xTuple ERP Reference Guide

Enter the work order number of the work order you want to create an operation for.

Displays site code automatically when work order number is entered into Work Order # field.

Displays item number automatically when work order number is entered into Work Order # field.

Inventory unit of measure (UOM).

Displays work order status automatically when work order number is entered into Work Order # field.

Indicates whether selected work order is an assembly or disassembly work order.

Select a standard operation to be used, if any.

If a standard operation is specified, the operation type associated with the standard operation will be displayed.

You will notice that two separate description fields are available here. This makes it possible to isolate different categories of information onto separate lines. For example, the first line might contain an item name, while the second line contains packaging information. Having these two types of information one above the other can serve as a kind of useful shorthand when viewing data in certain windows. However, these two lines will be concatenated (i.e., joined together) when they are printed or presented in an on-line display format.

Specify a work center to be used for specified operation.

Enter a tooling reference—if applicable.

Indicates the next available work order operations sequence number.

Select a number using the arrows or manually enter a value up to a maximum of 99. (Default is 1.) Value entered defines when the specified operation is to begin. For example, if the default value "1" is entered, the operation will begin on the first day of the manufacturing process. If "2" is entered, the operation will begin on the second day.

Displays the quantity ordered for the specified item.

Indicates the number of units, in the given item's inventory UOM, that can be produced in a minute—and also the number of minutes that are required to produce 1 unit, expressed in the given item's inventory UOM.

Amount entered represents the time required to set up the work center for the operation, measured in minutes.

Select to report setup time. Must be selected for labor costs associated with setup to be tracked in the G/L and elsewhere. If not selected, these costs will not be reported.

Amount entered represents the total run time for the operation, measured in minutes.

Select to report run time. Must be selected for labor costs associated with run time to be tracked in the G/L and elsewhere. If not selected, these costs will not be reported.

Select a UOM—or enter a free-form UOM. Specify a UOM to be used optionally when work order operations are posted for the specified operation. Operations may be posted using either the inventory or production UOM. In addition, different operations in a single routing may use different production UOMs. For example, if you are producing soup, you might mix the soup in one operation using UOM = BATCH. But when canning the soup, the canning operation might use UOM = CAN. If you post operations using the production UOM, the inventory/production UOM ratio normalizes the posting so that the inventory impact is recorded using the inventory UOM.

When work order operations are posted using the production UOM, the inventory/production UOM ratio normalizes the posting so that the inventory impact is recorded in the inventory UOM.

Displays setup time remaining.

Displays run time remaining.

Displays setup time consumed.

Displays run time consumed.

Selected if setup complete.

Selected if run complete.

Select if you want finished goods to be received into inventory when this operation is posted. Only one work order operation may have this flag set. If this option is selected, the general ledger will show the finished goods being received into inventory when the operation is posted.

Select if you want linked component material to be issued automatically (i.e., backflushed) when this operation is posted. If this option is selected, the general ledger will show the component materials being removed from inventory when this operation is posted.

This is a scrolling text field with word-wrapping for entering instructions related to the operation.

Select to display text in the Instructions field in fixed-width font. This is a useful feature for displaying tables, matrixes, and other format-driven texts.