Exploded work orders

Unexploded work orders

These changes can be made to unexploded work orders:

• Delete the work order
• Change the quantity of finished goods
• Change the work order date
• Add, delete, or change assembly instructions

Exploded work orders

These changes can be made to exploded work orders:

• Select a substitute component item
• Change the component quantity and packaging
• Choose another location from which to find a component
• Add or delete components
• Add, delete, or change comments and burdens
• Add, delete, or change byproducts

When a work order is exploded, components, extended quantities, burdens, and byproducts are added to the work order. Any notes that are attached to components, burdens, and byproducts are also added. Component inventory is allocated when the work order is exploded. The costs that are associated with that work order are calculated.

Work orders can be exploded in these ways:

• Creating exploded work orders during production scheduling
• Manually exploding work orders
• Exploding several work orders by running a batch program

Using a batch program, several work orders can be exploded at once. Work orders can be exploded based on a range of work order numbers or production start dates. Work orders must be in Released status before you can run the batch program to explode them.