Demo data note: Screenshots use representative demo data captured from a live environment. Manufacturing is a marketplace add-on and appears only when enabled. Never use real customer records, secrets, or private packages in a public demo.
How operations fit together
Inventory holds what you stock — products, the categories that organise them, the warehouses that locate them, and a low-stock view that drives replenishment. Manufacturing (an add-on) turns components into finished goods through Bills of Materials and work orders. The Marketplace is how the product itself grows: signed add-ons are browsed, installed, and managed without bloating the core. Stock movements from Purchase receipts, Sales fulfilment, and manufacturing all flow through Inventory, and the values post into Accounting.
Jump to: Inventory · Manufacturing · Marketplace & add-ons.
Inventory — stock visibility and control
What it is. The Inventory workspace gives operational visibility over stock. From its home you reach Products, Low Stock, Categories, and Warehouses; advanced inventory (deeper warehouse automation) is delivered by the inventory-advanced add-on under Advanced Features.
How to use it. Set up Categories and Warehouses first, then create Products assigned to a category with stock levels per warehouse. Use Low Stock as your daily exception list — it shows items at or below their reorder point so you replenish before you run out. Receipts in Purchase increase stock; fulfilment in Sales decreases it.
Use it wisely. Establish categories and warehouses before loading products so everything is classified and located from day one. Set realistic reorder points so Low Stock is a true action list rather than constant noise — too low and you stock out, too high and you tie up cash. Reconcile physical counts to the system periodically; inventory accuracy underpins both fulfilment and the balance sheet.
Manufacturing — BOMs and work orders (add-on)
What it is. The Manufacturing add-on supports basic production: a Bill of Materials (BOM) defines the components that make a finished product, and a work order executes a build, consuming components and producing output. It is a federated marketplace module and appears only when enabled for the organization.
How to use it. Define a BOM for each manufactured product, then raise work orders to build to stock or to order. Completing a work order draws down component stock and adds finished goods, keeping Inventory and the ledger in step.
Availability: Manufacturing is a marketplace add-on. When it is not enabled, the menu item and routes are gated and redirect to the marketplace — expected behaviour. The screenshots were captured while the add-on was enabled and are retained as a feature reference.
Use it wisely. Keep BOMs accurate — an out-of-date recipe quietly misstates both stock consumption and product cost. Raise work orders rather than manually adjusting stock for builds, so the relationship between components and output is recorded and costed.
Marketplace and the add-on model
What it is. The Marketplace is how ColorsX74 ERP extends without bloating the core. The Catalog lists available add-ons; Installed shows what is present and lets you manage it. Add-ons are signed packages — the system refuses to load an unsigned module — and they declare their dependencies, so the platform installs and enables them in the right order. Advanced features for the core modules (accounting-advanced, sales-advanced, and so on) are delivered exactly this way.
How to use it. Browse the Catalog to find a capability, install it, then enable it for the organization. Entitlement and seat assignment are then managed under Settings → Module Access (see the Admin page). Once enabled, the add-on's navigation and routes appear in the shell.
Use it wisely. Install only what a customer will use — every enabled module adds navigation and surface area. Lean on the signing and dependency model as a trust story: nothing unsigned loads, and dependencies are resolved for you. When a route redirects to the marketplace, that is the entitlement system working, not a defect — it is the cue to enable the module via Module Access.
Suggested demo flow
- Inventory: categories → warehouses → products, then Low Stock as the daily exception list.
- Manufacturing (if enabled): a BOM, then a work order that builds from it.
- Marketplace: browse the Catalog, then Installed, and explain signing, dependencies, and Module Access.
- Close by noting how stock movements post into Accounting for valuation.