Packaging Captures: Turning Bulk Output into Sized Units

Many factories produce in bulk but sell in fixed-size units — oil pressed into a tank, then packed into 20L jerry cans; water treated in bulk, then packed into sachets or bottles. Packaging is a dedicated capture type for logging that packing step, separate from the original Output capture that recorded the bulk production itself.

Output records production coming off the line — the bulk oil, the treated water. Packaging records that same material being packed into sized containers. Dispatch records it leaving the facility. A single batch typically passes through all three as separate captures.

Follow the same photo-first flow as any capture, with one difference: instead of a quantity-and-unit pair, you're asked for a container size — pick a quick-pick option (5L, 10L, 20L, 1kg, 25kg, 50kg) or type your own. The quantity you enter is the number of containers, not a weight or volume. Packaging captures are colour-coded teal throughout the Factory hub, approvals queue, and Production log so they're easy to tell apart from the other four types at a glance.