Selecting ingredients from batches on Manufacturing Orders

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You can select ingredients used in manufacturing from specific batches if you have enabled batch tracking for ingredient(s). This gives you visibility into the exact ingredients used for making products with this Manufacturing Order (MO).Batches for ingredients on MOs are selected at the moment of completing the MO (i.e. changing the production status for the MO to "Done"). You must select batches for batch-trackable ingredients as you cannot complete the MO without it.Batches for ingredients on MOs can be reported from the shop floor app. When an operator finishes an operation and consumes batch trackable ingredients.Batches can be tracked for both types of ingredients - materials and subassemblies - that you are using in manufacturing.You can only select batches from stock at the manufacturing Location of the MO.Selecting batches for ingredients1. Change the Production status for the MO to "Done".2a. If you are tracking batches for the manufactured product and you have not yet assigned a batch number to the MO, you are asked to assign the products to a specific batch. Read more.2b. You are asked to select batches for all ingredients that have batch tracking enabled.3. Select a batch and define the quantity to be taken from the batch for each item. You must select batches for the total quantity of the item. You can only choose batches from the manufacturing Location of the MO.- "Quantity to assign" column displays the quantity of items for which a batch has not yet been selected. You cannot "Confirm" the completion of the Manufacturing Order before the "Quantity to assign" is zero for all items on the list.- In the "Batch #" column, you can select items from existing batches with a positive stock quantity.You can also select items from the "Unbatched" batch if there is either a positive or negative quantity for the item in "Unbatched" batch.- "Quantity to track" column is the quantity of items you are taking from the batch selected in the "Batch #" column. By default, the quantity to track is filled with the maximum quantity of items available in the selected batch or with the total quantity required to assign in the respective column. You can edit the quantity to track manually if needed.If you do not select the entire quantity from a single batch, an additional row will be added to the table which allows you to choose the remaining quantity from another batch.- "Expiration date" for the batch is shown for the selected batch if the Expiration date has been assigned.4. When batches are selected for all items, you can "Confirm" the selection.5. The Manufacturing Order is now "Done", the ingredients have been taken from the specific batches from your Stock.You can edit batches for ingredients on "Done" Manufacturing Orders if needed.Note: Completing Manufacturing Orders in bulk directly from the "Schedule" in the "Make" screen is not possible if you are tracking batches for ingredients on the selected MOs and the batches have not been selected for ingredients. You must select batches for ingredients on each MO separately.