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<ManualTopic ID="/baanerp/ts/onlinemanual/000406" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>To process work orders</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2425344">
         <Level1>Process work order</Level1>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <AimSection>
      <Paragraph>Orders that are used to plan, carry out, and control all
		maintenance on items in a maintenance shop or in a repair shop. A work order
		consists of at least one work order header, and can have a number of activities
		that must be carried out on a repairable service item.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>The items are received in either the locations or warehouses and
		then the items are issued to the service depot for executing the repairs, you
		can process the work order to complete the repair.</Paragraph>
   </AimSection>
   <ProcedureSection>
      <SectionTitle>To process work orders</SectionTitle>
      <Steps>
         <StepsIntro>Take the following steps to process the work
		  orders:</StepsIntro>
         <Step>
            <StepTitle>Plan the work order</StepTitle>
            <Paragraph>Use the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Work Order Planning/Releasing (tswcs3200m000)</GUIRef> session to plan or release the work order.</Paragraph>
            <List>
               <ListIntro>You can plan the work orders if the following conditions
				are fulfilled:</ListIntro>
               <ListItem>The work order is accepted in the work load of a shop or a
				depot.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>The work order activities for the work order are
				defined.</ListItem>
            </List>
         </Step>
         <Step>
            <StepTitle>Release the work order</StepTitle>
            <Paragraph>After you define a work order, the work order status is <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Free</GUIRef> or <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Planned</GUIRef>. You can release work orders
			 that have the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Free</GUIRef> or the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Planned</GUIRef> status.</Paragraph>
            <Paragraph>Work orders can be released one by one. On the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Work Orders (tswcs2100m000)</GUIRef> session, select the work order and on the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Specific</GUIRef> menu, click <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Release</GUIRef>. LN starts the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Work Order Planning/Releasing (tswcs3200m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
         </Step>
         <Step>
            <StepTitle>Process the work order hours</StepTitle>
            <Paragraph>Work order tasks are accounted based on the registered and
			 processed hours accounting lines. Employees executing the work order can
			 register the hours spent on the work orders. The work order hours contribute to
			 the labor-related charges to the linked maintenance sales order lines. You can
			 enter or process the hours registered on the work order in the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Work Order Hours (bptmm1140m000)</GUIRef> session. The hours can be registered and
			 processed when the work order has the following status:</Paragraph>
            <List>
               <ListItem>Released</ListItem>
               <ListItem>Completed.</ListItem>
            </List>
         </Step>
         <Step>
            <StepTitle>Complete the work order</StepTitle>
            <Paragraph>Work orders can be completed with the completion of all the
			 underlying activities. If no activities are defined for a work order, then the
			 work order can be directly set to <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Completed</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
            <Paragraph>On the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Work Orders (tswcs2100m000)</GUIRef> session,
			 select the work order and on the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Specific</GUIRef> menu, click <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Complete Order</GUIRef>. LN sets the work order status to <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Completed</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
         </Step>
         <Step>
            <StepTitle>Sign Off</StepTitle>
         </Step>
         <Step>
            <StepTitle>Close the work order.</StepTitle>
         </Step>
      </Steps>
   </ProcedureSection>
</ManualTopic>