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- The manufacturing process is triggered by an order from a customer. 

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  • Our first task is to set up our raw materials within OFBiz.
  • Use the Catalog Manager and the table below to:
  • Create new products of type “Raw Materials” for wood, nails, and varnish (see Figures 1, 2 and 3)


Product IDProduct NameMinimum StockRe-order quantity
10000*Wood25100
10010*Nails100500
10011*Varnish520
*Use Product ID returned by the Catalog Manager



                 Figure 1: Creating a New Product using the Catalog Manager             

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  • Setup one supplier for each of the Raw Materials using the data from the following table:
Product SupplierSupplier Pref Order IDSupplier Product IDLast Price
Wood Demo SupplierMain SupplierXYZWood11.00
NailsDemo SupplierMain Supplier123Nails4.00
VarnishDemo SupplierMain SupplierABCVarnish5.00


  • Suppliers for products are setup using the product “Suppliers” tab as shown in Figure 4.

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  • Create a new product for the manufactured product (the table) of type “Finished Good” using the details below:
Product IDProduct NameDefault PriceMinimum Stock
10001*Table75.00

* Take product Id returned by Catalog Manager

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  • Enter the details for the Bill of Materials using the information in the table below.


Product DProduct ID ToBom TypeQuantity
1000110000Bill of Materials5
1000110010Bill of Materials20
1000110011Bill of Materials1


  • An example of how to enter the first product for a Bill of Materials is shown in Figure 8

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  • Create new routing tasks using the data in the table below:


Routing Task NameDescriptionTask Type
Cut WoodCut Wood to LengthManufacturing
Nail TogetherNail Wood TogetherManufacturing
Sand TableSand the TableManufacturing
Varnish TableVarnish the TableManufacturing
  • An example of how to enter a Routing Task is shown in Figure 12
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Enter the new routing details using the data in the table below (see Figure 14).


Routing NameDescription
Table RoutingRouting to Make Tables


Figure 14: Entering Routing Details


Use the “Edit Routing Task Assoc” tab to add the details from the table below as shown in Figure 15.

Routing Task IdSequence
10000*10
10001*20
10002*30
10003*40
*Use the Task Id generated by Manufacturing Manager for Cut Wood, Nail Together, Sand Table and Varnish Table



Tip: Use the “Add an existing Routing Task” to add the task and sequence to the routing

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