Work Order
Operations Management
Work Order
Formal instruction authorizing specific production, maintenance or service work to be performed.
Examples
- 01A maintenance work order for the press tells the technician what to do, which parts to take and how much time is planned.
- 02In the daily review, open work orders are linked to safety, quality and delivery risks, so the most urgent are done first.
- 03Before a work order changes a machine setting, operations checks its effect on product quality and the production plan.