Production
Releasing a batch
Wrapping up a batch: recording yield and packaging, passing quality review, and releasing finished goods for sale.
Releasing is how a batch goes from finished production to sellable finished goods. Between the two sits a short, recorded path: record your output, pass quality review, and release. Until you release, the finished goods Crown creates are held back from inventory.
The release path
A batch moves through these stages:
- In progress → you complete the recipe's stages.
- Production complete → you record yield and packaging.
- Internal QC → you decide whether the batch needs lab testing.
- Released → finished goods become available. (Or released with deviation, or rejected; see below.)
Record yield and packaging
When every stage is complete, select Enter yield & complete.
- Enter the production yield
Record the total output of the batch in the product's unit. Crown compares it to the recipe's expected output and shows the yield percentage.
- Record packaging output
Enter how many of each SKU you filled. Crown turns those counts into finished-good lots. (Skip this if you're not packaging from this batch.)
- Mark production complete
Confirm to create the finished-good lots and move the batch to Production Complete.
Quality review
From Production Complete, select Start internal QC to begin quality review. At internal QC, you choose how the batch clears:
- Release: if no lab testing is needed, release the batch directly.
- Send to lab: create a lab test and move the batch to pending lab. Record the results, then finalize each test as passed, passed with deviation, or failed.
Once your lab tests are finalized, Crown offers the matching action based on the results: a clean pass offers Release, a pass-with-deviation offers Release with deviation, and any failure offers Reject.
Release, release with deviation, or reject
- Release: finished goods flip to available and can be shipped.
- Release with deviation: same, with the deviation kept on the record.
- Reject: finished goods are quarantined, not sold.
A released batch is final; its production record is locked. A rejected batch can be sent to rework (re-run to correct the issue) or disposed.
What's next
If a CCP reading or lab result opened a deviation, resolve it. See Logging a deviation. To follow a released lot, see How lot traceability works.