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How to Package Products

How To Package ProductsBefore starting the packaging process, the Product that you are creating must be set up in the system. If you haven't set up your Products, please use this guide: How to Add ProductsCreating a New Packaging Process To create a new Packaging Process, please follow this guide...

How To Print Labels.

In BrewMan, you can print off two main types of labels.Returnable Labels: These labels are for items that are in returnable containers such as casks. They show key information for your customers such as the Product Name, Tasting Notes and Allergy Information. These containers should have a perman...

3: Production Setup - Vessels, Maintenance and Quality Control

3: Production Setup - Vessels, Maintenance and Quality Control.Before using the Production functions in BrewMan, you will need to configure your Settings.Vessel Types are used to categorise groups of Vessels. For example, we would group together our holding tanks, stills and fermenters into their...

5: Production Setup - Recipes & Packagings

5: Production Setup - Recipes & Packaging'sCreating A RecipeA Recipe in the system specifies the Ingredients, Process and Quality Control needed to create a Batch of a Material.Go to Production > Recipes and click Create New Recipe.1: Recipe Details.Recipe Name Enter an easily identifiable nam...

How to Start a Batch in Production

There are three main ways to start a new Batch in the Production menu.1: Go to Production - Vessel Summary and click Actions under the vessel, then click New Assembly.   2: Go to Production - Recipes and either click Start Batch in the three-dot menu or after opening a Recipe. 3: Go to Production...

How to Use Ingredients in Production

Once you have started a Batch, you will need to record the Ingredients you are adding.Go to Production - Vessel Summary, click Actions on the relevant Vessel and select Add Ingredients.Alternatively, go to Production - In Progress, click on the Batch to open it and click Use Ingredient. You can a...

How to Record Quality Control Test Results

How to Record Quality Control Test ResultsIn order to record the results of Quality Control Tests, you will need to have created them in Settings first. To find out more, please click here. Go to Production - Vessel Summary, click Actions on the relevant Vessel and select Record QC Test Results.A...

How to Make Vessel Movements

Once you are finished with a Vessel in Production, you will need to tell the system that the liquid has been moved.Go to Production - Vessel Summary, click Actions on the relevant Vessel and select Add Vessel Movement. Enter the *Volume Leaving the Vessel. Select either Estimated Vessel Volume...

How to Empty and Remove Vessels from Assembly

Once you have made a movement from a Vessel, you may want to specify to the system that it is now completely empty.   Go to Production - Vessel Summary, select Actions on the Vessel in use and click Empty Vessel, then click OK to confirm.If you are no longer using this Vessel for its current Batc...

How to Record Vessel Maintenance

Once you have emptied and removed a Vessel from an Assembly, you can record a Maintenance Process against it. This is commonly used by BrewMan customers to maintain cleaning records in the system for health and safety or food standards audits.To do this, you must have created your own processes i...

How to Output from Vessels

Once you have finished making a Batch you will need to record in the system what has been produced.You can either Output to a Package, Stock or a new or existing Batch.Go to Production - Vessel Summary, click Actions on the relevant Vessel. From here you can output from the vessel or open the Ass...

How to: Outputting By-Products

Within a recipe assembly, you can output By-products. This allows you to output a different material or product from the material produced by the recipe such as yeast from a beer recipe or feints from a gin.To do this, either go to Vessel Summary, Actions and click Add By-product Output or go to ...

How To: Ageing Casks

Go to Administration - Settings - Ageing Casks. Here you will see:Cask Type - List the different variations of casks you have. For example, whisky casks.Cask Sub Type - Sub type enables a further breakdown of types, for example bourbon or scotch casks.Cask Sub Location 1 - This setting will allow...

How to: Vessel Scheduling

System Setup:To begin using vessel scheduling you will first need your initial Production Settings done, you should also have your Recipes and Packagings created in the system.For existing BrewMan users, we have a new setting called Vessel Capabilities you will need to set up, go to Administratio...