Plant ApplicationsAbout Creating a Work Order
A work order is a request to manufacture certain quantity of a product in a given time. It contains information about the product, a list of serials/lots and the quantity to be manufactured, the planned start time and end time, and the route that must be used to manufacture the product.
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.
- 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, where you can manage them.
When you create a work order in Route Editor, the following conditions apply:
- You can create a work order only for the latest version of a released route.
- You cannot create a work order for a draft or an archived route.
- A work order belongs to a single route. You can, however, create multiple work orders for a route.