> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.bold-factory.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Manufacturing

> Map of manufacturing recipes, requests, orders, resources, planning, execution and analysis.

Manufacturing turns a requirement into executable work and preserves what happened on the shop floor. This map separates definition, planning, execution and analysis.

## Define how to manufacture

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  <Card title="Recipes and versions" icon="book-open" href="/en/concepts/manufacturing/recipes-and-versions">
    Versioned structures applicable to families and items.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Processes, operations and resources" icon="workflow" href="/en/concepts/manufacturing/operations-and-restrictions">
    Stages, precedence and means needed to execute work.
  </Card>
</Columns>

Also read [Processes](/en/concepts/manufacturing/processes), [Resources](/en/concepts/manufacturing/resources) and [Tools and characteristics](/en/concepts/manufacturing/tools-and-characteristics).

## Release and plan

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  <Card title="Requests and orders" icon="construction" href="/en/concepts/manufacturing/manufacturing-orders">
    A request expresses a requirement. An order contains the work to execute.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Sequencing and plans" icon="calendar-check" href="/en/concepts/manufacturing/sequencing">
    Order operations by dates, resources, restrictions and working hours. Materials also constrain the calculation if you enable their restrictions.
  </Card>
</Columns>

Expand the map in [Manufacturing requests](/en/concepts/manufacturing/manufacturing-requests), [Manufacturing statuses](/en/concepts/manufacturing/manufacturing-statuses), [Manufacturing working hours](/en/concepts/manufacturing/manufacturing-working-hours) and [Production plans](/en/concepts/manufacturing/production-plans).

## Execute and analyze

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  <Card title="Operation execution" icon="list-tree" href="/en/concepts/manufacturing/assignments-and-operation-groups">
    Assignments, groups, checks, consumption, production and pauses.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Dashboards" icon="layout-dashboard" href="/en/concepts/manufacturing/dashboards">
    Cross-area view of status, performance, quality and OEE from Smart Factory.
  </Card>
</Columns>

Read [Inspections and checks](/en/concepts/manufacturing/inspections-and-checks), [Checks, consumption and pauses](/en/concepts/manufacturing/checks-consumption-and-pauses) and [Pause reasons and interruptions](/en/concepts/manufacturing/pause-reasons-and-interruptions) to interpret execution records.


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