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develop-erp — work order 41822 › cost
order closed · 04/21
OrderDocumentsItemsOperationsPO/MROutside processingAllocationInvoice
Where the cost came fromwork order 41822 · 40 parts
Material issued$18,420
14 requisitions · lot and cert
Logged labor$11,960
135.5 h across 3 operations
Outside processing$4,980
heat treat · 1 invoice
total order cost$35,360
sold for$52,800
order margin33.0%
$17,440 in profit
Hours by operation
010Cutting18.0 h
020Machining86.5 h
030Grinding31.0 h
Total logged135.5 h

The real cost of one order, broken down.

How it usually works

The work order is a sheet of paper that travels with the part

When the sheet goes missing, nobody knows what stage the job is at.

Material leaves the stockroom on a handwritten slip; at the end, the real cost is a guess.

With the module

One workspace per order, and the cost adding up at the end

  • The order is created from the approved proposal
  • The team works in tabs, all in one place
  • The order moves through your company’s own stages
  • At the end, the real cost shows up
What happens inside the order

When you open it

  • Order created from scratch, from the quick form or from the approved proposal
  • Child orders when the same job has several parts
  • Drawing and certificate attached in the document center
  • Numbering in your company’s format, including one that resets every year

While the job is running

  • Material requisition with the lot’s certificate and heat number
  • Hours logged by employee and by operation
  • Outside processing for painting, treatment or subcontracted machining
  • Purchases linked to the order, showing up in their own tab

At delivery

  • Final inspection releasing by quantity, including partial
  • Invoicing request with weight, volume and type of shipment
  • Customer-supplied material shipped back on a movement that isn’t a sale
  • Traceability by customer and part number, with the balance left to invoice

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FAQ

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My production stages are different from any other company’s.

The board’s columns are your company’s own catalog of stages, and their order comes from the number you already use in each stage’s name. There are boards with nearly sixty stages running this way.

One of my orders has several parts.

Each order holds one part; several parts become child orders, created by duplicating and with their own numbering. The backlog has a filter to show or hide child orders.

I need to release the order a little at a time.

The final inspection releases by quantity. If there’s a balance left, the order stays on the list with the remainder suggested; once it hits zero, it drops off.

My customer requires traceability down to the steel heat.

The material requisition brings the certificate and heat number of the lot that went out, and traceability links customer and part number to the orders, the invoices issued and the balance still due.

Does material allocation deduct from inventory?

No, and that’s on purpose: allocation is an intention to use, for tracking. What deducts stock is the material requisition. Mixing the two is what usually throws inventory into disarray.

What if someone deletes a stage by accident?

Deleting asks for confirmation, and the order’s history records who created it, who edited it (with the value before and after), who touched a document and who unlocked editing.

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