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Process · Work order to close

Work order to close

Release a packing work order, record actual output and close it with the variance explained.

Step by step

  1. Release work order Warehouse Manager

    The Warehouse Manager releases the work order against an active bill of materials and routing, an output product, a cost standard and a positive planned quantity. The release is recorded as a production release decision.

    • Work order released
    • Updates Work orders, Bill of materials, Routings, Approvals
    ApprovalA person approves before the work moves on.
  2. Issue materials Warehouse Operator

    Components are issued from reserved stock against the frozen component lines, and each issue becomes a work-in-progress cost entry.

    • Components moved to work in progress
    • Updates Work order components, Inventory reservations, Work order cost entries
  3. Record production Warehouse Operator

    The Warehouse Operator records good quantity, scrap and labour hours for each operation. Another person accepts each entry before it counts.

    • Actual output, scrap and hours recorded
    • Updates Work order operations, Production log
  4. Complete output Warehouse Manager

    Accepted terminal output posts to stock at standard value, with the actual work in progress allocated to it and the variance shown.

    • Finished stock posted at standard
    • Updates Production completions, Stock events
  5. Close work order Finance Manager

    The work order moves to closed only when residual variance is zero, or when the Finance Manager approves the remaining variance as a production close decision.

    • Variance posted; order closed
    • Updates Work orders, Work order cost entries, Approvals
    ApprovalA person approves before the work moves on.

Where it usually breaks

And how to keep it from happening.

  • Output is counted at every operation, so finished quantity is overstated.
  • Scrap for torn bags is not recorded, and the variance cannot be explained at close.
  • A work order is released against a superseded bill of materials.
Warehouse Manager
, Warehouse Operator, Finance Manager.

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