Production orders
A production order tells Ennea what to manufacture, in what quantity and through which operations. It can stand alone or fulfil a position in a customer order. Its component orders form a manufacturing network; they are not additional finished customer products.
Before you begin
Select the correct site and environment. You need access to production orders in that workspace; creation, editing, quantity reporting and deletion can require different permissions. Planning changes additionally require planning management access. If an order is missing, check scope, list filters and access before creating a replacement.
Understand the records
| Record | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Production order | Material, planned and produced quantity, priority, dates, status and custom fields |
| Operation or production step | One stage of the routing, such as cutting or assembly |
| Execution split | The portion of an operation assigned and executed on a work center |
| Material line | A component requirement resolved from the bill of materials |
| Child order | Separate manufacturing work required for a make component |
| Customer-order position | Commercial demand optionally fulfilled by one or several root production orders |
“Work order” is sometimes used informally for shop-floor work. In Ennea, use the production order, operation and split to identify exactly which work you mean. Maintenance work is managed in the Maintenance workspace.
Find and inspect an order
- Open Orders and select a production view. The Customer orders tab opens commercial demand.
- Choose the relevant active, completed or all-orders scope, then search or filter the table.
- Sort a column or adjust visible columns to expose the fields you need.
- Open an order to inspect its shared drawer. Overview, Details, Paperwork and Reports bring together manufacturing context and linked documents.
- Follow parent/child relationships for component work, or choose View in Nexus to explore accessible connections.
Custom-field columns depend on your workspace configuration. A filtered list is only the visible subset; broaden filters before concluding an order does not exist.
Organize a reusable list
Configure the table's columns, their order, sorting and filters, then save a table view with a descriptive name such as “Assembly priorities.” Load it from the view tabs. View management lets you rename or delete saved views, change their order and set your default. A modified view needs saving if you want to reuse the change.
Use the table's export control where offered. Check the active filters and exported columns before using the file for reconciliation; an export does not change order data.
Common actions
| Action | When to use it |
|---|---|
| Create | Prepare new manufacturing work; review material, routing, quantity and dates before saving |
| Edit | Change the existing order; review effects on started work and linked demand |
| Duplicate | Start from a similar order; inspect the new order's quantity, dates, operations and configuration |
| Change priority | Signal urgency; this does not itself move the schedule |
| Change status | Request a lifecycle transition, subject to action-specific validation |
| Add or view notes | Attach useful execution context and permitted media |
| Delete | Remove an order only after checking links and history; review the confirmation carefully |
Available row and bulk actions depend on your permissions and the current record. Completed orders are accessible through their list scope; do not delete records merely to clear the active list. Use Planning to divide or schedule execution work rather than treating duplication as a split.
A complete manufacturing journey
Create a planned order for 100 finished pieces, verify its routing and material requirements, then schedule its splits. Check the Factory Calendar before relying on planned dates. Release the order when the required information is available. At the assigned work center, report the actual additional quantity against the correct order or split, record exceptions separately, and complete the work when its completion requirements are met. Finally review produced quantity, linked reports and component/customer relationships.
Saving the order, scheduling it, releasing it and completing it are distinct actions. None proves that material was received into Warehouse or a customer shipment occurred.
Recovery
If a save fails, read the displayed validation and reopen the current order before repeating a change. For an uncertain create or duplicate, first search for the result to avoid a second order. If another user changed a record, refresh and reconcile their change. Include the order number, site, environment and displayed error when contacting support.
Continue with creation, lifecycle and execution, order networks and shop floor.