Should a Bill of Material contain several other assemblies, the Works Order wizard gives you the option of automatically generating a chain of Works Orders for any sub-assemblies that may be required.

Selecting the Works Order option on a sales order displays a Works Order Wizard to guide you through the generation of Works Orders.

Once Works Orders have been generated, they are listed in the Object-Drill® window and can be accessed from here or via the Works Order daybook.

Issuing parts to a Works Order is simple and issue notes can also be printed to go with the goods. Component parts can easily be swapped with alternatives and unders/overs are easily managed. Bar charts at the bottom of each Works Order show the percentage issued and built.

The big picture or drill-down
Using the Object-Drill® feature with this module provides you with an unprecedented view of the status of your assemblies.

Whichever method you have used to generate Works Orders, you can simply select Object-Drill® whilst viewing any transaction which may relate to a particular Works Order and it will display a complete tree of all relevant Works Orders together with their current status.

Flexibility for a fast-moving industry
In addition to being able to generate a Works Order directly from a sales order, you can also generate back-to-back purchase orders for any component shortages from a Works Order.

This unique and totally flexible feature also allows you to effectively allocate the purchase order to the Works Order, so that when the goods are received, they are automatically issued to that Works Order before becoming available to other transactions in the system.

Here the back-to-back feature is used to create a purchase order for any shortages on the Works Order.

A works issue is generated, which in turn will create a journal for work in progress.

Although WOP is designed to provide a high level of control over the issuing of stock and monitoring of work in progress, any companies wishing to bypass these comprehensive stages can easily do so by using a cut-down version of the module, specifically designed for companies who simply require Works Orders without any additional complexities.