Manufacturing Overview
The Udyot Manufacturing module turns your raw materials into finished goods while keeping your stock and your books perfectly in sync. It is built for Nepali manufacturers, assemblers, repackers, and workshops — from a garment factory in Birgunj to a food processor in Chitwan — and covers the full production journey: recipes, planning, shop-floor recording, subcontracting, quality, and cost control.
What you can do with Manufacturing
- Bills of Material (BOM): Define the recipe for every product — which inputs, how much, and what comes out.
- Production Orders: Plan a production run, commit a cost, and track it from draft to completion.
- Manufacturing Journal: Record actual production — Udyot consumes the inputs and creates the finished goods in stock automatically.
- MRP (Material Requirements Planning): See what to make and what to buy based on real sales demand.
- Subcontracting / Job Work: Send material to a vendor and receive finished goods back, tracked end to end.
- Quality Inspections: Pass/fail checks on incoming, in-process, and finished goods.
- Costing & Variance: Compare standard cost to actual and absorb factory overhead.
Before you begin
Manufacturing is a module you enable per company. Go to Settings → Modules and switch on Manufacturing (see Module Management). You will also want your stock items, units, and godowns set up first — see Setting Up Stock Items and Warehouses and Godowns.
How production flows through Udyot
- Create a Bill of Material for the product you make.
- (Optional) Raise a Production Order to plan and schedule the run.
- Record the actual production with a Manufacturing Journal — stock and accounts update together.
- Review cost and efficiency in the Manufacturing dashboard and the variance reports.
How it keeps stock and accounts in sync
Every production posting moves stock through the perpetual inventory ledger and the matching journal entries at the same time. Raw materials leave stock at their weighted-average cost, finished goods enter stock carrying that cost, and your Stock-in-Hand balance on the Balance Sheet always matches your Stock Summary. You never post a manual journal for production. Learn more in Perpetual Inventory & COGS.
Tips & common questions
Do I need Production Orders? No. For simple shops you can record production directly with a Manufacturing Journal. Production Orders add planning, scheduling, and cost-variance tracking for larger runs.
Can I outsource part of my production? Yes — use Subcontracting & Job Work to send material to a vendor and receive finished goods.
Is it suitable for assembly and repacking too? Yes. A BOM supports assembly, batch processing, and repacking methods.