Creating a product

A product is the thing you make and sell ("Habanero Hot Honey"), not a single batch of it. Almost everything else in Crown hangs off a product: your recipes are versions of a product, the batches you run produce it, and the SKUs you define are the formats you ship it in. Create the product first, then build its recipe.

Creating a product

1. Open Products and create new

   Open Products from the main menu and click '+ Add Product'. The product drawer opens on the right.

2. Enter a name

   Name the product the way you'd refer to it on a label or order, e.g. "Habanero Hot Honey." This is the only required field; you can fill in everything else now or come back to it later.

3. Set the measurement type

   Choose Mass, Volume, or Count. This sets the unit family for every recipe, batch, and yield figure on the product; read the next section before you pick.

4. Save

   Save the product. It's now available to build a recipe against, and the SKU and allergen sections open up for editing.

Crown QMSThe product drawer

Measurement type sets the unit family

Mass, Volume, or Count determines which units are available everywhere the product is used: g / kg / lb / oz for mass, mL / L / fl oz / gal for volume, ea for count. Every recipe version, batch size, and yield figure inherits this family.

Optional details

A product carries more than a name. All of the following are optional and editable later:

• Product code: a short code (e.g. "HH") used in lot codes and as an internal reference.
• Status: Active, Development, or Discontinued. Discontinued and archived products drop out of the batch and recipe pickers.
• Standard batch size, shelf life, intended use, and food-safety attributes (target pH, water activity, preservation methods): these feed your production records and compliance documents. Fill in what's relevant to your product and skip what isn't.

After saving: SKUs, allergens, and lot codes

A few sections only appear once the product exists:

SKUs: the formats you sell the product in (e.g. a 200 mL bottle, or a case of six). Each SKU has a unit size and optional codes and pricing. SKUs are what your packaging step counts finished goods into, so define a SKU before you record packaging output for a batch.

Allergen statement: the product's final allergen declaration. Crown builds it from the allergen rollup of the product's recipe, which you can then escalate where needed (for example, to flag shared-equipment cross-contact). It needs a recipe to roll up from; allergens themselves are set on each ingredient, in Setting up your ingredients.

Lot code: by default the product uses your facility's lot code format. You can override it for this product if a particular line needs its own format.

What's next

With a product created, you're ready to build its recipe. See Your first recipe.