# Step 3 - Production Settings _By Brandon Munn · Feb 27, 2025_ Before using the **Production** functions in BrewMan, you will need to configure your **Settings**. ## Vessel Types Vessel Types are used to categorise groups of **Vessels**. For example, we would group together our holding tanks, stills and fermenters into their own **Vessel Types**. Go to **Administration** → **Settings** → **Production** → **Vessels Types**. Click **Add New** in the bottom right, enter the **Name** of the **Vessel Type** and click **Save**. Repeat until all types have been added. ![](https://vault.featureos.app/uploads/attachment/articles/3883/upload/faaf0b8ae6ae1f5f4afd477ac23a703a.png) ## **Vessel States** Vessel states are used as a visual aid to show the specific state that a vessel is currently in.  Click **Add New** in the bottom right corner and give the state a **Name**, **Icon**, **Colour** and **Description**. ![](https://vault.featureos.app/uploads/attachment/articles/3883/upload/e3b32b4f0eb431f69a3b695b2c336bf7.png) ## **Vessels** Once **Maintenance Processes** and **Vessel Types** have been added, you can add your **Vessels** into the system. Go to **Administration** → **Settings** → **Production** > **Vessels**. Click **Add New** and fill in these details: - **Name** - Enter what you call the vessel. e.g. Holding tank 2. - **Vessel Type** - Select the **Vessel Type** from the dropdown menu. - **Location** - Select which **Stock Location** the **Vessel** is in from the dropdown. This might be particularly important for calculating **Duty** if the location is **Bonded** or **Non**\-**Bonded**. - **Volume in Litres -** Enter in the maximum volume capacity of the **Vessel**. BrewMan will then not let you exceed this limit in the **Production** process. - **Colour** - Enter in a colour for the **Vessel Summary screen**. A defined colour scheme may make it easier to visually understand the processes in progress. ![](https://vault.featureos.app/uploads/attachment/articles/3883/upload/e8b74ce554fd6a4aa9dc445aca0d4135.png) ## **Vessel Summary Settings** - Summary Title - This is referring to how the liquid in the vessel is kept. E.g. using the batch number will change the title to be the Batch Number. - Show next process- If you select “Yes” the vessel summary card will include the next due Process Step according to the batch information.  - Fields to include- Here you can select which fields will show on your Vessel Summary Screen Cards.  - The drag handle (The icon showing 6 dots) allows you to reorder the fields on the card.  - Included- Clicking on the underlined icons allows you to select whether the field will be included on the card or not. Selecting “Yes” will have set the field to show.  - Actions- The action menu at the end of the row also allows you to hide fields from view. ![](https://vault.featureos.app/uploads/attachment/articles/3883/upload/5232e2b863eeeb92c95bb2712b5b2d86.png) ## **Maintenance Schedule** These will need to be created prior and can be found in Production > Maintenance > Maintenance Recipes. - **Process** - Select the **Maintenance Process** that applies to the **Vessel**. - **Due Every** - Enter how often the maintenance is required in either **Days** or number of **Uses** so that the system can flag that the process is due. - Click **Add** and repeat for multiple **Processes** against one **Vessel**. - Click **Save** and your Vessels will form a list. On this list, you can use the 6 dot buttons to drag and reorder your list of **Vessels**. This will impact the order in which they appear on the **Vessel Summary Screen**. ![](https://vault.featureos.app/uploads/attachment/articles/3883/upload/5495b242b45834e0e4674c1ab756939e.png) ## **Quality Control Tests** Create your own tests to be measured during **Production** such as ABV, Temperature or pH. Go **Administration** → **Settings** → **Production** → **Quality Control Tests** and click **Add New QC Test**. ![](https://vault.featureos.app/uploads/attachment/articles/3883/upload/f3734c87bd6742912f7d78235cd45ae0.png) - **Name** - Enter the name of the **Quality Control Test** e.g. Fermentation Test. Please note one **'Test'** can have multiple **Metrics** so a fermentation test could require pH, Gravity and temperature to be recorded. - Then select if this test can be used for **Batches** from a **Recipe** such as when making beer or gin or whether it can be used for **Packaging** from an **Assembly** such as when bottling vodka or racking a cask of ale. - Click add **New Metric**: - **Metric Name** - Enter a metric you want to record, such as temperature. - **Notes** -  Enter any notes for when recording this Metric. - **Unit Suffix** - Enter the measurement symbol. E.g. °C or %. - **Show Graph** - Tick if you would like the results displayed in a graph. - **Max Decimal Places** - Enter the maximum number of decimal places you will allow someone to enter in a reading. - **Min Value** - Enter in the smallest value. For example, for pH it would be zero. - **Max Value** -  Enter the largest value for the test. For example for pH it would be 14. - Click **Save** and your **Quality Control Test** will form a table. Once in the table click the **3 dots** button under the **Actions** column to edit or delete a test. ![](https://vault.featureos.app/uploads/attachment/articles/3883/upload/b65ecf29038ae6731a2777a17076eed5.png) ## **Vessel Capabilities** Capabilities are created and assigned to your **Vessel Types** to define what they can be used for. This will help with vessel scheduling and prioritising certain vessels when selecting from the drop downs in production. For example, you may have 5x fermentation vessels but 3x can also be used as brite tanks so you may have a capability for fermenting only and one for multipurpose. 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