EZ-MES MES Software: Managing Work Orders
Create New Work Order
Work Orders
can be created by taking the following steps:
- Click the Work Order
Tab on the left part of the sreen, this will open the Work Order Desktop.
- On this Desktop open the 'View all Work Orders' Listbox.
- Press the New
Work Order Icon in the upper left corner of this listbox
- Fill out the information on the
General Tab of the Work Order Dialog / Form. More...
- Click the 'Items' Tab, and define the requested items for this Work Order.
- Move the
Work Order to the Active Status by pressing the 'Next' Icon.
It is possible that you will get a message: Item already exists, this is
caused when the Work Order Number already exists. Change the Work Order number ot
solve this issue.
The step sequence is shown in the following figure:
Information on the General Tab
To create the
Work Order the following information can or should be filled out on the
General Tab:
- WO Number: (required) The system will not allow duplicate WO Numbers.
- WO Date: The date you received the Work Order.
- Organization: (required) The organization you would like to ship to, you can use
your own organization for internal orders
Items Tab
On the Items tab the requested items for this
Work Order can be defined. The Organization is already defined on the General Tab
and can not be changed on this tab.
Add items by filling out the following information and press the plus sign button
when you are done:
- Part Name: (Required)
Select the Part Definition from
the pulldown. Remember, all puldowns in EZ-MES are equiped with Intellisense, so just start typing, and the
items will filter down based on your input.
- Flow Definition:
Select the
Flow Definition from the pulldown. The number of flows is already filtered
down based on your 'Part Name' input.
- Qty:
The Quantity you would like to request. This is just used to communicate the requested
quantity to the operator. The operator is free to define a different quantity on
the Traveler.
- Request Date: (Required)
If you want to ship the items at different dates, you can create different Requested
Items with different dates.
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