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Production work orders menu (PWOMENU) application

The Production work orders menu (PWOMENU) application lists all Production work orders (PWO) in the system. To access the new application, type PWOMENU in the Program field and press ENTER.

Filtering options

The Production work orders menu (PWOMENU) application have extensive filtering options, so that users may easily customize the list of production work orders (PWO) according to their needs:

  • Status filters:

    At the top of the application, there are boxes that represent each possible status of a production work order (PWO). It is possible to select multiple statuses at once, and to combine this filter with other filter types to customize the selection of production work orders (PWO). Items and Qty are automatically refreshed to accurately represent the number of productions of the specified type in each of the statuses.

  • Quick search:

    In the Quick search field, users may search for a production work order (PWO) by Product name or Production work order identifier. Click the Quick search filter icon and select/deselect the check-boxes to customize if the search should be limited to Product name or Production work order identifier or include both (default).

  • Filter builder:

    Click the Filter builder icon in order to set Standard filters , Create custom filters or both.

  • Other:

    It is possible to use different lookup fields as filters, for example the Location lookup field (which is set to the default company stock location).

Creating new Production work orders (PWO)

The Create new order button in the bottom left corner allows the user to generate new Production work orders (PWO) documents for the selected product. Users may also add a Description and specify the Requested completion date and Quantity. Selecting the Create another checkbox will keep the popup open, to speed up the process of creating subsequent work orders.

Scheduling production jobs

Users can search for specific Production work orders (PWO), select a number of items and schedule an automatic run job to confirm and release:

  • Multiselect the relevant items by selecting their Status code icon to the right on each item, or all items on the page by selecting the checkbox at the top of the column.

  • Select Scheduled new production jobs from the Context menu.

  • Choose job type to schedule for selected objects:

    • Confirm production work orders. This option will confirm each item in Status 1 (Pending registration) for production if no other blockages are present.

    • Release production work orders. This option will release each item in Status 3 and 4 (Pending production) for production if no other blockages are present.

    • Release production work orders with sub-productions. This option will release each item and all their sub-productions in Status 3 and 4 (Pending production) for production if no other blockages are present.

  • Use additional options to Register the job immediately (default) and to schedule the job to be released As soon as possible or at a later time by specifying a Custom time.

Note

When no item is selected, it is possible to navigate directly to the Scheduled production jobs (SPJ) application via the Scheduled production jobs option in the Context menu.

Read more about the Scheduled production jobs (SPJ) application here.