Workflow guides

Hair colour production: base batches, shade differences and one shade card

In hair colour, one base becomes many shades. Manufio keeps one shared base formula and only the pigment difference per shade; orders, shipping, stock counts and the customer portal all use the same shade-card layout.

When shade orders arrive as free text, wrong codes are noticed late, and picking a shade from a long list takes time. The shade card is the common language of the hair colour business.

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How it works

  1. 01

    Base and shade difference

    The base formula is kept once; each shade holds only its pigment difference. The effective formula is base plus difference.

  2. 02

    Planning per base

    The colours view shows, for each base, the most kilograms possible with stock on hand, which shades are short and a suggested quantity; there is one work order per base.

  3. 03

    One shade card

    Orders, shipping, iPad stock counts, the portal, delivery notes and checklists use the same shade-card component and order.

Problems from the factory floor

Production

Hair colour: base batch and shade difference

ProblemKeeping a full formula for every shade means carrying each change in the base into every shade by hand.

SolutionOne shared base formula, plus only the pigment difference per shade. The colours view shows the most kilograms possible per base with stock on hand, which shades are short and a suggested quantity. One work order per base; batches below the minimum size are stopped on the server.

Stock & warehouse

One shade card everywhere

ProblemShades appeared in a different order and format on every screen; finding the right one in a long list took time.

SolutionOrders, shipments, stock counts, the portal, delivery notes and checklists all use the same shade-card component and the same order. Shades are picked from the card everywhere.

Orders & shipping

Customer portal with shade-card ordering

ProblemHair colour orders arrived as free text with shade codes; wrong or uncatalogued codes were noticed too late.

SolutionOn a customer-specific portal link, colours are picked in the printed shade-card layout with a quantity per shade. Codes not in the catalogue are flagged and moved to the right shade, and the request becomes a draft order.

Stock & warehouseHard gate

Digital stock count and surplus gate

ProblemA count shows a surplus. Is it really extra stock, or was a just-finished production run recorded twice?

SolutionCounting is done on an iPad in shade-card layout, and each row saves instantly. For a size with production running or finished in the last 14 days, those work orders are shown before a surplus can be booked, so a double entry does not become an adjustment.

Frequently asked questions

How are hair colour shades and shade cards managed?

Shades are kept as variants of the product and grouped in the printed shade-card layout. Every screen picks shades from the card; the customer portal uses the same layout, and codes not in the catalogue are flagged and moved to the right shade.

Are batches below the minimum size blocked?

Yes. If a base batch is below the configured minimum kilograms, the server stops it; exceptions require a separate permission.

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