Sheet 6 of 10 · Detail — MRP
Production · The floor
From order to machine to QC, without a whiteboard.
Work orders built from bills of materials, a machine schedule with real capacity, a floor board the operators actually look at, and job packs you scan to start and finish. When the last work order completes, the order is nudged to QC.
Parts list — screens in this module
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Bills of materials
Components and operations per item, so a work order knows what it consumes and where it runs.
WhoEngineering
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Work Orders
Raised from an order or on their own. Quantities, materials, status, and a soft stock check before you commit.
WhoProduction
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Schedule
A machine schedule board with capacity per machine. Drag jobs; see what a late delivery pushes.
WhoProduction manager
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Floor board
The live shop-floor view: what is running, what is next, what is late.
WhoFloor
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Machines
Machines and work centres with capability and hours, the constraints the schedule respects.
WhoProduction manager
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Scan to start
Job packs carry QR codes. Operators start and complete work from a phone; the board updates itself.
WhoOperators
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QC hand-off
When the linked work orders complete, the order shows a one-click move to QC.
WhoOffice
In practice
The floor board is on the wall screen. Two jobs running, one late from Friday. The production manager drags it to the second lathe and the promise date holds.
An operator scans the job pack to start. The BOM has already flagged the flange stock is short, so purchasing knew on Friday.
The last work order completes. The order page offers Move to QC, then Invoiced, then Shipped. The customer watches it happen in their portal.
See also
See production on your own parts.
A 30-minute walkthrough of NE Vault. Bring a catalogue and we run it on yours.