Production Runs and Mid-Process Intermediates

AskBiz's overall Yield Summary divides your total output for a product by your *entire* intake history for it — which gets misleading the moment you sell part of a batch early as a mid-process product and keep processing the rest. A Production Run groups just the intake and output captures that actually belong together, so AskBiz can compute an accurate yield for that specific run instead.

On an intake or output capture, optionally add a Production Run reference — a code you choose, like SB-2607. Type the same reference on every capture that belongs to that run. If the reference doesn't exist yet, AskBiz creates it automatically the first time you use it; if it does, this capture is added to that run.

Your Production log shows a By Production Run card listing your top runs by volume, each with its own computed yield — that run's output divided by that run's intake, independent of your product's overall history. This is what makes a run's yield stay accurate even if you sold part of the intake early as an intermediate (see below) partway through.

Some processes have a real stopping point partway through that's already sellable — parboiled paddy before it's milled into rice, or dried parchment coffee before it's hulled into green beans. On an Output capture, turn on "This is a mid-process product" to flag it as one of these. It gets a distinct Intermediate badge wherever it appears, so it's clearly not your final finished product. This isn't limited to any specific factory type — flag any output that's genuinely being sold before your process is complete.