Production
Packaging and fill records
Recording how many of each SKU you filled from a batch, and how Crown turns those counts into finished-good lots.
Packaging is where a batch's bulk output becomes countable finished goods. When you complete a batch, you record how many units of each SKU you filled, and Crown creates a finished-good lot for each. Those lots carry the batch's lot code and are what you trace, hold, and release.
Before you start
At least one SKU on the product. Packaging counts units into the SKUs you've defined (a 200 mL bottle, a case of six, and so on). If your product has no SKU yet, add one before you complete the batch. See Creating a product.
Recording fill counts
Packaging is recorded in the same step as yield. When every stage is complete, select Enter yield & complete.
- Record production yield
Enter your bulk output in the product's unit. Crown shows the production yield against the recipe's expected output.
- Enter units filled per SKU
Under packaging output, enter how many units of each SKU you filled from this batch. Crown shows each SKU's unit size for reference.
- Mark production complete
Confirm. Crown creates a finished-good lot for each SKU you filled and moves the batch to Production Complete, ready for quality review.
Packaging yield and the over-fill check
As you enter counts, Crown adds up each SKU's unit size times the number you filled and shows a packaging yield: how much of your bulk output made it into containers.
Count products
For products measured by count rather than mass or volume, there's no separate bulk figure to enter. Crown takes your total output as the sum of the units you filled across all SKUs.
What happens to the finished-good lots
The lots Crown creates are held back from inventory until you release the batch. Each one is assigned the batch's lot code (unless you pre-assigned it) and an expiry based on the product's shelf life. They become available to ship only when the batch is released.
What's next
With output and packaging recorded, the batch moves to quality review. See Releasing a batch for the path from internal QC to released finished goods.