🏭 In Aletiq, a Manufacturing process consists of the Manufacturing Bill of Materials (mBOM) and Bill of operations.
📚 A Bill of operations defines the sequence of operations required to manufacture the product (e.g. launch, molding, cutting, inspection, etc.). Each operation can linked with documents, components, tooling, etc.
🚧 Aletiq allows you to manage several manufacturing processes in parallel for the same product (e.g. main process, backup process, subcontracting process...).
💻 Manufacturing processes are accessible under the Manufacturing tab of an article.
Create a New Manufacturing Process
Navigate to the Manufacturing tab of an article
Click on New manufacturing process
Fill in the following fields:
Name – used to label the process (e.g., Main, Subcontracting)
Initial index – identifier to track process changes (e.g., A, B, C or 01, 02, 03)
Applicable definition – ensures traceability to the product’s definition used to build the process and enables direct retrieval of components from the eBOM
👉 To configure multiple processes, click on the current process name and select New process
Add Operations to the Bill of operations
To add operations to a manufacturing process, you have three options:
Build the bill of operations manually by creating operations one line at a time.
Copy a bill of operations from an existing article
Import operations from a CSV file
1. Manually (line by line)
Click + Add operations, then + Create operations
For each operation, specify:
Operation number – operations will be sorted by ascending order
Operation name
Add as many operations as required
Click Confirm
2. Copy from an existing product
This option allows reuse of a previously defined bill of operations, including all associated objects.
Click + Add operations, then Copy operations
Select the source product, process name, and revision index
Choose which operations to duplicate
Optionally, rename the imported operations
Click Confirm
3. Import from a CSV file
You can bulk-create operations by importing a CSV file containing the operations data. The import file must include three columns:
Operation number – operations will be ordered in ascending sequence
Operation label – the name or designation of the operation
Description – details or comments for each operation
To import the bill from a CSV:
Click + Add operations, then select Import operations
Choose your CSV file, then click Next
Map the file columns to the corresponding bill of operations fields
Click Confirm to finalize the import
Add Items to an Operation
To associate elements with a specific operation:
Click on the operation you want to edit
Click + Add object, then select the type of object to link
From the list, choose the elements to attach to the operation:
Document
Article
Tooling
Part
🔄 By default, the latest revision of a document is linked.
You can change the linked revision by clicking on "...", then selecting Edit revision.
Define the Manufacturing Bill of Materials (mBOM)
The bill of operations can be complemented by a Manufacturing Bill of Materials (mBOM), which specifies the components required to produce the product.
💡 For more details, see: Build a Manufacturing Bill of Materials (mBOM)
Approve the manufacturing process index
Approving a process index locks all associated data, including the bill of operations and the manufacturing Bill of Materials (mBOM).
Click on the index currently in Draft status
Open the “...” menu and select Approve
Create a new manufacturing process index
To update a process while maintaining full traceability:
Click on the latest index, then + New index
Enter the new index value — it will be created as Draft and will inherit all operations from the previous version
Make the necessary modifications to the bill of operations