INDUSTRY SOLUTION

ERPNext for Manufacturing
Companies โ€” From Raw Material to
Finished Goods, Fully Automated

Indian manufacturers face thin margins, complex production workflows, GST job work compliance, and rising raw material costs. ERPNext gives you complete visibility and control โ€” from purchase order to delivery โ€” at zero licensing cost.

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LICENSE COST

19+

YEARS GLOBAL

20,000+

BUSINESSES

Delhi

NCR BASED

MANUFACTURING PAIN POINTS

The Problems You're Solving Today, Manually

Every manufacturing company faces these challenges. Most handle them with spreadsheets and manual follow-ups. ERPNext automates all of it.

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No visibility into production status

You never know if a work order is on time or delayed until it's too late to fix it.

โ†’ ERPNext: Real-time work order status, job card progress, and delay alerts visible to all managers.
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Raw material shortages stopping production

Materials run out mid-production because purchasing doesn't know what the shop floor needs in advance.

โ†’ ERPNext: Material Requirements Planning auto-raises purchase requests when stock falls below production needs.
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Actual production cost always higher than estimated

Standard costing assumptions don't match reality โ€” wastage, labour overruns, machine downtime all blow the budget.

โ†’ ERPNext: Actual vs standard cost comparison per work order โ€” wastage, labour, machine hours all tracked.
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GST job work compliance (ITC-04) is a manual nightmare

Tracking material sent to job workers, reconciling returns, and filing ITC-04 takes days every quarter.

โ†’ ERPNext: Job work challan, material tracking, and ITC-04 data โ€” all automated.
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Quality rejections discovered too late

Defects are found at delivery โ€” after resources are already consumed โ€” instead of at each production stage.

โ†’ ERPNext: Quality inspection checkpoints at GRN, in-process, and finished goods โ€” rejections stopped early.
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No traceability โ€” which batch of raw material went into which product?

Regulatory audits or customer complaints require batch traceability, which is impossible with spreadsheets.

โ†’ ERPNext: End-to-end batch and serial number traceability โ€” from supplier to customer.
MANUFACTURING CAPABILITIES

Complete Production Control in One Platform

All the tools you need to manage production from BOMs through finished goods โ€” without multiple licenses or integrations.

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Bill of Materials (BOM)

  • Multi-level BOM with sub-assemblies
  • BOM versioning
  • Scrap management
  • Cost rollup
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Production Planning & MRP

  • Sales-order-triggered production
  • Material requirements planning
  • Capacity planning
  • Gantt scheduling
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Work Orders & Job Cards

  • Work order creation
  • Operator time logging
  • Operation-wise progress
  • Actual vs planned time
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Subcontracting / Job Work

  • Material challan to job worker
  • ITC-04 compliance
  • Outstanding materials tracking
  • Job work invoicing
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Quality Management

  • Inspection templates
  • GRN quality check
  • In-process inspection
  • Non-conformance tracking
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Shop Floor Execution

  • Mobile-friendly job card interface
  • Real-time production dashboard
  • Machine downtime tracking
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Raw Material & Inventory

  • Real-time stock by location
  • Batch tracking in production
  • Scrap and wastage recording
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Production Cost Analysis

  • Standard vs actual cost
  • Material/labour/overhead breakdown
  • Production variance reports
  • Item-wise profitability
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GST India Compliance

  • Job work GST (ITC-04)
  • Inter-state material movement
  • e-Way Bill for goods dispatch
  • Finished goods GST invoicing
INDUSTRIES SERVED

Manufacturing Companies Across All Sectors

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Auto Components

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Garments & Textiles

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Food & Beverages

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Chemical & Pharma

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Electronics & PCB

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Furniture & Wood

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Plastic & Rubber

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Steel & Metal Fabrication

MANUFACTURING FLOW

Your Production Process, Automated Start to Finish

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Sales Order /
Forecast

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Production
Planning (MRP)

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Work Order +
Material Issue

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Shop Floor
Execution

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QC + FG +
Invoice

Frequently Asked Questions

Manufacturing & ERPNext

Does ERPNext support multi-level Bill of Materials for complex assemblies? +
Yes. ERPNext supports unlimited levels of BOM nesting โ€” so a finished product can have sub-assemblies, which themselves have components. Multi-level BOM explosion is automatic, and cost rollup calculates the full standard cost of the finished item from raw material prices up through every assembly level.
How does ERPNext handle subcontracting and job work in India? +
ERPNext has a dedicated subcontracting module. You send raw material to a job worker with a material transfer challan, track what's been sent and received, handle the GST compliance for job work (ITC-04), and reconcile subcontractor bills against what was produced. All ITC-04 data for quarterly filing is auto-generated.
Can ERPNext manage production scheduling across multiple machines? +
Yes. ERPNext's Workstation module lets you define machines and their capacities, then schedule operations across workstations. The system shows machine-wise loading and helps identify bottlenecks. Planned production hours are compared against actual hours via Job Cards.
How does ERPNext track actual production costs? +
ERPNext tracks actual material consumption (from Job Card issuance), actual labour time (from Job Card time logging), and machine costs (from Workstation cost-per-hour). This is compared against the standard BOM cost to produce a production variance report โ€” showing exactly where overruns occurred.
Does ERPNext support quality inspection at each production stage? +
Yes. You can define quality inspection templates per item or per operation, and trigger inspections at incoming material receipt, in-process stages, and finished goods completion. Operators record test results against defined parameters. Non-conforming material is blocked from proceeding until cleared.
Can ERPNext work for a business that both manufactures and trades? +
Yes. ERPNext handles hybrid businesses seamlessly โ€” you can manufacture some items and purchase-and-resell others within the same system. The CRM, Inventory, and Accounting modules work across both, and financial reports consolidate the full business picture.