Production runs are how you turn materials into finished stock in Pesto. A run pulls the recipe from your bill of materials, reserves the ingredient lots, records what you actually made and what it actually cost, and creates the batch of finished goods — with a full traceability link between the two.

Before you start, make sure the product has a bill of materials set up (see Section 7) and that your materials are in inventory with their batch codes and best-before dates.

The Production Runs Screen

Go to Production Runs in the main navigation. This is where you plan, run and close your production batches.

Each run gets a run number (PR-16, PR-15 and so on) and shows the product, the batch code once one has been entered, and the created, completed and target dates. Runs move through these statuses:

• Draft — created but not started
• In production — started, ingredients reserved, not yet closed out
• Finished · stock pending — production recorded, but the finished stock hasn't been added to inventory yet
• Finished · stocked — closed out and in inventory
• Cancelled

You can filter by run number or product, status, created date and target date, and switch between List and Kanban views using the toggle on the right.

To start a new run, click + New run. It's a three-step wizard.

Step 1 of 3: Products to Make

Pick what you're producing and how much of it.

• Mode — Production or Kitting. Use Production when every product in the run is manufactured from raw materials
• Product — search or select the product. Pesto shows the SKU and current stock (e.g. "225 in stock") as you pick
• Planned quantity — how many units you're planning to make
• + Add product — a single run can cover more than one product; add a line for each