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Work In Progress
The Work Order includes the following information, when specified by the customer:
A. Customer P.O. #, Job #, Due Date, and Shipping Date.
B. Quantity of each item and detail # if provided.
C. Part Description: Size, Material Type, Shape and Customer Drawing Number, if available.
D. Operations to be performed: Burning, Annealing, Stress Relieving, Grinding, Machining, and/or Fabricating.
E. Dimensions, Tolerances and Surface Finish Requirements.
The Work Order may be more than one page for the same Customer Order, depending on the number of different items and the complexity
of the operations to be performed.
For each Work Order, job travelers are produced for each line item listed on the order. These travelers accompany the material as it
“travels” from work center to work center. The traveler contains the same information as stated above
(see A-E) and also includes the specific work centers to be used. In certain cases, additional detailed information is added to the job traveler, in order to process the item(s) per the customer’s specifications.
The original copy of the Work Order is held in the “Work in Progress” file with the Customer Purchase Order and all Customer Drawings, which are discretely controlled. The second copy of the
Work Order is held by the Shipping & Receiving Clerk.
The Job Travelers are used by the Production Manager and Department Managers to schedule and organize the orders for routing them to a
specific work center and shift.
When the Job Traveler and the material arrive at the specified work center, the Production Manager and/or Department Manager with the
Machine Operator determine the optimum set-up to satisfy the specific job requirements.
At this time, the Machine Operator becomes responsible for checking each detail of the order, the number of pieces, the configuration,
the dimensions & tolerances as well as surface finish requirements, all of which dictate the process to be used.
The Machine Operator scans the Job Traveler bar code for the particular job step to begin work at his/her work center.
As each job step is completed, the Machine Operator scans the Job Traveler bar code to complete the particular job step. The Operator
records finished sizes, flatness, parallelism, and other detailed information required by the Job Traveler. Once this is complete,
the operator
then circles, dates, and initials the particular job step on the Job Traveler.
The material and Job Traveler is then moved by the Material Handler to the next work center. After all job steps have been completed,
the material and the Job Traveler are then moved to final inspection.
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