WO-C  Print Travelers

Purpose of Program

Use this program to print shop travelers for a work order or range of work orders.  The shop traveler is a document that normally travels with the order around the shop floor and provides all instructions and information needed by the shop to manufacture the item.

Shop Traveler Elements

The shop traveler is divided into the following sections.

Header

The header section lists the work order number, the item being produced, the start and finish dates, the customer, sales order, purchase order, and other related order header information.

Specifications

If specifications are maintained in the Specifications window in the inventory file (see IN-B  Enter Inventory) for this item, they will print in this section.

Instructions

Any special instructions for this order are printed in this section.

Work Order Schedule

If multiple start/finish dates and quantities were specified for this order, they will be printed in this section.

Job Schedule

If other work orders share the same work order prefix number, their work order numbers, item numbers, start/finish dates, and quantities will print in this section for cross-reference purposes.

Routing

All sequences (operations) and related fields print in this section.  If components were specified for specific sequences, they will optionally print within those sequences as well as in the bill of materials section at the end of the traveler.  The print formats optionally include fields for quality control sign-offs.

Bill of Materials

All components and total quantities required print in this section.  If any components are part of a second level "Phantom"assembly, they will print separately and will be labeled as phantom components.

Options Selected

If the work order was generated from a sales order with options selected (through the Features & Options system), the options selected for this item will print in this section.

Linked Documents

If images or documents have been linked to the parent and/or component parts in IN-B  Enter Inventory you can print the linked items with the traveler.  In DBA Classic, only PDF links will print and they will print after the traveler.  In Evo-ERP, image documents such as JPG or GIF will print on the traveler itself as thumbnails and other file types such as PDF, DOC, DXF will print after the traveler.

General Program Operation

To print travelers you must indicate whether you are printing in graphics mode.  Then, select a from/thru range of work orders by typing in the work order numbers or selecting work orders from a pop-up window by pressing the F2 key (or clicking on the Lookup button).   You can also indicate whether to print all as yet unprinted travelers within the range specified and limit by estimated start date.

The default Status values are R & F; you would generally never print  closed and canceled work orders unless there was a need for a file copy after the fact.

If you have assigned work orders to job numbers, you can select all work orders by a from/thru range of job numbers.

You can then indicate whether you want to print the associated linked documents.  P will print documents linked to the Parent item on the work order, C will print links associated with the components, Y will print all links associated with either parents or components and N will print none.  The links to inventory items are established at IN-B  Enter Inventory and must be designated as Y to print with Traveler to be included.

Next, indicate whether you want to include bar code (graphic mode only).  If Y, then the traveler will include the work order and routing sequence numbers in bar code for ease of labor entry via Data Collection.

You are then asked if you wish to include bill of material remarks.  If you enter Y, any components in the work order bill of materials that have remarks defined in the standard bill of material will have the remarks printed directly underneath their listings in the bill of materials section of the traveler.

If you are using Features & Options you can have any comments that were entered during sales order entry print with related bill of material components by answering Y to the Print BOM Comments? field.

Next, you are asked if you want the job schedule printed.  If you enter Y, this work order and any other work orders with the same work order prefix will print in the job schedule section of the traveler.  If you enter N, the job schedule section will not print at all.

You can then specify whether you want the Short Form or not.  The short form displays fewer fields and is for companies that want a simple listing of the steps to be performed.

If you answer Y to Print Materials in Seqs?, any bill of material components assigned to specific labor sequences will print within those sequences on the shop traveler.

You can optionally suppress the printing of the bill of material section, the machine and tool fields, and the inspection sign-off fields.

If you answer Y to Print Multi-Routings?, then any increment in the Routing # will force a page break on the printed traveler.

You can also indicate whether the sequences should print in Ascending or Descending order.  Some manufacturers choose to print in descending order so they can tear off each sequence from the bottom of the sheet as it is completed and turn it in for labor reporting to the office.

Item and Routing Specifications can be included and either All, Devault only or No Bin locations and Customer Cross Reference number can be included.

The program can also invluce a separate Pick List, it can automatically release Firm orders and can print labels to be affixed to items as they are made.

Defaults can be established for all these settings through SD-B  Work  Orders Defaults.