Manufacturing orders

A manufacturing order is actual work that you can plan, execute, pause, complete or cancel. The order originates from a manufacturing request. It can copy a recipe’s structure or be created without a recipe.

Relationship map

Request vs order

Concept	Role
Manufacturing request	Requirement to manufacture a quantity before a date.
Manufacturing order	Executable work with operations, inputs, steps and checks.
Operation	Specific stage within the order.
Progress	Completed, rejected or pending quantity.

The request answers “what is needed”. The order answers “how and when it is executed”. Read Manufacturing requests for statuses, sources and assignment rules.

Do not confuse the order with the recipe. The recipe is a reusable definition; the order contains specific work and retains its own execution records.

With or without a recipe

Release method	Result
With a recipe	The order copies applicable operations, inputs, co-products, steps, checks, restrictions and conditions from the active version.
Without a recipe	The order starts without operations or a structure copied from a recipe.

An order without a recipe can represent exceptional work or work that is not yet standardized. It is not ready for execution until it has operations and sufficient planning.

What an order with a recipe copies

From the recipe	In the order
Operations	Executable operations.
Inputs	Expected materials.
Co-products	Expected additional outputs.
Steps	Work instructions.
Checks	Mandatory inspections at the configured moment.
Restrictions	Precedence between operations.
Conditions	Elements applicable to the manufactured variant.

Status and traceability

The order’s status is derived from its operations. If operations start, pause or finish, the order reflects that progress. The planned quantity should change only before starting. Afterward, the history of progress, consumption and production protects traceability.

Status	When it appears
Pending planning	The order exists but is not yet ready for execution.
Planned	Operations have enough planning to start when appropriate.
In progress	An operation has started.
Paused	Work is temporarily stopped.
Blocked	The order cannot progress until a pending condition is resolved.
Finished	Work has ended.
Cancelled	The order should no longer be executed.

Read Manufacturing statuses to compare order, operation, group and plan statuses.

Reading example

A request for 100 units can be covered by two orders of 60 and 40 units. Each order retains its own structure, status and progress, while the request expresses the total requirement they both cover.

Relationship with the warehouse and costs

Order record	Related effect
Input consumption	Reduces stock of consumed materials.
Production	Increases stock of the manufactured item or co-products.
Actual times, consumption and quantities	Feed cost and efficiency calculations.

If execution records are missing, actual cost will be incomplete.

Concept map

Work mode

Relationship map

Request vs order

With or without a recipe

What an order with a recipe copies

Status and traceability

Reading example

Relationship with the warehouse and costs

​Relationship map

​Request vs order

​With or without a recipe

​What an order with a recipe copies

​Status and traceability

​Reading example

​Relationship with the warehouse and costs

​Related

Relationship map

Request vs order

With or without a recipe

What an order with a recipe copies

Status and traceability

Reading example

Relationship with the warehouse and costs

Related