Taking your decoration in-house is a massive step for any business owner. It gives you total control over quality, turnarounds, and margins. But managing the daily reality of those machines? That’s an entirely different beast.

When your sales team books a massive order that requires embroidery, screen printing, and heat transfer across dozens of different product variations, how do you schedule it? If your production manager is forced to manually re-enter order details into an external tracking software—or worse, run the floor off a whiteboard or spreadsheet—your efficiency is already bleeding out.

At Antera Software, we believe your software should fuel your workflows, not stall them. That is why we built Production Management into Advance’s architecture.

The Production Module eliminates the need to duplicate data or export lists. Instead, it transforms your booked sales orders into perfectly scheduled, tracked, and actionable production jobs—all without leaving Advance.

Here is a high-level look at how the Production Module can automate your shop floor:

From Booked to Batched (Automatically)

The moment an order is booked in Advance, the Production Module goes to work. As long as the decorator is set to your In-House Vendor, the system automatically generates the necessary production jobs.

But the real power lies in Batching. Advance gives you the flexibility to group production jobs exactly how your shop floor needs them to maximize efficiency:

• Batch by Order: Group all jobs related to a specific sales order together.
• Batch by Design: Group multiple orders together based on the exact same artwork file, saving you massive setup time.
• Batch by Variation: Get hyper-granular and group jobs by specific design variations (e.g., printing the same logo, but only using white ink for dark-colored garments).

Intelligent Scheduling & Machine Management

Managing machine capacity isn’t a guessing game in Advance; it is a calculated science.

When you set up your machines in the system, you define critical variables like speed units per hour, setup times, runtimes, and even specific holiday schedules. Based on these settings and the Decoration Types tied to the order, Advance utilizes formulas specifically tailored for Embroidery, Screen Print, Heat Transfer, etc., to automatically calculate exact run times and required machine hours.

Need to adjust on the fly? The Split Jobs feature makes it incredibly easy. You can drag and drop multiple SKUs and product lines at once to quickly split massive jobs across different dates or different machines, keeping your shop floor moving without excessive clicking.

Total Visibility Across Your Business

Because the Production Module lives inside your ERP, every status update ripples through your entire organization.

• Automated Status Changes: If the Art department finishes an artwork file, the production job instantly updates to “Ready.” When receiving logs a partial shipment of blanks, the job updates to show exactly what is available to print.
• Kanban Control: Your production floor can manage its workflows visually through customizable Kanban boards.
• Sales Visibility: Your sales reps never have to call the production manager to check on an order. They can instantly see real-time production statuses directly from the original Order Details view.

Stop Duplicating Data

Running an in-house decoration facility is complex enough; your software shouldn’t make it harder. By keeping your entire workflow—from the initial sales quote to the final stitch—inside Advance, you eliminate data entry errors, maximize machine runtime, and deliver on your promises faster.

Ready to see how Advance can transform your shop floor? Schedule a Demo with our Business Analysts today to see the Production Module in action.