Selling a finished bike assembled from a frame, wheels, groupset, and a dozen other components is a fundamentally different inventory problem than selling something you just receive and resell as-is. The components need to be allocated, the assembly needs tracking through its own stages, and the finished product needs to become real, sellable stock only once it's actually built -- not before.
What a real production workflow needs to track
A production order needs a clear stage -- planned, actively being built, completed, or stored as sellable stock -- so you always know whether a "finished bike" on the books is actually ready to ship or still theoretical. It needs to allocate the right components against a bill of materials (BOM) so the parts consumed match what was actually specified for that product, and it needs to release those component allocations and add the finished item to real inventory only when assembly is actually complete -- not the moment the order was planned.
How Vedron handles this
Vedron's production module tracks orders through a clear stage progression -- Plan, In Production, Produced, Stored -- so a bike's real status is always visible rather than assumed. Component allocation is driven directly by the product's bill of materials, matching bomlines against the production order to reserve the right parts in the right quantities. Only when a production order moves to Stored does the finished bike get added to inventory at a chosen location, with the component allocations that were reserved for it released at the same time -- so finished-goods stock reflects what's actually been assembled, not what's merely been planned.
Frequently asked questions
Does this handle bundled accessories sold alongside a bike, not just the bike itself?
Bill-of-materials structure covers component-to-product relationships generally, so bundled builds are modeled the same way a single assembled product is -- through the BOM, not as a separate bolt-on mechanism.
What happens to component stock while a production order is in progress?
Components are allocated (reserved) against the production order once it's created, so they're accounted for as committed rather than still showing as freely available stock while assembly is underway.
Can a production order be tracked across multiple locations (e.g. assembly happens somewhere different from storage)?
Yes -- the location where finished stock lands is chosen when the order moves to Stored, so assembly and final storage don't have to be the same physical location.
Have a question specific to your setup?
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