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 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 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.

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:

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.