Understanding the Work Order Life Cycle
Use work orders to manage the work flow of the maintenance tasks and projects. You can manage all of the aspects of a maintenance task or project, including:
Creating work orders for preventive and corrective maintenance
Committing inventory to a work order.
Scheduling multiple tasks and crafts, such as mechanical, electrical, and so on, to a work order.
Tracking the progress of a work order by status.
Tracking work order costs, such as materials, labor, and so on.
Recording unlimited detailed information about a work order.
Completing and closing a work order.
In addition to these features, you can set up a work-order approval process within the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Workflow Tools system. A predefined work-order approval process in the workflow system can be modified to suit your business needs.
The steps through which a work order must pass to accurately communicate the progress of the maintenance tasks that it represents are the life cycle of the work order. The work-order life cycle applies to work orders for preventive maintenance and corrective maintenance. You can select to display the Status Change form each time the work order advances through a step in the life cycle.
This diagram illustrates the flow of a work order through a typical work-order life cycle:
