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EZ-MES MES Software: Managing Work Orders

Create New Work Order

Work Orders can be created by taking the following steps:

  1. Click the Work Order Tab on the left part of the sreen, this will open the Work Order Desktop.
  2. On this Desktop open the 'View all Work Orders' Listbox.
  3. Press the New Work Order Icon in the upper left corner of this listbox
  4. Fill out the information on the General Tab of the Work Order Dialog / Form. More...
  5. Click the 'Items' Tab, and define the requested items for this Work Order.
  6. 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:

How to Create a New Work Order Step by Step

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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