Creating a Work Order

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 serial number, 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 Management: You can create work orders manually using Route Management.

These work orders then appear in Order Management, where you can manage them.

When you create a work order in Route Management, the following conditions apply:
  • You can create a work order only for the latest version of a released route.
  • You cannot create a work order for a draft or an archived route.
  • A work order belongs to a single route. You can, however, create multiple work orders for a route.

Create a Work Order

Procedure

  1. In the Route Management page, select Released.
    A list of released routes appears.
  2. Select the route for which you want to create a work order.
    The View Route page appears.
  3. Select , and then select Create Work Order.
    The Create Work Order window appears.
  4. Provide values as specified in the following table.
    BoxDescription
    WORK ORDER

    You must enter a value in this box. Enter a unique name for the work order that does not exceed 100 characters.

    If a work order with the same name exists:
    • If the work order is ready, it is deleted and replaced with the one that you are creating.
    • If the work order is in progress, you cannot create this work order.
    ORDER QUANTITYEnter the quantity of the product that must be manufactured as part of the work order. The value in this box must not exceed 100. The value in this box determines the number of rows that appear in the ENTER SERIAL/LOT# section.
    PRIORITYEnter the priority in which the work order must be completed.
    • If you want to assign the highest priority for the work order, enter 1.
    • If you want to assign the lowest priority for the work order, enter 0 or leave the box blank.
    SERIAL/LOT# PREFIXEnter the prefix for each serial number in the lot. The value in this box helps identify the serial numbers that belong to the same work order.
    PLAN STARTEnter the planned date and time to begin work on the work order.
    PLAN ENDEnter the planned date and time to complete the work on the work order. By default, this box is populated with the date and time that is 24 hours from the current date and time.
    SERIAL/LOT#You must enter a value in all the rows. Enter a unique serial number for each lot.
    GENERATED SERIAL/LOT#Identifies the serial number that will be assigned to each lot in the work order. This box is disabled and populated with a combination of the values in the SERIAL/LOT# PREFIX and SERIAL/LOT# boxes.
  5. Select Create.
    Tip: If you want to create another work order for the same route, select Create and Add Another.

Results

The work order is created, and it appears in Order Management.