A project in the workshop
Factory tenants only. See where each piece is, open a unit's steps and photos, mark a step done for an artisan, and clear a problem.
Factory tenants only. This is part of the project page. A restaurant or cafe tenant does not have it.
Once a project is marked good for production, its Items tab opens with In the workshop: one card for each piece.
What a card shows
- The piece and how many are being made.
- One line that says where the piece is now, like Now at Woodwork.
- The piece’s route, one unit after another. Each unit shows its state and how many steps are done, like Working · 3 of 10 steps.
A unit is in one of five states:
| State | What it means |
|---|---|
| Waiting | The piece has not reached this unit. |
| Not sent to the floor yet | It is this unit’s turn, but its phones do not show the work yet. It is sent again when the page opens. |
| Working | The unit’s phones show the work. |
| Problem | An artisan said the piece has a problem here. |
| Done | Every step is done here. |
The page reads the project again every 30 seconds while it is in the workshop. When an artisan marks a step done on the phone, the count moves by itself.
See a unit’s steps and photos
Press a unit on a piece. A panel opens with every step of that unit:
- the step’s name in English, with the Hindi name under it
- who did it and when
- Logged by, when the office marked it for the artisan
- the photos
A photo that cannot be shown says Photo cannot be shown. Close the panel and open it again to try once more.
Mark a step done for someone
Use this when an artisan did the work and could not mark it on the phone.
- Open the unit and press Mark done for someone on the step.
- Pick who did it. The list shows the people who work at that unit.
- If the step needs a photo, add one.
- Check the line Done by … Logged by you. and press Mark done.
The record keeps both names: the artisan who did the work and the person who logged it. A step that is already done cannot be marked again from here.
If the photo does not go up, the form says so and keeps what you picked. Press Mark done again.
When there is a problem
When an artisan says a piece has a problem, the top of the project page says which unit and which piece, with a button See the problem. The panel shows what the artisan wrote, who sent it, when, and the photo if they took one.
When it is sorted, press Problem fixed. The unit goes back to working and the notice leaves the artisan’s phone. Artisans can keep marking steps while a problem is open.
The final check
When every unit has finished a piece, its card shows a final check line: Not checked yet, 6 of 8 passed or All 8 passed.
- Press Final check on the piece.
- Set How many passed. Count all that have passed so far, old and new.
- Add a note if you want, and press Save count.
You can check a piece while other pieces are still being made. When every piece has passed in full, the project moves on to Balance by itself.
- Some did not pass. Write what is wrong. It is kept in the History and the count does not change. Count them as passed when they are fixed.
- Change the count. Use this when a wrong number was saved. Write the reason. The count goes back to 0 and you enter the right number. This cannot be done once the balance is confirmed.
Only the owner, the general manager and people who run projects can count the final check.
Material for a project
When the store gives timber or hardware to a unit for a project, write it on the project. Open the project, go to Money, and press Give material.
- Pick the unit and piece the material is for.
- Pick the material. The list is what is on that unit’s shelf now.
- Enter how much, in the unit shown beside it (for example Box of 12).
- Press Give material.
The material leaves the unit’s shelf. Material cost so far on the Money tab goes up, and the row shows under Material given.
- Return. If some was not used, press Return on its row and enter how much came back. It goes back on the shelf and the cost comes down.
- You cannot give more than the shelf holds. Receive or move stock to the unit first.
- Material can be given only while the unit is working on the piece.
Only people who can both open projects and move stock can give material: the owner, a manager or the procurement manager. A person tied to one place must also work at that unit. Everyone who can open the project can see the cost.
Who can do this
Anyone who can open a project can see the workshop, the steps and the photos. Only the owner and people who run projects can mark a step done for someone or press Problem fixed. Accounts can read.