Manufacturing Menu Guide | Inventory & POS

Overview

The Manufacturing menu groups the screens used to plan production, request materials, build assemblies, disassemble completed assemblies, move assembly stock, and review completed manufacturing activity.

Use this guide as the menu-level map. The linked guides explain the detailed screens such as work orders, material requisitions, assembly builds, and assembly reports.

Where To Find It

Path: Inventory > Manufacturing

If the Manufacturing menu is not visible, the company edition, user permissions, or enabled inventory features may not include assembly and manufacturing workflows.

Manufacturing Menu

Menu Command	What It Does	When To Use It
Build Assembly	Records an assembly build so QBM can increase the finished assembly item and use the component quantities defined for that assembly.	Use it when production is actually completed and the finished assembled item should be added to stock.
Disassemble Item	Records the reverse of a build assembly by reducing the selected assembled item and returning the defined component items to stock.	Use it when an assembled item is physically taken apart and the component quantities should be returned to inventory.
Create Material Requisitions	Starts a new internal material requisition for items needed by production, projects, service work, or internal supply.	Use it when a department needs materials before the final supply action, purchase, or transfer is decided.
Create Work Orders	Starts a new production work order with number, date, location, job, item, quantity, required date, status, notes, and optional print-after-save behavior.	Use it to plan production before the actual assembly build or stock movement is completed.
Transfer Assembly to Items	Opens the assembly transfer workflow for moving assembly-related stock into item detail lines instead of using a normal stock transfer.	Use it when the movement belongs to an assembly context and should be reviewed separately from ordinary item transfers.
Assembly List	Shows saved assembly build records so users can review, open, print, or audit previous assembly activity.	Use it when investigating how much was built, when it was built, or which finished item was affected.
Disassemble Item List	Shows saved disassembly records with filtering, open, new, delete, print, and save-report actions depending on permissions.	Use it to review what was disassembled, confirm the affected item and location, or open the original disassembly document.
Transferred Assembly List	Shows assembly transfer records created from the Transfer Assembly to Items workflow.	Use it to review assembly transfer history and confirm that assembly-related movements were recorded correctly.
Material Requisition List	Shows existing material requisitions with filtering, review, open, print, export, and follow-up actions depending on permissions.	Use it to monitor open material demand, review approved requests, and find older requisitions.
Work Order List	Shows production work orders with date, status, item, job, location, customer, quantity, and reference information.	Use it to track pending production, open a work order, print selected orders, or export the list for review.

Related Reports

Path: Reports > Inventory > Assembly

Report Command	What It Shows	When To Use It
Assembly Component List	Lists the component structure for assembly items.	Use it to verify the bill of materials before production or during costing review.
Built Assemblies	Summarizes completed assembly builds.	Use it to review build history, production output, and finished assembly activity.

Recommended Workflow

Set up the assembly item and its component lines before production begins.
Create a material requisition when components or supplies must be requested first.
Create a work order to plan the required item, quantity, location, required date, and status.
Build the assembly when production is completed and stock should be updated.
Use Disassemble Item when completed assembly stock must be returned to component stock.
Use the lists and reports to review open work, completed builds, disassemblies, component setup, and assembly transfer history.

Best Practice

Keep assembly component definitions current before creating work orders or builds.
Use work orders for planning and build assembly records for completed production.
Use Disassemble Item only when the finished assembly is actually returned to its component stock.
Review material requisitions regularly so missing components do not delay production.
Use the list screens before editing older records so users choose the correct document.
Use assembly reports when checking whether production output matches the expected component setup.

Troubleshooting

Issue	What To Check
The Manufacturing menu is missing.	Check whether the edition includes assembly features and whether the user has access to the manufacturing screens.
A work order cannot be saved.	Confirm the number, date, location, item, quantity, required date, and status are entered correctly.
An assembly build does not look correct.	Review the assembly components and quantities before saving the build.
A Disassemble Item document cannot be saved.	Confirm the assembly item, location, quantity, available stock, component lines, and component locations are valid.
A material requisition does not appear in the list.	Review date range, status, store, employee, payee, job, and other list filters.