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Work Orders

Create a personalisation work order with the card job details, transfer materials and track progress.

Used byWhse UserProd. MgrProcurementWhse Mgr

Who: Warehouse User creates Work Orders; Production Manager, Procurement and Warehouse Manager read them. Submitting a Work Order and starting production needs a user with manufacturing posting rights (the standard Manufacturing User/Manager role). Menu: Manufacturing → Work Orders.

The Work Order list

Work Order cards: Not Started, In Process, Late and Stopped tiles, with Stop/Resume actions.
Work Order cards: Not Started, In Process, Late and Stopped tiles, with Stop/Resume actions.

Create a Work Order

  1. Add Work Order (or Create → Work Order from the Sales Order).
  2. Item To Manufacture — e.g. FG-EMV-DEBIT – EMV Debit Card – Personalised. The default BOM fills in, with its operations.
  3. Qty To Manufacture, Sales Order, Planned Start Date and Expected Delivery Date.
  4. Warehouses: Source (Stores – KW), Work-in-Progress (Work In Progress – KW), Target (Finished Goods – KW).
  5. Complete the Katekile job details section (same fields as on the Sales Order):
Field Example
File Customer data file
Chips Model NXP P71 Dual Interface
Layout Requirements Signed-off artwork (attachment)
Personalisation Requirements Emboss PAN/name/expiry; encode EMV profile; QC 1 in 50 cards
First Card / Last Card 5221 0000 0000 0001 – 5221 0000 0000 0500
Remarks Rush order – client launch event
  1. Save, then Submit. Katekile ERP creates one Job Card per operation.
A draft Work Order.
A draft Work Order.

Start production — transfer materials

On the submitted Work Order click Start to transfer the raw materials (card bodies, chips, carriers, envelopes) from Stores to Work-in-Progress. This creates a Material Transfer for Manufacture Stock Entry.

The submitted Work Order

Submitted Work Order with the Katekile 'Open on shop floor' button highlighted.
Submitted Work Order with the Katekile 'Open on shop floor' button highlighted.
Button Use it to
Open on shop floor Open this work order in the Shop Floor app in a new tab.
Create Job Card Create job cards for operations that do not have one yet.
Finish Book finished goods into the target warehouse when production is complete.
Status → Stop / Re-open Pause or re-open the order.

Print the work order with Katekile Manufacturing Order (or Print with QR in the Shop Floor app). The QR code opens the work order directly on the shop floor — operators scan it with a phone or tablet.

Katekile Manufacturing Order with QR code, job details and process flow.
Katekile Manufacturing Order with QR code, job details and process flow.

The Katekile Work Order Format is the default work order print without the QR.

Katekile Work Order Format.
Katekile Work Order Format.

Last updated October 16, 2026