.. index::
   single: Manufacturing
   single: production; management

.. _part3-man-manuf:

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Defining your Master Data
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 *The management of manufacturing described in this chapter covers
 planning, ordering, stocks and the manufacturing or assembly of products from raw materials and
 components.
 It also discusses consumption and production of products, as well as the necessary operations on
 machinery, tools or human resources.*

Manufacturing management in OpenERP is based on its stock management and equally very
flexible in both its operations and its financial control. It particularly benefits from the use of
double-entry stock management for production orders.

.. index::
   single: module; mrp

Manufacturing management is implemented by the :mod:`mrp` module. It is used to transform all
kinds of products:

* Assemblies of parts: composite products, soldered or welded products, assemblies, packs,

* Machined parts: machining, cutting, planing,

* Foundries: clamping, heating,

* Mixtures: mixing, chemical processes, distillation.

You will work in two areas: with products in the first part of this chapter, and with operations in the
second part. The management of products depends on the concept of classifications while operations management is related to routing and workcenters.

.. index::
   single: bill of materials

.. note:: Bills of Materials

    Bills of Materials, or manufacturing specifications, go by different names depending on their
    application area, for example:

    * Food: Recipes,

    * Chemicals: Equations,

    * Building: Plans.

For this chapter you should start with a fresh database that includes demo data,
with :mod:`mrp` (``Manufacturing``) and its dependencies installed and a generic chart of accounts configured.
As you will notice, when you select ``Manufacturing`` to be installed, OpenERP will install the linked applications automatically.

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