# What is a Manufacturing Order?

A Manufacturing Order is a document that delineates the process of production of a manufacturable item. It offers a comprehensive information regarding the raw materials, resources, steps and workstations required to transform raw materials into finished products.

By creating manufacturing Orders, you can effectively oversee the following aspects:

* Order details
* Production details, such as the current status of the manufacturing process
* The list of raw materials used in manufacturing
* The location details of the finished product

Manufacture orders can be created in multiple ways:

#### **Create a new, individual manufacturing order**

You can create a new manufacturing order from the "Manufacturing Order" module by providing the required details.

For more information on creating a new manufacturing order, read Creating Manufacturing Orders.

#### **Create a manufacturing order from the Short Inventory Planner**

For situations where inventory levels are running low, the [Short Inventory Planner](https://docs.xorosoft.com/xoroerp-1/purchase/short-inventory-planner) module comes to the rescue. To create a manufacturing order from Short Inventory Planner, select the item(s) for which you want to create the MO and go to Options > Create Batch MO(s).

#### **Create a manufacturing order from Item Inventory Snapshot**

The [Item Inventory Snapshot](https://docs.xorosoft.com/xoroerp-1/inventory/item-inventory-snapshot) gives you the ability to create directly create a manufacture order. To do that, select the item(s) for which you want to create the MO and go to Options > Create Batch MO(s).

#### **Create a manufacturing order from a Sales Order**

Users have the flexibility to create regular manufacturing orders or dynamic manufacturing orders based on specific lines within the [sales order](https://docs.xorosoft.com/xoroerp-1/sales/sales-order/creating-sales-orders).

**Regular MO:** To create a manufacturing order from the sales order, go to Options > Copy > Create Manufacture Order.

**Dynamic MO:** To create a MO from the sales order, go to Options > Copy > Create Dynamic MO (Selected Lines).

#### **Create a manufacturing order from a Purchase Order**

There are two ways to create an MO from a [purchase order](https://docs.xorosoft.com/xoroerp-1/purchase/purchase-order):

**For All Items:** To create a manufacturing order for all the items in the purchase order, go to Options > Copy > Create MO(s).

**For Selected Items:** To create a manufacturing order for selected items in the purchase order, select the item(s) for which you want to make the MO and go to Options > Copy > Create MO(s) Selected Lines.


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