Sheet 01 · Production

From yarn to finished goods,on one work order.

A job is a chain: yarn bought, knitted, dyed, printed. Each step is an order of its own, and the work order holds them together so the cost of the whole job is in one place.

The chain

Four kinds of order. One job.

Each order is made for the vendor that does that work, and shows what it has received and what it is still owed.

  1. 01
    Yarn orders

    Buy and track yarn by lot. Yarn can be issued to a knitter against a work order.

  2. 02
    Knit orders

    Send yarn to a knitting mill and receive greige goods back in rolls, with the loss in the process recorded.

  3. 03
    Dye orders

    Send greige to a dye house and receive finished goods. A finished lot can go back on a dye order, and it keeps its first dye cost.

  4. 04
    Print orders

    Send finished goods to a printer. A fabric printed twice keeps its first print cost.

The work order

It shows what the job cost.

The cost card on a work order adds up what was spent at each step, including material taken from your own stock.

  1. 01
    Shared lots

    Several open orders can hold the same lot while the total held stays within what is on hand.

  2. 02
    Working loss is booked

    Weight lost in knitting or dyeing is recognised as a cost, not left to hide in the difference.

  3. 03
    Closing an order

    When all the goods are back, close the order and the material used is used up. An order closed with no material recorded is parked for review, not turned into a false gain.

  4. 04
    Cancel with care

    Cancelling or voiding keeps the record and posts the reversal, so the history is still there.

One job, one number at the end.

Next sheet · 02 Receiving

Receiving that reads the packing list

Goods arrive with a list. Stone Converter reads it so nobody retypes forty rolls.