18 Process Work Orders

This chapter contains the topic:

Section 18.1, "Processing Work Orders."

18.1 Processing Work Orders

Navigation

From Manufacturing Systems (G3), choose Configurator Operations

From Configurator (G32), choose Work Order Processing

After you have entered configured item sales orders and have created work order headers, you must run the Work Order Generation program to perform the following:

Generate the work order parts list from the sales order and P type assembly inclusion rules.
Include additional parts on the work order from Q type assembly inclusion rules.
Create standard costs for configured items using a sort sequence that is unique to the configured item based on components and attached routings.
Create the work order routing instructions from the R type assembly inclusion rules.
Commit inventory.
Back-schedule configured routings.
Create one work order for each configured sales order line item. You can also create multiple work orders for a sales order line item. This program does not consolidate work orders for configured items.
Attach the generic text from a configured item routing to the work order routing.

You can use either subsystem or batch processing of the Work Order Generation program. Batch processing occurs when you run the program. Subsystem processing occurs during sales order entry. However subsystem processing does not produce shop floor paperwork. Subsystem processing is appropriate for new sales orders, not for sales order changes.

Note:

For both batch and subsystem processing of Work Order Generation, the sort sequence must be descending by work order number.

18.1.1 Before You Begin

Set Configurator Constants for branch or subsystem processing
Set processing options for the Work Order Generation program for configured item processing

Navigation

From Manufacturing Systems (G3), choose Configurator Operations

From Advanced Configurator (G3241), choose Define Subsystem

To use subsystem processing

On Define Subsystem

Figure 18-1 Define Subsystem screen

Description of "Figure 18-1 Define Subsystem screen"

Complete the following field:

Option

18.1.2 What You Should Know About

Topic	Description
Reprocessing a work order	You can run the Work Order Generation program again to reattach the parts list and routing to a configured item.
Recosting a work order	You can change a work order's parts list and routing and run Work Order Generation again to recost the work order. However, this process eliminates the planned variance for the work order.
Revising the sales order	If you change the sales order after work has been started on the work order, the work order status will change, but the parts list and routing are not affected. Use Configurator Constants to define the status beyond which changes will no longer affect the related work order other than a change in status.
Calculating lead times	Work Order Generation calculates each operation's start and end dates and the work order's start date. Work Order Generation back scheduling uses fixed or variable lead times that you have defined on Item Location for the work order start date. Because variable lead times depend on how the item is configured, you must enter lead times manually on Item Location. Work Order Generation calculates lead times for multi-level configured items on a multi-level basis, but Leadtime Rollup does not support configured items.
Updating standard costs	Work Order Generation determines a configured item's standard cost from the configured parts list and routing and stores the costs in the Work Order Variance table. This standard cost is also updated to the associated sales order detail line.
Updating sales orders	Use a processing option to control updating the related sales order detail line status.
Starting the subsystem	You can also choose the Start Subsystem menu option.
Stopping the subsystem	You can also choose the Stop Subsystem menu option.
Outside operations	Work Order Generation dynamically calculates costs for outside operations if a configured item's work order includes outside operations.

18.1.3 Processing Options

See Section 25.1, "Generate and Print Configured Work Orders (Subsystem) (P31410)."