The Waterdeep Trading Company is more than a merchant house. It is a maker. From the distillery in Dock Ward where Wyrmsbreath Whiskey is crafted, to the cooperage where barrels are assembled and the packaging hall where gift sets are prepared for shipment, production is at the core of the company's identity. The Production Control module in Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management is where that manufacturing process is defined, scheduled, executed, and costed.

Production Control connects the bill of materials that defines what goes into a product, the routes that define how it is made, and the shop floor tools that track the work as it happens. It encompasses the journals and parameters that govern production transactions, the BOMs and routes that serve as blueprints for manufacturing, the job registration terminals that capture real-time shop floor activity, the work instructions that guide workers, and the costing sheets that reveal the true cost of every finished good. Greta Ironfist expects every bottle of spirits to be traceable from grain to glass, and every production cost to be accounted for with precision. These labs ensure that the manufacturing process is as disciplined as the company's financial ledgers.

What You Will Learn in This Guide

Production Control Setup:  Configure the journals, parameters, working time templates, calendars, and production units that underpin the entire manufacturing process. These settings determine how production transactions are posted, how resources are scheduled, and how the shop floor operates.

Bills of Materials:  Define the component lists, quantities, and relationships that make up manufactured products. This module covers BOM creation, approval, activation, the BOM designer, cost roll-ups, and the full production order lifecycle.

Routes:  Define the sequence of operations, resources, and time requirements needed to manufacture a product. This module covers resources, resource groups, operations, route groups, cost categories, route creation, approval, scheduling, and execution.

Job Registration:  Deploy shop floor terminals that allow workers to clock in and out, start and report on production jobs, and track indirect activities. This module covers indirect activity categories, employee activation, terminal configuration, attendance tracking, and job reporting.

Work Instructions:  Attach reference documents such as procedures, diagrams, and quality checklists to BOMs and make them accessible from shop floor registration terminals.

Costing Sheets:  Build a structured framework for calculating and analyzing manufacturing costs by configuring cost groups, associating products and cost categories, building the costing sheet structure, and reviewing cost breakdowns.

By completing these labs, we will have established a complete production control framework for the Waterdeep Trading Company, ensuring that every product is manufactured according to its blueprint, every cost is captured, and every worker on the shop floor has the tools and information needed to produce goods of the highest quality.