Run a work order

Release a work order, run its operations, report production, and complete it to receive finished goods.

A work order produces one item. Releasing it builds the steps to make that item from the item's BOM and routing; running those steps reports the work; completing it receives the finished goods into inventory. A work order usually belongs to a job, but it can stand alone.

Release the work order

  1. Open the work order from its job or from Production > Work.
  2. Select Release. Workcell resolves the current BOM and routing revisions and creates:
    • the ordered list of operations (the steps, each tied to a resource), and
    • the components (the materials each step consumes).
  3. The work order moves to Released and its operations are ready to schedule and run.

Run the operations

Each operation runs in sequence at its resource. Operators usually do this from the operator terminal, but the same actions are on the work order:

  1. Start an operation when work on that step begins. If the step requires an inspection, one is created for you to complete.
  2. Report production as you go: record the quantity complete and any quantity scrapped with a scrap reason. You can report multiple times against one operation.
  3. Complete the operation when the step is done. If the step required an inspection, it must have passed first.
  4. Skip an operation that is not needed (for example, a parallel path already covered it).
  5. Assign an operator to an operation so it shows on their terminal.

Complete the work order

  1. With its operations done, select Start then Complete on the work order itself (use Hold and Resume to pause and return).
  2. Completing consumes the reserved components and receives the planned outputs (the finished good, plus any co-products or by-products) into inventory.
  3. Close finalizes it; Cancel withdraws one that has not closed.
Release -> operations: Start -> Report production -> Complete (per step)
        -> Start -> Complete work order -> consume materials, receive finished goods

Where to go next

  • See what each operation and work order state allows in Work order statuses.
  • See where operators report work in Terminals.
  • See where finished goods and consumed materials post in Inventory.