Understanding Parts Assignment
You can assign parts to a work order to satisfy parts requirements for maintenance tasks. Depending on how you set up the system, you can indicate how and when it commits inventory to satisfy a work order's parts requirements. For example, you can use Workflow Management to direct the system to commit inventory to a work order only at a particular work order status.
You can assign parts from a standard parts list that you enter when you create the work order. In addition, you can assign inventory parts that do not appear on a standard parts list, such as when you are creating a work order for an unanticipated emergency repair. You can also assign parts for which you do not maintain an inventory master, such as special order parts that you rarely need.
You can also assign parts to a work order from a standard parts list. This action is especially useful when you create work orders for routine maintenance tasks that require identical parts.