Zeyto Academy · Specialist · Module 16
Manufacturing and Project Tracking
Bills of Materials, production runs and their costing, plus Cost, Job and Project Centers for following a job or project.
You will be able to
- Create Bills of Materials and record production runs
- Explain how a run is costed and what stock rules apply
- Set up and use Cost, Job and Project Centers
- Review production and tagged work in the standard reports
What manufacturing covers in Zeyto
- Manufacturing is recipe based: BOM, then Production Entry.
- A run moves stock and the ledger through WIP Clearing and nets to zero.
- No labour or overhead cost is added.
- One level deep; no draft, amend or cancel.
Bills of Materials
- A BOM is a reusable recipe: Finished Item, Qty per Batch, components.
- One BOM per finished item; saving replaces components.
- Active BOMs only appear in Production Entry.
- Use Inactive instead of losing a recipe.
Recording a production run
- Produce posts at once: components out, finished goods in at their total cost.
- Component qty = BOM qty × Qty to Produce ÷ Qty per Batch, to four decimals.
- The Total column reads about twice the cost.
- Correct mistakes with a Stock Adjustment.
Costing and stock rules that affect production
- Components leave at average, FIFO or LIFO cost; the finished item enters at the total.
- Block refuses a run that would go negative unless the warehouse allows negative.
- No labour or overhead is added.
- Fix mistakes with Stock Adjustments.
Cost, Job and Project Centers
- Cost, Job and Project Centers are three independent tags; a line can carry all three.
- A tag never changes an amount or account.
- Job and Project fields stay hidden until ticked in Document Entry.
- A line's tag wins over the header's.
Tracking production and projects
- Use Posting Trail for the stock and ledger rows of a run.
- Filter General Ledger to one center for its tagged cost and revenue.
- Tags do not enforce budgets or schedules.
- Check that every project entry was tagged before using a total.
What manufacturing covers in Zeyto: key table
| Screen | Path | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Bill of Materials | Inventory ▸ Bill of Materials | The recipe: which components, how much, per batch. Moves no stock |
| Production Entry | Inventory ▸ Production Entry | Records a run. Posts at once: components out, finished goods in |
Bills of Materials: key table
| Action | Permission |
|---|---|
| Save a BOM | inventory.create |
| Delete a BOM | inventory.amend |
| Produce from a BOM | inventory.submit |
Costing and stock rules that affect production: key table
| Negative Stock setting | Run that would take a component below zero |
|---|---|
| Block | Refused, and the message names the line |
| Warn | Allowed after a warning |
| Ignore | Allowed |
Cost, Job and Project Centers: key table
| Center | Starting state |
|---|---|
| Cost Center | On by default |
| Job Center | Hidden until ticked in Settings ▸ Document Entry (Dimensions) |
| Project Center | Hidden until ticked in Settings ▸ Document Entry (Dimensions) |
Tracking production and projects: key table
| Question | Where |
|---|---|
| What did this run use and make? | Production Entries list ▸ View, a side panel with components used and the finished item |
| What moved in stock and the ledger? | Reports ▸ Accounting ▸ Posting Trail, type the entry's Doc No (MFG-00001) |
| What did it really cost? | Stock Ledger / Movement report (the register Total reads about twice the cost) |
| Do I have the components? | Stock Balance & Valuation report for the warehouse |