# Manufacturing

# Manufacturing

The Manufacturing module in NexWave manages your production process from bill of materials to work orders and job cards.

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## Key Features

### Bill of Materials (BOM)

* Define product structure
* Multi-level BOMs
* BOM costing
* Version control

### Work Orders

* Production planning
* Work order creation
* Material allocation
* Progress tracking

### Job Cards

* Operation-level tracking
* Time logging
* Employee assignment
* Quality checkpoints

### Workstations

* Define production workstations
* Capacity planning
* Operating costs

### Operations

* Define manufacturing operations
* Standard time settings
* Skill requirements

### Production Planning

* Material Requirements Planning (MRP)
* Capacity planning
* Production forecasting

### Manufacturing Reports

* Production Analytics
* Work order summary
* BOM explorer
* Operation-wise time analysis

## Navigation

Access the Manufacturing module from the sidebar: **Manufacturing** menu

## Common tasks

Step-by-step task guides from the User Guide:

* [Bill of Materials Setup](/doc/4f66b200-6aef-4370-afa4-652fa771d836)
* [Manufacturing Routing](/doc/04216048-2104-4de6-aecb-232f378f9120)
* [Workstation Types](/doc/20b5c6b8-64d2-468d-a9d0-3d81b957f918)
* [Workstations](/doc/7fa678c8-7713-485a-a91c-40102aa1b539)
* [Make to Order Production Process](/doc/57a3ebc9-d4bf-43e4-a887-26d4b1e4e68b)
* [Production Planning Report](/doc/2789c781-0ada-4e1e-a3b0-f048acf00f8e)
* [Manufacturing Forecasting](/doc/d1922cd0-0d9f-477b-af8b-3495d4335330)
* [Production Analytics](/doc/ac9621c5-939d-4e7f-b2f0-179d3b537095)

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**Documents**

- [Work Order Gross Profit](https://docs.nexwaveapp.com/s/docs/doc/work-order-gross-profit-8KzTjxavji)