Understanding Work Order Header Entry

To enter a work order header, you identify the item, its branch/plant and quantity, and the requested date for the work order. You can also enter other optional information, such as the revision level for the bill of material, or associated sales information. If you have set up the order item with a secondary unit of measure in the Item Master (P4101) and Item Branch/Plant (P41026) programs, you can enter the order information in both the primary and the secondary unit of measure, but this entry is not required.

The system calculates the start date based on the requested date that you enter. If the requested date is before the current date or is not defined as a work day, an error message appears. The system cannot calculate the start date for the work order when the requested date is in error.

If the order is created for a lot-controlled item, you can define a planned effective date, on which the item will be available for sales or commitments. You can enter this date manually or you can let the system calculate the date based on the Manufacturing Effective Days field in the F4102 table. If the Manufacturing Effective Days field is blank, the work order's requested date provides the default value for the Planned Effective Date field.

If a scheduling problem exists for the work order, the system displays an error message. This message indicates that a difference exists between the work order start date and one or both of these dates:

The start date of the first routing operation.
The calculated start date for the work order, which indicates difficulty in backscheduling.

You need to differentiate each type of work order, such as manufacturing work orders, rework orders, repair orders, engineering change orders, orders for prototypes, and so on, by assigning each of them a unique document type and work order type. You use the Document Type Maintenance program (P40040) to set up these document constants.

You might want to determine the availability of the parts that are needed to complete a work order before you create the work order.

While entering a work order header, you can access these additional forms:

Form	Description
Order Address Information (W4006B)	Use this form to locate the address of the customer on the sales order related to the work order. Blank fields appear when no sales order is associated with the work order.
Work Order Details (W48013A)	Use this form to add detailed information to the work order description.
Media Objects	Use this form to create a separate generic text entry for each work order. Notes provide more information and specific instructions for an order. Any modifications that you make to the text do not affect the text that was originally attached to the bill of material. You can also review update dates and information about the user by choosing Properties from the File menu on the Media Objects form. By choosing Templates from the File menu, you can access the Work with Media Object Templates form to retrieve templates that you can use to create notes.

Form

Description

Order Address Information (W4006B)

Use this form to locate the address of the customer on the sales order related to the work order. Blank fields appear when no sales order is associated with the work order.

Work Order Details (W48013A)

Use this form to add detailed information to the work order description.

Media Objects

Use this form to create a separate generic text entry for each work order. Notes provide more information and specific instructions for an order. Any modifications that you make to the text do not affect the text that was originally attached to the bill of material.

You can also review update dates and information about the user by choosing Properties from the File menu on the Media Objects form. By choosing Templates from the File menu, you can access the Work with Media Object Templates form to retrieve templates that you can use to create notes.

If you use other JD Edwards EnterpriseOne systems, these integration features apply:

System	Feature
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Requirements Planning integration	JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Distribution Requirements Planning, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Master Production Schedule, and JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Material Requirements Planning suggest purchase and manufacturing orders that are required to maintain a valid production schedule.
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Sales Order Management integration	You can generate work orders when you enter a sales order. The integration enables you to update sales information from within JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Shop Floor Management.