PRODUCT · ORDERS · EXECUTION PIPELINE
Production is where trade orders get real. One order, often two or three contract manufacturers across countries, dozens of lots, multi-stage QC, yield variance, and the partial-fulfillment splits that real manufacturing requires. TradeOS treats execution as a coordinated pipeline — every lot tracked, every QC stage logged, every cascade handled.
THE PROBLEM
Katana models a single factory. SAP Production Planning assumes you own the manufacturing. MRPeasy is built for in-house manufacturers. None of them model what trade operators actually do — coordinate two, three, or four contract manufacturers across countries, track lot-level progress in each, run AQL inspections at multiple stages, and handle the rework or partial-fulfillment decisions when reality diverges from plan. The result: production runs in factory WhatsApp groups, capacity in Excel, QC reports in email.
MULTI-MANUFACTURER ASSIGNMENT
Allocate units across multiple manufacturers based on capacity, performance score, and unit price. The platform calculates capacity coverage, flags over-allocation, surfaces which manufacturer is the bottleneck, and warns when you're putting too much volume with a single source.
Allocate 8.0M units of Protect-M Nitrile
SKU · NIT-EXAM-BLU
LOT-LEVEL TRACKING
Every production assignment becomes a lot — a discrete batch with its own ID, manufacturer, quantity, start date, current QC stage, and lineage. Lots can be split when part passes QC and the rest needs rework, with the parent-child relationship preserved. The result: full lot lineage from raw material to delivered unit, queryable in one place.
Crescent Manufacturing 🇲🇾 · 4.8M units · Started Apr 1 · Expected complete May 18
Last update: 2 hr ago by Liam Okafor
MULTI-STAGE QC
Configure inspection stages per product (material check, in-process, pre-shipment, final). Each stage runs AQL sampling against your spec — AQL 1.5 for medical-grade, 2.5 for industrial, 4.0 for general. Inspectors upload photo evidence per inspection. Failed inspections trigger a decision task: rework, reject, or escalate to the manufacturer's account manager.
Lot PL-2026-0138 · Pre-shipment AQL 1.5
In-process AQL 1.5
Choose decision
YIELD ANALYSIS
Yield analysis runs per manufacturer per product across rolling time windows. When a manufacturer's yield drops below their historical average, the platform flags it before it becomes a delivery problem. Useful for performance scoring, price negotiation, and deciding when to dual-source.
Yield trend · Last 6 months
Product · Protect-M Nitrile
Industry benchmark for medical-grade nitrile: 95–97%. Crescent's drop crossed the benchmark threshold.
WHEN PLAN MEETS REALITY
Real production rarely matches the plan unit-for-unit. EDMA handles partial fulfillment by auto-splitting the order into a parent (the portion that ships now) and a child (the portion still owed). The child order can be re-allocated to a different manufacturer, scheduled for the next production window, or credited back to the client — without losing lot lineage.
Lot lineage preserved. Original order references both. Both visible in the audit trail. Client invoice generated against the parent only.
ONE EVENT, FIVE EFFECTS
When a lot fails QC, the impact ripples through the system. The order's expected delivery shifts. Any booked shipment is paused. The manufacturer's performance score updates. A decision task lands on the operator's queue. Production capacity is freed for the next order in the line. EDMA traces the whole chain so nothing falls through.
Five sections of the platform respond to one event. None of them needs the operator to manually update.
VS. THE TOOLS YOU MIGHT BE USING
| Capability | Katana | MRPeasy | SAP PP | TradeOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multi-manufacturer per order | — | — | partial | ✓ |
| Lot-level tracking with lineage | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Configurable AQL inspection stages | partial | — | partial | ✓ |
| Photo evidence per QC inspection | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Yield analysis with variance alerts | partial | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Partial-fulfillment auto-split | — | — | partial | ✓ |
| Manufacturer performance scoring | partial | — | ✓ | ✓ |
Most production tools were built for the era when you owned the factory and the line. Trade is different. You're orchestrating contract manufacturers across countries, currencies, and quality regimes. EDMA models that from the start.
FREQUENTLY ASKED
Yes — every product can have its own inspection plan (material check, in-process, pre-shipment, final, or any subset). AQL standards are configurable per stage.
Book a 30-min demo and we'll set up your manufacturers, your inspection stages, and walk through a real order from allocation to ready-to-ship.