Executing a run
Click Start run when you are ready to make the batch. Starting freezes the recipe sheet and the bill of materials. From this point the run documents what you actually did, and later recipe edits cannot move your targets mid-batch.
Work from the recipe sheet
Section titled “Work from the recipe sheet”The Recipe sheet lays out the batch at the run’s scale: sub-batches to prepare first, then the final assembly, with scaled quantities and the method. Print it and take it to the bench, or capture directly on screen. It comes from the same engine as work orders.
Capture as you go
Section titled “Capture as you go”The capture section records what actually happened:
- Per-line actuals. Each ingredient shows its planned quantity next to an Actual field. Weigh, type, done. You can also note the supplier Lot per line; those feed the run’s input-lots view for traceability.
- Checkpoints. Every checkpoint from the recipe (pH at most 3.8, temperature at least 82 °C) shows its target, a field for the measured value, a pass or fail result, and a note. See phases, steps and checkpoints.
- Output and notes. Observed output, a tasting score from 1 to 10, tasting notes, process notes, and defects.
Everything saves as you type.
Draw made components from stock
Section titled “Draw made components from stock”If the recipe uses a sub-formula you already have in stock (say, last month’s fermented chili mash), the Components from stock card offers to draw it instead of making a fresh sub-batch. Cover the full need, or take what is on hand and make the rest. Whatever you draw leaves the shopping list and drops off the sheets. See made components.
Packaging
Section titled “Packaging”For a batch that gets packaged, the Packaging card lists what the run will consume, in whole packages (48 jars, 48 lids, 48 labels), with on-hand levels. Manage the items under packaging.
If the recipe changes mid-run
Section titled “If the recipe changes mid-run”Edit the source recipe while a run is in progress and the run shows a banner: The recipe changed. Your sheet stays frozen. Two choices:
- Review & pull update rebuilds the sheet and the BOM from the current recipe. Use it when the edit matters for this batch.
- Dismiss keeps the frozen sheet. The run finishes against the snapshot it started with.
When the batch is done, complete the run.