Production Lines

The Production Lines settings page lets administrators define which manufacturing lines your facility runs. Each production line is a named, coded configuration record that identifies a physical or logical compounding line — for example, "ISO 7 Suite A", "Non-Sterile Line 2", or "High-Volume Filler Line".

Role required: Administrator only. Production line changes are recorded in the audit trail.

Production line fields

When to configure production lines

Set up production lines during initial system configuration or whenever your facility adds, renames, or decommissions a compounding area. Accurate line configuration supports:

• Batch scheduling and assignment by physical location
• Yield and throughput reporting segmented by line
• Capacity planning across multiple suites or fill lines

Managing production lines

1. Navigate to Settings → Production Lines.
2. Review the list of configured lines.
3. Click Add line to create a new record, or click an existing line to edit its name, code, or active status.
4. Click Save.

Note: Deactivating a line does not affect batches already assigned to that line. Historical batch records retain their production line reference permanently.

Assigning batches to a production line

During batch creation, the Production Line field is optional but recommended. Selecting a line associates the batch with that physical area for scheduling context and reporting.

• The assigned production line is shown on the batch detail page and is included in the MBR PDF export.
• If your facility operates multiple compounding suites, assigning every batch to a line is strongly recommended to enable line-level analytics.

Note: The Production Line field can also be set or updated while the batch is In Progress — it does not need to be assigned at creation time.

Multi-line reporting

Reports → Batch Analytics can be filtered by Production Line to compare throughput, yield, and deviation rates across lines side by side. This is useful for identifying line-specific quality trends — for example, identifying that Suite A has a higher particulate count event rate than Suite B, or that Non-Sterile Line 2 has lower average yield variance.

Common analyses by production line:

• Throughput — batches completed per line per week/month
• Yield trending — average yield % by line over time
• Deviation rate — deviation events per batch by line, filtered by type

Deactivating vs. deleting

Lines cannot be deleted once any batch has been assigned to them. This preserves the audit trail — removing a line record would orphan historical batch data.

When a line is no longer in use:

1. Navigate to Settings → Production Lines.
2. Click the line you want to retire.
3. Toggle Active to off.
4. Click Save.

Effect of deactivation:

• The line is removed from the production line dropdown on batch creation and edit forms.
• All historical batch records retain their production line assignment and appear correctly in historical reports with full history intact.
• The line can be reactivated at any time if the area returns to service.

Edge cases

Note: If a batch is created without a production line selected, the batch record shows "Line: Not specified" in all reports and the MBR PDF. This does not block batch execution or release.

Note: If a production line is renamed after batches have been created, the new name applies only to future batch assignments. Existing batch records retain the name that was set at the time of batch creation. This ensures historical reports accurately reflect the name in use at the time of production.

Note: Multiple batches can be assigned to the same production line simultaneously. Clarix does not enforce capacity limits — the production line field is informational only, not a scheduling constraint.

Related pages

• Settings Overview
• Shifts
• Creating a Batch
• Batch Analytics