WindoorERP Documentation 19.0
From enquiry to installed job
Step 14/19

Make it

Track it on the shop floor

Why this step

Where the job actually is, without a phone call to the foreman.

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What this does

Records what the factory has actually done, so that "where is my order?" has an answer that does not require walking the shop.

Steps

  1. 01
    Open the Manufacturing app and find the order.
  2. 02
    Start the work order the operator is on.
  3. 03
    Record the quantity produced as it is completed — not at the end of the week.
  4. 04
    Register the components consumed, including any extra used for rework.
  5. 05
    Close the work order when the stage is finished.
  6. 06
    Mark the manufacturing order done when the units are complete and checked.

What accurate recording buys you

  • Sales can answer a customer without phoning the factory.
  • The delivery only becomes ready when the units genuinely exist.
  • Component stock reflects what has been consumed, so the next job's shortage is visible before it stops the line.

Note

Scrap what breaks rather than quietly consuming more material. The breakage rate is only visible if it is recorded, and it is what justifies fixing the process that causes it.

Common mistakes

  • Batch-closing a week's work on Thursday, which makes every progress report fiction.
  • Marking units done before glazing, so a delivery is promised on frames.
  • Consuming extra components without recording why.