WO-L-G  Print Work Center by Key Component

Purpose of Program

There are certain work centers where it is advantageous to know which open work orders share a common characteristic, so that groups of like work orders can be run through the same process.

For example, you might have a painting work center.  Today you want to make a run of white paint.  With this report you can get a listing of all open work orders, within selected ranges, that require white paint.  That way you can run them together for a more efficient run size and fewer setups.

A foundry might want to know all open work orders that call for a certain alloy.  A furniture manufacturer might want to know all work orders that call for a certain fabric.

General Program Operation

Enter a from/thru range of work centers.  You can limit the report by date range, including both work order start dates and finish dates.  You can further limit the report to a range of parent parts, if applicable.

The next fields are important.  The report is normally limited to a common component, or type of component.  If you don't specify components, all components in the bills of material will be selected and the report could lose all meaning.

You can enter a from/thru range of components, or you can limit the report to a category or class of components, or, if ranges don't work for you, you can skip the previously mentioned fields and enter specific components in the right hand Enter Components column.  

The report will give you a listing of all open work orders by component, including total number of hours required to complete the production that falls within the selection ranges.

This report has to do a lot of sorting and could take awhile before printing.