Operating orders

What is meant by Operating orders?

Operating orders are internal orders for the planning, control and execution of production or manufacturing processes in a company. They are used to organize and monitor the manufacture of products or the provision of services.

Typical software functions in the “production orders” area:

• Order creation: generation of operating orders based on customer orders or production plans
• Resource planning: Allocation of materials, machines and personnel to work orders
• Scheduling: Definition of start and end dates for work orders
• Progress tracking: Monitoring production progress and updating order status
• Material planning: planning and management of material requirements for production orders
• Production data acquisition (PDA): recording of production data such as quantities, times and quality
• Feedback: recording of completion notifications and actual data for production orders
• Quality assurance: integration of quality controls into the production process
• Cost accounting: recording and evaluation of costs per production order
• Reporting: Generation of reports and analyses for production orders

Examples of “production orders”:

• Production order for 1000 units of a specific product
• Maintenance order for a production plant
• Assembly order for a customer order
• Setup order for the preparation of a production line
• Packaging order for finished products
• Quality inspection order for a production batch