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Production Work Orders

Production Work Orders · One-Click from Sales Order

Funnel sales orders, stock-replenishment suggestions, R&D sample trials and custom-customer demands into a single "production work order." Every action from release to inbound — dispatching, picking, reporting, inspection, inbound — is threaded into a traceable event stream.

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Work-order types (MTO/MTS/ETO/trial/rework)
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Work-order status nodes
Capabilities

Full-Node Capabilities from Work-Order Creation to Closure

Covering real production scenarios: order-to-work-order, work-order changes, urgent insertions and cross-workshop coordination

📄 One-Click Order to Work Order

Check sales-order line items to generate corresponding work orders; MTS stock orders auto-replenish by safety stock; BOMs auto-explode and picking lists are produced in sync.

Work-Order Split / Merge

Large-batch work orders split into sub-orders by equipment capacity and shift capacity; small same-model orders merge for kitted production, minimizing changeover loss.

Insertion / Urgent Orders

VIP-customer rushes, quality rework and trial orders flow through an "urgent work order" channel; APS auto-reschedules and one-click alerts the affected orders.

🔄 Work-Order Change Control

BOM / quantity / process changes on started work orders must go through change-order approval, with before/after differences auto-compared to avoid on-site pitfalls.

📊 Work-Order Progress Board

Each work order's current operation, reported quantity, remaining quantity and estimated finish time display in real time, putting the whole picture on one screen for the dispatcher.

🔒 Close / Freeze / Force-Complete

On completion, labor and material costs are settled automatically; abnormal orders can be frozen for investigation; when a customer cancels, the order is closed and materials returned in one click.

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SalesProductQtyType
SO-3201SS Flange DN501200MTO
SO-3208Molded Case A3000MTS
SO-3215Custom Cabinet 2.2m16ETO
SO-3220Weld Bracket500Trial

BOM & routing auto-populated by product code

Sales Order to Work Order: No More Manual Entry

In the past, after a sale, PMC had to copy order fields one by one into the MES work-order entry screen. SBK MES connects directly to CRM/inventory sales orders; PMC checks line items in the order list and clicks "convert to work order" to generate them in bulk, with BOM and routing auto-populated by product code.

  • MTO make-to-order: customer → sales order → work order → scheduling → shipment, bound end to end
  • MTS make-to-stock: a safety-stock trigger line auto-suggests replenishment quantity and start time
  • ETO project-based production: long-cycle, highly customized, with work orders linked to project-dimension cost
  • Trial / rework orders use a separate coding system, with costs aggregated apart from normal work orders
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WO-1023 Case

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Sub-orders3

WO-1023-1

×200Dispatched

WO-1023-2

×200Reporting
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WO-1099 VIP rush

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Split / Merge / Insert: Handling Every Real On-Site Need

Capacity on the manufacturing floor isn't evenly distributed — a CNC runs only 200 units at a time, an injection machine takes 30 minutes to change over, and urgent customers add orders anytime. Work-order management must keep up with the floor's constant "motion."

  • Split: a 1,000-unit work order is split into 5 sub-orders of 200 units/shift, each independently dispatched and reported
  • Merge: five 100-unit same-model orders merge into one 500-unit order, saving 4 changeovers
  • Insert: after a VIP urgent order is flagged, APS reschedules, affected orders are auto-alerted, and the dispatcher confirms in one click
  • Batch inbound: inbound while producing — completed quantities ship first without waiting for the whole order to finish
Use Cases

Work-Order Operation Across Production Modes

Automotive Parts MTO

Once OEM monthly rolling orders arrive, they're split into daily production work orders by JIT time windows, strictly aligned with the OEM schedule — not one screw can be short.

SMT Multi-Model, Small-Batch

10 customers, 30 models, 200–500 boards/order — merge like items to minimize changeovers, auto-merging by "placement-program reuse" to boost capacity.

Apparel Multi-SKU, Multi-Color/Size

One style × 5 colors × 6 sizes = 30 SKUs; each SKU has an independent work order under the parent style, for independent scheduling and reporting by color/size.

Non-Standard Equipment ETO Project

An 800,000 non-standard equipment work order hangs under a project, with part-level sub-orders covering purchased, outsourced and in-house sources — the project manager sees it all on one screen.

Related Features

Production Work Orders Work Hand-in-Hand with These Capabilities

A work order isn't an isolated document — behind it is a complete chain of BOM, APS, dispatching and reporting

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