Aourix Blog
Notes from the plant floor.
How process manufacturers actually run lead-to-cash: master data that holds up, lots and shelf life, scheduling, procurement, and what an AI assistant can genuinely do for a plant. Written from the work of building Aourix with real factories.
Bills of materials: yields, scrap and the numbers a recipe leaves out
A spreadsheet recipe lists ingredients. A bill of materials also carries yield, scrap and pack components — which is why one costs a batch correctly and the other does not.
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Categories and units: the ten minutes that decide whether your item data survives
Untyped or unitless categories are the top reason a stock count looks wrong months later. How to set up item categories so inventory, production and procurement behave.
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Lots, retest dates and FEFO for bulk products: keeping the paperwork honest
Export buyers want a lot number, a retest date and a certificate of analysis with every shipment. How those three should be produced, and why FEFO should advise rather than block.
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The lead-to-cash loop: one record, six stages, no re-keying
Every manufacturer runs the same six-step loop from enquiry to cash. Naming it explains why plants drown in re-typing, and what changes when one record moves through every stage.
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