Work Orders
The flow schedule process can involve two kinds of work orders:
• Standard work orders
• Flow work orders
Standard Work Orders
Standard work orders are created in Work Order Maintenance (16.1) and have the Type field set to blank. Optionally link an existing work order to a flow scheduled order by referencing it in the Work Order and ID fields in Flow Schedule Maintenance (17.21.3).
Additionally, when you add an order to a flow schedule using Import MRP Orders to Schedule for an item with a purchase/manufacture code other than W (Flow manufactured) or L (Line manufactured), the system automatically links the work order to the flow schedule. The number displays in the Work Order field in Flow Schedule Maintenance.
You can update some of the information on referenced work orders using both flow scheduling and work order programs. The system synchronizes information between the two modules.
When you record completions for a referenced work order in the Work Orders module, the quantity complete is also updated on the flow schedule. If you delete a work order, the associated flow scheduled order is also deleted, although deleting a flow scheduled order does not delete an associated non-type W work order. When you close an order either in Flow Schedule Close or using a program in the Work Orders module, the update is made in both programs. Changing the Closed status in Work Order Maintenance also reopens the flow order.
Work Orders provides more information on standard work order processing.
Flow Work Orders
The system generates a type W (Flow) work order each time you enter a flow scheduled order that does not reference an existing work order. Additionally, when you add an order to a flow schedule using Import MRP Orders to Schedule (17.21.9) for an item that is ordinarily made on a production line and has a purchase/manufacture code of W or L, the system changes the work order type from blank to W.
Type W work orders are system maintained. They are not shown in the Work Order field in Flow Schedule Maintenance. You cannot update or process them using any of the programs in the Work Orders module.
The system uses standard work order defaulting logic for determining such data as accounts when creating type W work orders.