WIP Management Features and Functions

• Uses order control, based on work order information (such as the date the order was open, date product is required and expected, and material) to direct manufacturing


• Order status can be viewed in real time


• Order status enquiries by item number


• Planned order status includes picked partial, complete, WIP, and closed


• Generates reports on open orders


• Indicates if an order is FPO and whether it has been released


• Query for phantom items to expand the bill and show inventoried items


• Work orders and their requirements are linked to a project or contract


• Order management prioritizes orders based order releases, start and finished dates, anticipated quantities, routing, and customer order requirements


• Orders can be released manually


• More than one order can be released


• Order release is triggered by a the start date


• Orders can be numbered incrementally


• Uses item numbers to track pull signals


• Prints pull signals


• Sends notifications of partial deliveries


• Work orders include operation information including when certain processes should occur


• Specifies alternate routing after accepting and interpreting an order entry


• Specifies secondary BOM based on order entry instructions


• BOMs can be altered and resultant cost changes are updated


• BOMs can be created from scratch


• Documents and reports changes made to routing


• Documents and reports when one component is used in place of another


• Changes to work order BOMs and routing are reflected in a batch


• Verifies whether a component is available for an operation


• Shortage inquiry


• Uses component allocation algorithms to eliminate shortages


• Look-ahead rules analyze item shortages by using order numbers


• Work order specifies allocations, materials, and warehouses


• Batch lots can be split and moved ahead to the next process


• An item can be reclassified as a component if it must be reworked


• A rework operation can be added between normal operations


• Records which parts were scrapped because of unacceptable part components


• Information on the work performed by subcontractors is documented in a work order or PO


• When a parent is released, all of its components are automatically frozen in quantity and time


• Links work orders together to define a job


• Provides shop traveler with labor orders and turn-around tickets


• Material allocation, issues, schedule functions, and job costs are available on one screen


• Determines when material and tooling are available; also determines capacity


• Determines when an order can be sent to the shop floor


• Orders that are waiting to go to the shop floor can be cancelled


• Formats options are available for online shop traveler and pick list


• Inquiries can be made to online shop travelers and pick lists can be printed


• Consignment can automatically be assigned lots


• Orders by item, and shortages and back orders by order are included in planned and current order lists


• Tracks the movement of components from inventory, by order and account number


• Tracks and documents labor and pieces used in an order


• Documents labor and fulfillment by order or account number


• Documents scrap and unplanned operations by order or account


• Documents operation activities in real time


• Changes can be made in real time and are documented