Overview of Rework Work Orders

Oracle Manufacturing provides you with additional options in scenarios where the finished item must be reworked.

A rework work order is created in Manufacturing, where a defective assembly from inventory is issued to that work order, and rework operations are executed on the shop floor. The component that's defective is removed from the assembly and replaced with a new component. For example, the defective battery of a mobile phone is replaced with a new battery, returning it to working condition. Then, the reworked assembly is completed in inventory as a finished item.

As a production supervisor, or as a production operator, here's what you can do in a rework work order:

• Create rework work order with or without specifying a rework work definition.

• Specify a negative quantity for work order operation items. You can specify the same item in two item sequences, such as a sequence with a positive quantity, and a sequence with a negative quantity.

You can execute rework work order in one of two ways:

• By manually issuing the assembly item to a rework work order.

• By automatically issuing to the first operation of the work order when it's released.

Here's an illustration of the Rework work order process flow:

The process flow diagram for a Rework work order shows how a defective assembly in inventory can be reworked on the manufacturing shop floor, completed as a finished good, and returned to inventory after rectifying the defect.

You can rectify the defect by removing a defective component and by replacing it.

Here's what the Rework work order enables in material transactions:

• Supports material-negative issue transactions to transact items with negative quantities.

• Enables transact ad hoc items with negative quantity in material transactions.

Note: Using FBDI (.xlsm) templates (similar to the importing standard and nonstandard work orders), you can import Rework work orders. For Rework work orders, the sheets added are to denote Assembly Item, Material Lot, and Material Serial.

Note: Rework work orders are currently available for only the discrete manufacturing work method.