Company of this work center to the corresponding fields.
Additional tabs with information on this work center's specifics, including General Information, Specific Capacities.
Indicate the Production Information under the General Information tab. The Time Efficiency, Capacity, and OEE Target are all included.
The projected length of the work orders completed in this work center will be specified in the Time Efficiency column. The default number of goods that can be produced concurrently in this work center is indicated by the Capacity. The OEE Target field displays the overall effective efficiency target in %. If you wish to restrict access to the work center to a certain group of employees.
In the Costing Information session, the cost of the work center and the employee per hour might be discussed. In the box provided, identify an appropriate analytical account to use for posting component and operational cost inputs.In the Description area, you can include any information about the work center.
To specify the specifics of the work center's capacity, use the Specific Capacities tab. You may mention the Products and Product UoM using the Add a Line.
The Capacity section allows you to specify how many units of this product can be manufactured concurrently.
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