MIB Store POS SystemWork Order Reports
Value of outstanding work orders. Outstanding work orders have items that have been pulled from the computer's inventory and put on a work order but the work order has not been finished. This report computes your cost of the items removed from inventory but not sold yet. The item may or may not be in the store.
Example of work order with items not in the store. Joe is a mechanic that buys parts for his work and wants to pay for all parts that he picked up during the week last thing on Friday. Each time Joe picks up parts during the week, those parts are put on a work order and he gets a printed copy of the work order. On Friday Joe comes in and the store converts his work order into a finished invoice. Joe pays the amount of the finished invoice and is ready to start anew on Monday.
Example of work order with items that are in the store. Susie is making a change to her kitchen and needs several items to do the job. Suppose also that you have all but two items that Susie needs. Susie does not want to take a partial delivery. You might put those items that you have in stock into a work order and box them up so that they are not sold by mistake to somebody else or you might also just leave them on the shelf. You order the two items that Susie needs and wait for them to be delivered.
List of all items on outstanding work orders. This report lists all the items on outstanding work orders. These are items that have been pulled from the computer's inventory and put on a work order but the work order has not been finished. These items may still be on your shelf or where ever. If you inventory an item that is on an outstanding work order and is still on the shelf, you have a problem. The computer says that it is gone, but you know it is there. This report allows you to reconcile this issue.
Items needed to complete outstanding work orders. This report is important if you have many work orders outstanding. For a simple example, suppose that Susie is making a change to her kitchen and needs several items to do the job. Suppose also that you have all but two items that Susie needs. Susie does not want to take a partial delivery. You put all those items that Susie needs for the task into a work order and place a stock order which will include those two items needed to complete Susie's order. Print a copy of this report and when a stock order comes in, the person checking the stock in will know to set aside the items for Susie rather than putting them on a shelf where they might get sold to somebody else by mistake. This report is important if you have 100s of work orders and some of them needing the same items.
Outstanding work orders that can be completed. For example, an order comes in and is posted to inventory. Next you run this report and that tells you which work orders can be finished with items now in stock.