To access the Production Orders document list, select Production > Production Documents > Production Orders.

A Production Order registers your need to manufacture a specified quantity of finished goods (the Assembly transaction type) or to disassemble the specified quantity of finished goods to inventory items and scrap (the Disassembly transaction type).

The Production Orders list

The Production Orders list includes all the production orders available in the system. If you don't see a specific document, rearrange the list by date, document number, or transaction type or use the Search field to locate the document by a string in its description, customer order number. You can change the list display settings to suit your particular needs. To learn more about the list display settings, see Working with the item list.
In the Production Orders list, you can view the order statuses in the first column (with icon as a column heading):

• In Process: The green-colored sector of a green circle ( ) indicates what part of the order has been executed

A Production Order can be based on a document of any of the following types: Quotation, Customer Order, Requisition, or Production Order (Production).
A Production Order itself can be used as a basis for the following documents:

• Purchase Order: To purchase the raw materials and items required for production order.
• Inventory Transfer: To register items or raw materials that are being transferred from another warehouse (structural unit).
• Production Order: To order manufacturing of parts (components or processed materials) for the initial production order.
• Production: To register the manufactured items, items resulted from disassembly, and some scrap of raw materials.
• Costing: To calculate the costs of the manufactured finished goods or costs of items after disassembly for the production order.

The toolbar buttons

To manually create a new document of the Production Order type, click the Create button on the toolbar.

To edit an existing document, double-click the line with the document in the Production Orders list. You can also select the line, right-click it and select Edit or click More actions > Edit on the toolbar.

If you need to print the selected document, send it by email, or perform other operations, refer to List Toolbar.

To create a document based on a production order, select the appropriate order in the list, click the Generate button and select the required document type. The data from the Production Order will be automatically copied to the new document. Also, you can create a document based on multiple production orders.

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