Manufacturing
Every work order, step by step.
Materials from the BOM, each operation on a job card, finished goods into stock at cost.
All 6 parts work today
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How it works
Six steps, start to finish.
In short
A work order in MyRecords makes one batch of a product from its bill of materials. On save it lists the materials and the warehouse each comes from; you reserve them, move them to work in progress, and each operation runs as a job card you start, pause, resume and complete. Finishing makes the manufacture entry, which on submit books the finished goods at their real cost and takes the materials out of stock.
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Step 1
Create the work order
From a BOM (Create work order), a sales order or a production plan. The materials and their source warehouse are filled in from the BOM.
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Step 2
Plan it
Plan this order sets the quantity and start date, times each operation and shows what is short. Request material raises a request for it.
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Step 3
Reserve and move materials
Reserve stock so nothing else uses it, then Start (transfer materials) moves it to work in progress. Print the material issue slip.
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Step 4
Run the job cards
Create job cards makes one per operation. Start, pause, resume and complete each from the record or the Shop floor page; time logs and pause reasons are kept.
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Step 5
Finish
Finish (receive finished goods) makes the manufacture entry for the quantity made; submit it at once or keep it as a draft to check. On submit it books the goods into the finished goods warehouse and uses up the materials. It is refused while an operation is still open.
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Step 6
Check the result
The Production tab shows made against planned, process loss, scrap and the cost planned against actual.
The details
What it covers.
6 of 6 work today
- Works today 6
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Statuses at a glanceWorks today
Not Started, In Process, Completed, Stopped and Closed, as a list, a board or a calendar. A daily notice names orders past their planned end.
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Changes on the wayWorks today
Alternate item, Consume material, Transfer extra material, Return unused components, or Disassemble finished goods back into their parts.
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Floor paperworkWorks today
Work order traveller and material issue slip prints, and a pick list for the stores.
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Rework and outside jobsWorks today
Raise a Corrective job card for rework, or give one job to a job worker with Subcontract this job.
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Quality from the job cardWorks today
Create an inspection from the job card and record its readings. See Quality.
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How cost is builtWorks today
Materials at their stock value, operation time at each workstation's hour rate, plus any extra costs you add.
Said plainly
Not there yet
- Machine counters or PLC signals. Quantities are entered on the job card or the Shop floor page.
Questions
Questions people ask
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Ask a question01Can I make a work order for a sales order?
Yes. Create it from the sales order, or plan several sales orders together in a production plan that makes the work orders.
02What if a material is short?
Plan this order shows what is short before you start, and the Manufacturing home lists what is short in the next 14 days with Raise material request.
03Can one work order run through several workstations?
Yes. Each operation in the BOM gets its own job card at its own workstation, timed separately.
04Can I finish part of the quantity?
Yes. Finish in parts as goods are made; the work order shows made against planned until it is Completed.
05Does finishing post to the books?
Yes, when the manufacture entry is submitted. It moves the stock value from materials and work in progress to finished goods in the same step; a draft posts nothing.
Last updated Applies to MyRecords 3 Nov 2026 release
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