Building Work Orders

To close a work order, you must complete a build that assembles the necessary items.

To build work orders:

  1. Go to Transactions > Manufacturing > Build Work Orders.

  2. Select an assembly Item to filter the list and show only work orders for the item.

  3. Select a Customer to filter the list for work orders associated with that customer.

    Select All to display all work orders.

  4. Select the Posting Period you want to post this transaction to. If a period is closed, you cannot post to that period.

  5. By default, NetSuite inserts today's Date as the transaction date. You can enter another date, or click the calendar icon to select another date.

  6. Select the Bulk Build From Location use to build the orders.

  7. Check the Filter box to filter the list to show only orders associated with the location selected in Bulk Fulfill From Location.

    Clear this box to build orders associated with any location or associated with no location.

  8. In the Filter By field, choose one of the following work order filters:

    • Some Items Committed – Display orders with one or more items committed to be built

    • All Items Committed – Displays orders with all items committed to be built

    • Ignore Item Availability – Displays all open orders

  9. Click the Select Order Number field to enter or scan in transaction bar codes.

  10. Check Build box beside each order you want to build.

  11. Click Submit.

An assembly build is recorded for each of the work orders.

Related Topics

Two Types of Assembly Work Orders
Enabling the Work Orders Feature
Entering an Individual Work Order
Mass Creating Work Orders
Marking Assemblies to Create Work Orders
Planned Work Orders
Component Yield Preferences
Editing a Work Order
Printing a Work Order Bill of Materials
Appending a PDF File to Print with the Bill of Materials
Work Orders and Demand Planning
Assembly Work Orders

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