Set up your factory

When you finish, you have

• Manufacturing switched on, with rules as strict as you want.
• Your products, suppliers and customers, and the cost of people and machines.
• Who signs what, your lab tests and your first recipe.

The videos, in order

1. Watched 1:42 Video 1 of 7 Your factory company Switch on Manufacturing for a medicine factory. Choose how strict the rules are. Start with Flexible. Check that lot control is on.
2. Watched 2:46 Video 2 of 7 Products Add what you buy, pack and make. Count each one the right way: kilograms, pieces or boxes. Give each a role, storage and shelf life.
3. Watched 1:55 Video 3 of 7 Suppliers and customers Add a supplier and a customer. Set a credit limit and payment terms. Approve a supplier for what it sells you.
4. Watched 2:24 Video 4 of 7 Workers, machines and costs Add worker types and machines. Add the usual cost heads. Give each one a rate for an hour.
5. Watched 2:02 Video 5 of 7 Who signs what Add your people. Add the usual signing roles, or your own. Give each role its people.
6. Watched 2:56 Video 6 of 7 Lab tests Add the tests your lab runs. Write a specification: the pass mark for each test. Your head of quality approves it.
7. Watched 4:16 Video 7 of 7 Your first recipe Write the tablet recipe: weigh, blend, press. Add the amounts, the checks and the crew. Write the box recipe, and get both approved.