Reassign a work order to another line

In certain situations, it is necessary to reassign a work order to another line. This could happen when one line has equipment failure and the work order has to be moved to another line for immediate completion. The system allows for reassigning work orders that are not running to another line even if there have been some units already produced against the work order.

When reassigning a work order, all the existing jobs are deleted and new jobs are created. Existing production data is retained. For additional background information about reassigning a line, refer to Understand work order reassignment.

Reassign a work order to another line

1. Initiate the change from one of the following web pages:

   • On the Work Order collections page or on a line's Work Orders tab, click the Edit button on the tile of the work order you want to edit.

     

   • On the work order's detail page, click the Edit button in the action bar.

   The Edit Work Order side sheet appears.

   

2. Select New in the Status list.

   You can also select Ready, Suspended, or Onhold, but then you have to click Apply to make the line list available.

3. In the line list, select the line to which to reassign the work order.

   The starting and required quantities are updated based on the production that has already been reported for the work order, to reflect just the amounts that need to be produced on the new line. Also, the work order status is automatically changed to New.

4. Modify the start and required item quantities for the work on the new line as needed.

5. Click Apply or Save.

   The work order is moved to the collection page of the line to which you reassigned it.