Manufacturing finished goods—shirts

We are now ready to manufacture shirts. The prerequisites to manufacture shirts are:

• Setting up a Bill of Material. This is to define the raw material composition used to produce the final product.

• Creating a Production.

With this version of ADempiere, the manufacturing process will be a simple task. It requires the Bill of Material configuration only. We will practice manufacturing ten shirts.

Bill of material (BOM)

Consider the real life situation where you need to buy a lot of food products to fulfill the necessities of life. This could include bread, milk, fruits, snacks, vegetables, and so on. Closely observe what's written the milk carton. The carton contains a list of its ingredients. Manufacturers share the information of the composition of milk with the customers.

In our discussion, bill of material is the term used to describe the specification of the raw materials and quantities needed to manufacture a product. In this case, the creation of shirts...