Planning for Manufacturing Chapter 7. Stafng and Equipping Facility; Planning for Manufacturing Now begins the fun stuff. In a few short weeks, we will be producing thousands of cases of the best applesauce you have ever tasted. In anticipation of beginning applesauce production, we will design our production techniques, determine raw material requirements and also our labor needs, gure our costs and establish methods to keep track of our inventories. Finally, we will order our rst raw materials and get everything ready to begin trial production in our new manufacturing plant. Transaction 7. Order $250,000 worth of manufacturing machinery. Pay 1/2 down now.