Production

Production in Bimp is built on specifications (what a product is made of) and production orders. This section covers how to plan output, reserve materials, issue production tasks, post assembly and disassembly.

Start here: Production in Bimp: two ways, with and without a production taskHow production works in Bimp: specification, production order, assembly, staged production task, customer-supplied materials and consumption control.3 min read

Specifications: stages, operations, materials and planned cost priceHow to create a specification in Bimp: fill in the header, add stages and operations, link materials, set losses, analogues and the cost price calculation method.
Importing specifications from Excel: template, columns, errorsHow to bulk-load product specifications into Bimp from Excel: template columns, linking by article numbers, several specifications in one file and checking the result.
Production order: output plan, materials and operationsHow to create a production order in Bimp: the Assembling or Repair operation type, products, materials and operations tabs, reservation, analogues, transfer to workshop.
Loading products into a production order from ExcelHow to load a list of products with specifications from Excel into a Bimp production order: file columns, name matching rules, import steps and checking the result.
Reserving materials for a customer orderHow to reserve materials by specification from a Customer order in Bimp: the Stock reservation (materials) document, checking warehouse and batches, and saving.
Production tasks: making products stage by stageHow to run staged manufacturing in Bimp: setting up statuses, creating production tasks from a production order, changing statuses, semi-finished goods, piecework pay.
Replacing a component in a production task: repair, stock, cost priceHow to replace a defective component in a Bimp production task: the repair side panel, returning the part to stock at original cost, piecework pay and cost price impact.
Assembly: recording production output and writing off materialsHow to post an assembly in Bimp: write off materials, post the finished product, calculate cost price, and accrue piecework pay or orders to contractors.
Disassembly: breaking a product into components with cost price allocationHow to post disassembly in Bimp: a disassembly specification with cost shares, creating the document, batches, posting, and what to do if cost price is not assigned.
Material consumption limits: controlling overuse in productionHow to set minimum and maximum material consumption limits in a Bimp specification, see deviations in a production order and block overuse in assembly.