Documentation 19.0

Production

Launch production from a sales order

2 min read Updated 2026-08-21 WindoorERP 19.0

What this does

Turns a confirmed order into work the factory can start: manufacturing orders for the fabricated units, with the components each one consumes.

Before you start

  • The order must be confirmed, and every fabricated line analysed.
  • The survey should be done if the job is site-measured — building to pre-survey sizes is how a job gets built twice.

Steps

  1. 01
    Open the confirmed sales order.
  2. 02
    Check the fabricated lines: quantities, designs, and that each analysis is current.
  3. 03
    Release the work to production.
  4. 04
    Open the Manufacturing app and find the new orders.
  5. 05
    Confirm each one and check component availability.
  6. 06
    Schedule against the delivery date the customer was given.

What each order carries

  • The design it was created from, so the shop floor can see the drawing.
  • The components the analysis produced — profile lengths, glass, hardware.
  • A link back to the sales order, so anyone can answer "whose window is this?".

Warning

Changing a design after production is released does not change the order on the shop floor. Material may already be cut. Treat it as a revision: stop the work, correct it deliberately, and re-issue.

Common mistakes

  • Releasing before the site survey, and cutting to the architect's sizes rather than the measured ones.
  • Releasing a job whose components are not in stock and not on order, so it stalls half-built.
  • Confirming production for the whole contract when only phase one is due.

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