---
title: "Report production"
slug: "bc-how-to-report-production"
description: "Streamline production with Batch Reporting: track raw materials, update inventory, and manage output and consumption for batch and package orders efficiently."
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updated: 2026-06-25T12:15:49Z
published: 2026-06-25T12:15:49Z
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# Report production

As production is completed, record the raw materials consumed and the products produced. Posting this information automatically updates the inventory. The **Batch Reporting** page lets you simultaneously post output and consumption information for a batch order and Anywhere Mobility Solutions linked package orders.

## Steps

1. In the search box, enter **Batch Reporting**, and then choose the related link.
2. In the **Order No.** field, enter the production order number you want to report on.

The **Batch Reporting** page displays the entered production order's lines in the table below the **Order No.** field, along with this order's expected output and consumption in the other tables. If the production order is a batch order, the page displays the batch order's lines followed by the lines from all related package orders. When several such lines are displayed, the expected output and consumption applies to the currently selected production order line. The output item for the batch order is entered as a consumption item on the related package orders.
3. In the **Production Date** field, enter a posting date to apply to all lines. The work date is entered as a default. This field provides a quick way to align posting dates on all lines.
4. In the **Shift Code** field, enter a shift code to apply to all lines. If a shift code was assigned to the specified production order, it is entered as a default. The shift code is assigned to the item ledger entry lines created when the production order is posted.
5. Select or clear the **Output** and **Consumption** fields depending on whether you want to report output, consumption, or both.

If several production order lines are present, selecting one of these fields causes the system to post output and consumption for all lines.

When a production order is entered in the **Batch Reporting** page, the program presets the output and consumption quantities. If nothing has been posted yet, all quantity fields contain the expected quantities from the production order. If partial postings have been made, the quantity fields on the lines are set to zero. The quantities already posted for the order are displayed in the posted quantity fields.
6. Enter actual output and consumption quantities and Anywhere Mobility Solutions related information (such as lot number) in the fields for all listed production orders.
7. If materials other than those displayed were consumed, enter them in the consumption table.
8. If necessary, resolve Anywhere Mobility Solutions discrepancies between batch order output and package order consumption by balancing the intermediate.
9. On the **Actions** tab, in the **General** group, choose **Post**.
10. Indicate whether you want to finish the production order or leave it open for additional posting, then choose **OK**.

> [!NOTE]
> Note
> 
> - If the current on-hand quantity of an item being consumed is less than the amount entered in the **Batch Reporting** page, the program does not post the production order.
> - Finishing a production order is an irreversible process. Once a production order is finished, no additional output or consumption can be reported against it. Do not instruct the system to finish a production order unless you are certain that it requires no additional reporting.

To learn more about balancing the intermediate output and consumption, see [Balance an intermediate](/business-central/docs/bc-balance-an-intermediate).

## Related

- [Balance an intermediate](/bc-balance-an-intermediate.md)
- [Report production](/bc-report-production.md)