WO tracking
Use this function to view the progress of, and production activity recorded for a work order. This is referred to as "tracking".
You can access this function directly from a work order.
Prerequisites
Refer to documentation Implementation
Screen management
The WO tracking function contains a home section and one section per production feature of a work order.
- Home: The home section provides key tracking information, including the work order number.
- Manufacturing: This section displays the list of production tracking records receiving a finished product for the work order.
- Components: This section displays the list of production tracking records issuing a component to the work order.
- Operations: This section displays the list of production tracking records reporting activity for a specific operation in the routing for the work order.
Home
The home section provides key tracking information including the production site for the finished product and the status of the work order.
Production site (field MFGFCY) |
The work order production site. |
Work order (field MFGNUM) |
Type in or select the work order reference.
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WO status (field XMFGSTA) |
The status of the work order. This status can be Firm or Closed. |
Tab Manufacturing
Use this section to view the list of production tracking records receiving a finished product for the work order.
Grid
Tracking number (field MFGTRKNUM) |
The production tracking record that's recording progress for the work order. It could be recording an issue of materials to the work order, activity for a specific operation in a route, or receipt of finished products. |
Product (field ITMREF) |
The original product code. This product code describes what's referred to as a "bill of material", a BOM. A BOM contains structured information for making and costing a product. It defines the components that make up a product, and given this, the cost of the product. The BOM code matches the product code. |
Allocation date (field IPTDAT) |
The date the stock was allocated to the work order line. |
REL (field UOM) |
The release unit of measure (volume or mass) for this product for this order. This unit and any applicable unit conversion are defined for this product on the product record. |
Total completed qty. (field UOMCPLQTY) |
The actual completed quantity, expressed in the release unit. |
REL-STK (field UOMSTUCOE) |
The product-specific conversion factor applied between the stock unit and the release unit of measure. This unit conversion is defined for this product on the product record. |
STK (field STU) |
The unit in which the product is stored. |
Total completed qty. (field CPLQTY) |
The total completed quantity, including the rejected quantity, expressed in the operation unit. |
Description (field ITMDES1) |
The description from the product record. |
Product source (field FMI) |
Indicates how the goods needed for the order line are managed. Normal: As a normal order, from stock. With a back-to-back order:
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Transactions |
Select Transactions from the Actions icon to view the history of stock movements for the product. |
Production tracking |
Select Production tracking from the Actions icon to view the production tracking receipt record for the finished product for the work order. |
Stock by site |
Select Stock by site from the Actions icon to view the inventory levels for the released product, by site. |
Tab Components
Use this section to view the list of production tracking records issuing a component to the work order.
Grid
Type (field MATTYP) |
The source of the component demand. WO: This component has been issued to meet demand from a work order. Product: This component has been issued for a bill of material (BOM). |
Tracking number (field MFGTRKNUM) |
The production tracking record that's recording progress for the work order. It could be recording an issue of materials to the work order, activity for a specific operation in a route, or receipt of finished products. |
Component (field MFMITMREF) |
The component product code. |
Allocation date (field IPTDAT) |
The date the stock was allocated to the work order line. |
STK (field STU) |
The unit in which the component is stored. |
Qty tracked (field USEQTY) |
The quantity of the component issued to the work order on this tracking number. |
Type (field TYPQTY) |
Indicates if the component is stored in stock. Physical: This is a physical component that's stored in stock. Active: This is an active component such as nails or staples. Individual quantities are not stored in stock. |
Description (field ITMDES1) |
The description from the product record. |
BOM sequence (field BOMSEQ) |
Identifies the sequence number of the component in the BOM. |
Transactions |
Select Transactions from the Actions icon to view the history of stock movements for this component. |
Production tracking |
Select Production tracking from the Actions icon to view the production tracking record on which the component was issued to the work order. |
Stock by site |
Select Stock by site from the Actions icon to view the inventory levels for the component, by site. |
Tab Operations
Use this section to view the list of production tracking records reporting activity for a specific operation in the routing for the work order.
Grid
Tracking number (field MFGTRKNUM) |
The production tracking record that's recording progress for the work order. It could be recording an issue of materials to the work order, activity for a specific operation in a route, or receipt of finished products. |
No. (field OPENUM) |
The specific routing operation sequence number that the task was performed for. The operations in a routing used for manufacturing a product are assigned operation numbers. Each operation number corresponds to a task carried out on a given resource, with given times. |
Tracking date (field MFGTRKDAT) |
The date activity for the routing operation was recorded. |
Work center (field CPLWST) |
Identifies the production resource used for the operation, the actual work center used. The work center is the main, or principal work center for the operation. It can be a machine, labor, or subcontract work center. The work center is attached to a work center group. |
Work center group (field CPLWCR) |
The group of work centers the production resource belongs to. Work center groups are used to review workloads. |
Type (field CPLWSTTYP) |
Identifies the type of operation that's performed on the work center. This can be a machine, labor, or a subcontracted operation. Subcontract suppliers manage Subcontracting work centers externally. |
UNIT (field OPEUOM) |
The unit in which the work order operation quantity is expressed. Work order operation quantities are expressed in the operation unit. |
U-OPE conversion (field OPEWORCOE) |
The stock unit to operation unit conversion factor. The factor applied to convert the released quantity of the finished product into the operation quantity, according to the operation unit (Unit field (OPEUOM)). |
OP UOM (field XOPEUOM) |
Work order operation quantities are expressed in the operation unit. This field is displayed if the operation unit used to express operating time is a different unit to that of the product being produced with the routing. For example, a product managed by unit is subject to 3 different operations, none of which produce intermediate stock:
The operation unit is associated with a conversion coefficient for the stock unit of the product being produced with the routing, and the operation unit. |
Total completed qty. (field CPLQTY) |
The total completed quantity, including the rejected quantity, expressed in the operation unit. |
Rejected qty. (field REJCPLQTY) |
The actual rejected quantity.
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Time unit (field TIMUOMCOD) |
The unit of time in which the operation is measured. |
Actual stp. time (field CPLSETTIM) |
The actual time taken to set up the machinery ready for use. The time is expressed in the time unit. The time can be zero (0). |
Actual run time (field CPLOPETIM) |
The actual time taken to perform the operation for the required number of items. Operating time:
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Actual labor W/C (field CPLLAB) |
Identifies the labor work center used for the operation. For example, the labor work center that relates to the crew that operated the machine. |
Work center group (field CPLLABWCR) |
Identifies the group that the labor work center belongs to. |
Labor time set fac (field SETLABCOE) |
The coefficient applied to obtain the setup time. It’s used to obtain the setup time allocated to the labor work center linked to the main work center. |
Labor r-time fact (field OPELABCOE) |
The coefficient applied to the planned operation time. It’s used to obtain the operation time for the labor work center linked to the main work center. Operation times are subdivided as follows:
Proportional times are expressed for the production of an operation unit. They are not expressed in the stock unit of the finished product using the routing. |
Order no. (field POHNUM) |
If the operation is subcontracted to an external supplier, this field displays the purchase order number created for the subcontract operation. |
Line (field POPLIN) |
The line number on the purchase order for the subcontracted product needed for the operation. |
Sequence (field POPSEQ) |
The sequence number on the purchase order. |
Receipt no. (field PTHNUM) |
The purchase receipt transaction reference for the subcontracted product. |
Line (field PTDLIN) |
The line number on the purchase receipt for the subcontracted product. |
Supplier (field BPSNUM) |
The code of the subcontract supplier that supplied the subcontracted product. |
Employee ID (field EMPNUM) |
Identifies the operator that performed the operation. |
Reject (field SCANUM) |
The rejection message code assigned to the rejection quantity recorded for the operation. |
Message (field MSGNUM) |
The information message code assigned to the production activity recorded for the operation. |
Milestone (field DACMST) |
The type of production tracking assigned to the operation. No: The operation is not tracked. Normal tracking: The operation is tracked. Range: The operation and all previous non-tracked operations are tracked automatically until the first operation that's set to Normal tracking is found or is itself included in a range of operations. |
Entry date (field DACDAT) |
The date the transaction log file was created. |
Entered hour (field DACHOU) |
The time the transaction log file was created. |
Production tracking |
Select Production tracking from the Actions icon to view the production tracking record on which the activity was performed for the operation for the work order. |
Error messages
The only error messages are the generic ones.
Tables used
Refer to documentation Implementation