Processing
Use this page to turn harvests (or stock you already have) into extracts, pre-rolls, edibles and other products, and to see what each gram you made cost.
Quick steps
- Go to Cultivation → More → Processing and click New Batch. Pick the Processing Type.
- Under Input Sources, pick the Source Type (Harvest, Processing Batch or Product), the Source and the Quantity (g). Click + Add Source for more. Then click Create Processing Batch.
- When work begins, open the batch and click Start Processing.
- When it's done, click Complete Batch. Add a row for each thing you made (Quantity (g) and Format), then click Complete Batch and confirm.
- Next to each output, click Transfer to Product. Type the Product Name, Price ($) and Wholesale Price ($), and click Transfer.
Common questions
My harvest isn't in the Source list. It's still Drying, its weight is all used, or it's already been transferred to inventory. For a transferred harvest, pick its product instead.
I made a mistake on a batch that isn't finished. Click Cancel and confirm. Everything it took goes back to where it came from. A completed batch can't be cancelled.
The new product is in the wrong category. Outputs go into your Flower category (or General). Move the product to the right category on its product page.
More detail: creating a processing batch and its input sources
Processing picks up where the harvest leaves off. A processing batch takes weight from one or more harvests, records what came out the other end — oil, pre-rolls, edibles — and works out the yield and the cost per gram of what you made. Each output can then become a product in your inventory.
Processing picks up where the harvest leaves off. A processing batch takes weight from one or more harvests, records what came out the other end — oil, pre-rolls, edibles — and works out the yield and the cost per gram of what you made. Each output can then become a product in your inventory.
Processing is an add-on to Cultivation. When it's switched on for your store by Brother POS support, Processing appears under Cultivation → More.
Creating a Processing Batch
Go to Cultivation → More → Processing and click New Batch.
| Field | What to enter |
|---|---|
| Facility | Optional. Which facility is doing the work. See Facilities, Rooms and Environment. |
| Processing Type | Required. Extraction, Pre Roll, Edible, Infusion, Packaging, Trimming, Distillation or Other. |
| Expected Output (g) | Optional. What you expect to get out. |
| Method Notes | Extraction method, temperatures, durations. |
| Notes | Anything else. |
Input Sources
Under Input Sources, add the material going in. Fill in the first row, and click + Add Source for each extra one:
| Field | What to enter |
|---|---|
| Source Type | Harvest, Processing Batch to reprocess the output of an earlier batch, or Product to use stock you already have on the shelf (for example bought-in trim or a transferred harvest). |
| Source | The harvest, batch or product. Each one shows how many grams are still available. |
| Quantity (g) | How much you're using. |
Harvests appear here once they're Curing or Processed and still have weight available. Earlier processing batches appear once they're completed and still have output nobody has used. Products appear if they're sold by the gram and have stock.
Click Create Processing Batch. Brother POS checks you're not using more than is available, gives the batch a code like PRC-20260930-001, and takes what you used off the source so the same grams can't be used twice:
- Harvest — the grams come off the harvest's available weight.
- Processing Batch — the grams come off that batch's remaining output. Once all of it has been used (or transferred to products), it drops off the list.
- Product — the grams come off the product's stock, recorded as a stock adjustment.
The batch starts as Pending.
Once a harvest has been transferred to inventory its weight is on the shelf, so it's no longer offered as a Harvest source. Pick the product it went into instead.
More detail: running, completing and cancelling a batch
Running the Batch
Open the batch. Across the top you'll see Input Weight, Output Weight, Yield %, Cost/g Output and Total Cost, then the batch details, inputs, outputs and supplies used.
| Status | What you can do |
|---|---|
| Pending | Start Processing when work begins — it records who started it and when. Or cancel. |
| In Progress | Complete Batch when it's done. Or cancel. |
| Completed | Transfer outputs to products. |
| Cancelled | Nothing further. |
Completing the batch
Click Complete Batch to open the Complete Processing Batch form. Add one row per thing you made:
| Field | What to enter |
|---|---|
| Quantity (g) | How much of it. |
| Format | Oil, Shatter, Wax, Rosin, Distillate, Pre-Roll, Edible, Flower, Trim or Other. |
| Notes | Optional. |
Click + Add Output for more rows. Actual Total Output (g) is worked out from your rows; fill it in only if you need to override it. Click Complete Batch and confirm.
Brother POS then works out:
| Figure | How |
|---|---|
| Total Cost | The cost of the material that went in (each source's cost per gram times the grams used) plus any processing supplies logged against the batch. |
| Cost/g Output | Total Cost divided by the total output. |
| Yield % | Output as a share of input. 1,000 g of trim in, 150 g of oil out is 15%. |
Each output gets a lot number made from the batch code and its format, e.g. PRC-20260930-001-OIL.
Cancelling
Click Cancel on a Pending or In Progress batch and confirm. Everything it took goes back: harvest grams return to the harvest's available weight, product grams return to the product's stock, and output taken from an earlier batch becomes available to use again. A completed batch can't be cancelled.
While a batch is still Pending you can also Edit its facility, type, expected output and notes — but not its input sources.
More detail: transferring outputs to inventory
Transferring Outputs to Inventory
Once the batch is completed, each output row has Transfer to Product. Fill in:
| Field | What to enter |
|---|---|
| Product Name | What customers should see. |
| Price ($) | The retail price. |
| Wholesale Price ($) | The wholesale price. |
Click Transfer. Brother POS creates a new product with the output's quantity as its stock, in grams, with the output's format and lot number, the batch's cost per gram as its cost, and wholesale switched on. It goes in your Flower category (or General, or failing that your first category) — move it to the right category afterwards on the product page.
The output is marked Transferred and can't be transferred again. If part of the batch's output has already been used as a source in another processing batch, Brother POS won't let you also put that part into a product — it tells you how many grams are left. The stock arrives as a stock adjustment marked as a processing receipt. See Stock Adjustments.
Outputs are always created as gram products. If you sell pre-rolls by the piece, edit the product afterwards to set it up the way you sell it. See Creating Products.
More detail: logging processing supplies
Processing Supplies
Solvents, cones, jars, labels and other supplies used in processing can be logged against a batch so their cost is included in the batch's Total Cost.
On the batch page, under Processing Inputs Used, click Log Input. Pick the Processing Batch and Input, then enter Quantity Used, Date Applied and Notes, and click Log Processing Input. The supply's cost is the quantity times its cost per unit, and the quantity comes off its stock.
After logging, Back to Processing Input Log takes you to the full Processing Input Log, filterable by batch, input and date, with a total cost.
Add supplies (with their type, unit, cost per unit, current stock, reorder point, brand, supplier and facility) under Cultivation → More → Processing Supplies, then click Add Input. Supplies must exist there before they can be picked in Log Input. The full log is under Cultivation → More → Processing Supply Log.
More detail: troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
| Problem | Likely cause and fix |
|---|---|
| A harvest isn't in the Source list | It's still Drying, all its weight is already used, or it has been transferred to inventory (pick its product instead). |
| An earlier batch isn't in the Source list | All of its output has been used in other batches or transferred to products. |
| "Insufficient available weight…" | You entered more grams than the harvest, batch or product has available. |
| No Transfer to Product button | The batch isn't completed yet, or that output was already transferred. |
| "Batch must be completed before transferring outputs" | Complete the batch first. |
| No supplies in the Log Input list | Add them on the Processing Inputs page first (see above). |
| Cost/g Output looks low | The harvests used had no cost per gram, or no supplies were logged. See Harvests. |
What's Next?
- Harvests — where the input material comes from.
- Cultivation Reports — the Enterprise view shows active processing across facilities.