About Creating a Work Order
A work order is a request to manufacture certain quantity of a product in a given time. It contains information about the product, the quantity to be manufactured, the planned start time and end time, a list of serials/lots, and the route that must be used to manufacture the product.
Work orders are created in Plant Applications from the following sources:
- ERP System: You can import work orders from an ERP system to Plant Applications using the import services.
- Route Editor: You can create work orders manually using Route Editor.
- Work Order Manager: You can create work orders manually using Work Order Manager.
You can create a work order only for a released route.