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Short videos that show real work in the app, one small step at a time. Watch them here, or on YouTube.

14 videos 48 min in all

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One box, and everything behind it

Follow one box of tablets from the first drum of powder to the pharmacy shelf: the big picture of Caprastacks Manufacturing for medicine factories.

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Manufacturing

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  1. 1 1 video · 3 min Start here
  2. 2 7 videos · 18 min Set up your factory
  3. 3 5 videos · 22 min Your first batch
  4. 4 1 video · 5 min When something goes wrong
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Set up your factory

7 videos · 18 min
  1. Watched 1:42 Video 1 of 7 Your factory company Get your company ready to make medicine: switch on Manufacturing and choose how strict the rules are.
  2. Watched 2:46 Video 2 of 7 Products Add everything your factory buys, packs and makes: the powders, the packing and the tablets.
  3. Watched 1:55 Video 3 of 7 Suppliers and customers Add the companies you work with, and approve each supplier for the materials it sells you.
  4. Watched 2:24 Video 4 of 7 Workers, machines and costs Add your workers, machines and costs, so every batch shows what it really cost.
  5. Watched 2:02 Video 5 of 7 Who signs what Choose who does each step of a batch, who checks it, and who releases it.
  6. Watched 2:56 Video 6 of 7 Lab tests Add the tests your lab runs, and the pass mark for each product you sell.
  7. Watched 4:16 Video 7 of 7 Your first recipe Write your first recipes: one for the tablets, and one for the boxes you sell.
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Your first batch

5 videos · 22 min
  1. Watched 2:49 Video 1 of 5 Buy the materials Buy everything your first batch needs. Every delivery gets its own lot number, and waits for the lab.
  2. Watched 3:15 Video 2 of 5 Test the deliveries The lab tests your deliveries, a second person checks every result, and quality decides.
  3. Watched 2:59 Video 3 of 5 Open the batch Open your first batch from the approved recipe. It becomes the diary of this one batch.
  4. Watched 7:29 Video 4 of 5 Make, pack and release Make the tablets, pack them into boxes, and release them for sale. One person does each step, and another checks it.
  5. Watched 5:24 Video 5 of 5 Sell it Sell the boxes, take a return, and follow one box all the way back to its powders: what you need on the day of a recall.
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When something goes wrong

1 video · 5 min
Watched 5:14 When something goes wrong What to do when a test fails or someone types a wrong number, then what your batch cost, and the reports. 1A failed test opens an investigation. 2Reject a typing mistake, and record it again. 3See what your batch cost, and the reports.

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