Reversing work orders

Work orders can be reversed to cancel the finished good quantities and cost transactions that are sent to the Inventory Control and Global Ledger applications. When a work order is reversed, the entries that are contained in the original work order are reversed.

Note: Production feedback must be in Completed status before a work order can be reversed.

A service is available to Process Automation users that notifies the processing manager when a work order is reversed. See the Process Automation Services Reference Guide for Financials & Supply Management.

  1. Sign in as Work Order and select Work Orders.
  2. Select a completed work order.
  3. Select Actions > Reverse Work Order.
  4. Reverse the work order transactions that you want to remove from Inventory Control and Global Ledger for a completed work order.
  5. Specify this information:
    Company
    Select a company number.
    Location
    Select a valid stock location. It is also the production facility where finished goods are produced for work orders.
    Work Order
    Select a work order to reverse. This field identifies the work order and can be automatically assigned or manually assigned, depending on the option defined for each production or inventory location.
    Work Order Suffix
    This field is normally zero for a work order. If you split a work order, then the work order that is created for the remaining quantity is a non-zero value. This is true if the completed part of the finished goods is available for allocation.
    Reversed By Work Order
    If you manually assign work order numbers, select the reverse work order.
  6. Select Actions > Reverse.

    The finished goods and the waste quantities are changed to negative quantities.

  7. Run Production Feedback Update to show the cancellations in Inventory Control and Global Ledger.