The term "manufacturing order history" refers to the systematic recording, documentation, and tracking of all relevant information, changes, and status updates related to a manufacturing order throughout its entire lifecycle—from order creation to delivery. The goal of maintaining a manufacturing order history is to ensure process transparency, enable traceability, ensure quality, and identify optimization opportunities in production workflows.
Chronological order documentation: Automatic logging of all processing and production steps of a production order.
Status tracking: Display and history of order statuses such as “in process”, “completed”, ‘stopped’ or “canceled”.
Version control and change log: Recording of changes to parts lists, work plans or resources during processing.
Resource allocation: Recording of allocations and changes to personnel and machines.
Material consumption recording: Documentation of actual material consumption compared to planning.
Material tracking: Traceability of materials, batches or serial numbers used.
Time and performance records: Documentation of actual processing times, downtimes and personnel assignments.
Quality documentation: recording of test results, deviations or complaints during the course of production.
Audit and compliance evidence: Provision of audit-proof histories for internal or external audits.
Cost tracking: Recording of actual costs compared to planned costs.
Report generation: Creation of evaluations and reports based on historical data.
Archiving: Long-term storage of completed orders for analysis purposes.
An automotive supplier documents exactly when and with which materials a specific component was produced.
A production manager analyzes the history of multiple orders to identify causes of delays.
A quality manager investigates the production data of a defective product, including all inspection records.
An audit team requests a tamper-proof overview of all changes to a critical manufacturing order.
An ERP system displays the full history of a manufacturing order, including material usage, machine run times, and final inspection results.