Resolving shortages: produce, purchase or handle manually

On the order page, Resolve Shortages lets you choose for each missing material: Produce (a new production order from the recipe that makes it), Purchase (a purchase order) or Manual (you handle it yourself; nothing is created).

The button appears after a stock check if something is short. The window lists each missing material on its own row with the missing quantity. Produce is preselected when another active recipe makes the material; otherwise Purchase.

• Produce – only available when such a recipe exists. The suggested batch multiplier is prefilled and you can change it. The new production order is created as a draft with the same target and source warehouse.
• Purchase – enter the quantity (the missing quantity by default) and the unit price. All items marked for purchase go into one draft purchase order without a supplier. Add the supplier and the other details on Logistics → Purchase Orders.
• Manual – nothing is created for this item; you resolve the shortage yourself, for example with a stock adjustment or by talking to the supplier.

After Create, the system tells you how many purchase and production orders were created. Once the items have arrived or been produced, run the stock check again with Recheck.