Plant ApplicationsAbout Work Orders, Operations, and Serials/Lots
A work order is a request to manufacture a certain quantity of products. It contains information on the model, route, and quantity of a product that must be manufactured. Work orders are created for a specific product and must be completed on a production line.
Work orders are created in Plant Applications from the following sources:
- ERP System: You can import work orders from an ERP system to Plant Applications using the import services.Note: For information on the import services, refer to the Plant Applications ERP Integration Guide.
- Route Editor: You can create work orders manually using Route Editor.
- Work Order Manager: You can create work orders manually using Work Order Manager.
These work orders then appear in Work Order Manager.
To manufacture each type of product, a sequence of tasks must be performed. Each task or a set of tasks is called an operation. An operation is an executable job performed on a production unit of a production line. Operations can be defined either in the route using Route Editor or in the work order that you import from an ERP system.