FrontAccounting forum — Work Order Creation

Re: Work Order Creation

null@example.com (ed10) — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 14:30:03 +0000

I figure that was my problem, what i used:

https://frontaccounting.cvs.sourceforge. … n=1.2.2.61

It is not a big deal at all. Wanted to be sure after link was put in that a problem was created.

Re: Work Order Creation

null@example.com (itronics) — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 14:20:51 +0000

No guarantee on mixed version behaviour. The sales_order script was also changed in CVS on November 6th, and can require other scripts changed at his date (see CVS CHANGELOG.txt)
Janusz

Re: Work Order Creation

null@example.com (ed10) — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 13:45:17 +0000

I am using ver 2.3RC3, but I am using sales_order_entry.php from CSV add the new link to create at WO after SO created.
I acted ok before I copied the sales_order_entry.php. I just checked and the 2.3 demo does not use that script as the link to WO is not there after SO created.

Re: Work Order Creation

null@example.com (itronics) — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 13:07:39 +0000

Really strange. I can't reproduce the effect. I guess you are using 2.3RC version, and not old 2.2.x. Maybe this is some browser related issue?

Janusz

Re: Work Order Creation

null@example.com (ed10) — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 14:25:12 +0000

What would it take to create an automatic ordering scheme?

On small problem, when I pick an item to add to a sales order and then click add item button, no line item is displayed on the SO, but if I hit update button it is, I thought that hitting add item should list the item in the SO and then let me go to the next line for the next item to enter for the order.

I am using sales_order_entry.php from CSV add the new link to create at WO after SO created.

Thanks

Re: Work Order Creation

null@example.com (itronics) — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 07:56:51 +0000

Maybe better solution would be some automatic 'internal' ordering when some ordered goods are absent in inventory. Often the salesman have no access to purchases which are confirmed and processed by purchase officer.

ed10 wrote:

BTW when I click add item in New Sales Quotation Entry or New Sales Order Entry the new item is not displayed, but is put into db.

I'm not sure what you mean here. Could you explain me the problem?

Janusz

Re: Work Order Creation

null@example.com (ed10) — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 22:35:45 +0000

This probably should go into sales, but the thread started here and I am expanding is some. Similar to creating a wo when an item needs to be manufactured, it seems that when doing a sale of an item with not enough inventory, there should be a link to creating a PO. Ideally, upon creation of a SO and there is not inventory from lack of items or needing to be mfg, a window should be created from which user could create both PO and WO as meeded.

BTW when I click add item in New Sales Quotation Entry or New Sales Order Entry the new item is not displayed, but is put into db.

Re: Work Order Creation

null@example.com (itronics) — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 20:38:15 +0000

Currently we are focused on final 2.3 release which is planned at the beginning of December. The work order improvement is not so easy, and in fact the better way would be to redesign the manufacturing module than make local changes like the multiline WO. In fact manufacturing process is much more complicate than simple sales, while (still incomplete) Sales module is more complex than Manufacturing in FA. This is meaningful .
Anyway if there is somebody really interested in manufacturing improvements, who can spent some time on database analysis and redesign it would significantly speed up development in this area.

Janusz

Re: Work Order Creation

null@example.com (ed10) — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 13:08:57 +0000

Thanks, Janusz, Is a multiline wo being worked on? Is it a lot of effort or not too bad to do, but busy on other things?

Re: Work Order Creation

null@example.com (itronics) — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 07:44:05 +0000

Ed, we use only 'flat' popup windows i.e they are used only for temporary view or selection of customer/supplier to document. This is design policy which make program flow easy and help avoid burden on a desktop. To not forgot what has to be produced you can open view transaction popup just before following WO link, and closing it after the last item is produced.

The real cure for all this is to implement SO=>WO convertion, which is impossible until we will have multiline work orders coded.

Janusz

Re: Work Order Creation

null@example.com (newbeliever) — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 23:40:49 +0000

thanx joe......i'll just want to test this update...anyway, thanx so much

Re: Work Order Creation

null@example.com (ed10) — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:25:12 +0000

thanks, joe

As you know when you make one improvement, the user wants at least 3 more. Is it possible (easily) to make the work order link pop wo entry into a new window like the view sales order does? The reason is suppose my salesperson sells 5 items and each is a manufactured product. Dumping them straight into wo entry makes it hard for them to create the workorder as they have probably forgotten what the items were so it is hard to go back and forth to pick up all the wo's need for the items. Even better would be to generate something like a pick list of items which need a wo created.

Re: Work Order Creation

null@example.com (joe) — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 14:14:25 +0000

This has been implemented in 2.3 Final or if you are running 2.3 RC3 you can download the file here:

You create the workorder, while still in the Sales menu, so you are back quickly to your swales operations.

/Joe

Re: Work Order Creation

null@example.com (ed10) — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 13:29:33 +0000

we would like this also

Re: Work Order Creation

null@example.com (newbeliever) — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 13:22:59 +0000

yes, there are many users using this....