Manage Work Centers in a Production Order by starting, stopping (pausing), and completing work centers as production runs.
Each work center can be started, paused, or completed independently.
Stops are created when a work center is paused and are closed when it’s resumed or completed (or can be recorded manually).
Important Notes
Each work center can be started, paused, or completed independently and at different times. These status changes directly influence the overall status of the Production Order.
Stops are created automatically when a work center is paused and are closed as soon as it is resumed (started) or completed. This process occurs during production. The user can also enter stops manually in the Production Order details, in the “Stops” tab.
Possible States of the Work Center
Status
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Description
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To Start
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Initial status, not yet started
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Started
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In progress
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Paused
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Temporarily interrupted
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Finished
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Activity finished
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Production Order Status Rules
Condition
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PO status
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At least one work center is Started
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Started
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All work centers are Paused
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Paused
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All work centers are Completed
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Completed
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None of the conditions above apply
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To Start
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Allowed State Transitions
To Start → Started
Started → Paused or Completed
Paused → Started or Completed
Completed → Started (reopening possible)
Start Work Centers
Access the Production Order
Open the Production Orders app from the homepage.
(You can also access it from area‑specific production apps.)
In the list, locate the Production Order you want to start.
Click the three‑dot menu next to it and select Start.
Configure Work Centers
On the Start Production Order* *screen:
Select Work Centers: Choose one or more Work Centers you wish to start.
Assign Operators: Enter the number of operators working at each selected Work Center.
Start Production
Click Start to begin production.
Click Cancel if you wish to discard the changes.
After Starting
Once at least one Work Center has been started:
The Production Order status changes to In Progress.
Two new options become available: Stop and Complete.
Note: Starting a production order, and, as a result, its work centers, for the first time can generate Quality Controls configured for the start event, if any are set up. Find them in the Quality tab, under To Validate.
Stop Work Centers
Access the Stop Action
In the Production Orders app, locate the relevant Production Order.
Do one of the following:
From the Production Order list, click the three‑dot menu and select Stop.
Or, open the Production Order details, click the button Change Status, then select Stop.
Select Work Centers to Stop
You’ll be redirected to a list of all Work Centers associated with the Production Order.
Reason for Stop (optional): Select the reason for stopping the Work Centers.
Select Work Centers: Choose the ones you want to stop.
Confirm the Stop
Click Stop to confirm and stop the selected Work Centers.
If all Work Centers are stopped, the Production Order status automatically updates to On Pause.
Note: If Quality Controls are configured for this event, they are generated automatically. Find them in the Quality tab, under Pending Validation.
Resume Paused Work Centers
Access the Resume Action
In the Production Orders app, locate the relevant Production Order.
Do one of the following:
From the Production Orders list, click the three‑dot menu and select Start.
Or, open the Production Orders details, click the button Change Status, then select Start.
Configure Work Centers
On the Start Production Order screen:
Select Work Centers: Choose the paused Work Centers you want to resume.
Assign Operators: Enter the number of operators working at each selected Work Center.
Resume Production
Click Start to resume activity.
The system automatically ends the stop, recording the end date and time.
Once at least one Work Center is resumed, the Production Order status updates to In Progress.
Note: If Quality Controls are configured for this event, they are generated automatically. Find them in the Quality tab, under Pending Validation.
Complete Work Centers
Access the Complete Action
In the Production Orders app, locate the relevant Production Order.
Do one of the following:
From the Production Orders list, click the three‑dot menu and select Complete.
Or, open the Production Order details, click the button Change Status, then select Complete.
Select Work Centers to Complete
You’ll be redirected to a list of all Work Centers linked to the Production Order.
Select Work Centers: Choose the ones you want to mark as complete.
Confirm Completion
Click Stop to finalize the selected Work Centers.
If all Work Centers are completed, the Production Order status automatically updates to Completed.
Note: If Quality Controls are configured for this event, they are generated automatically. Find them in the Quality tab, under Pending Validation.
Manually Recording Stops in a Production Order
Access the Stop Recording Page
You can open the manual stop recording page in two ways:
From the Production Order details:
In the Production Orders app, locate the relevant Production Order and click the three‑dot menu and select Details.
Go to the Downtime tab and click the button Register Stop.
From the Production Orders list:
In the Production Orders app, locate the relevant Production Order.
Click the three‑dot menu and Record Downtime.
Enter Stop Details
You’ll be redirected to the manual stop registration page for the selected Production Order.
General Reason and details:
Select the Reason, Start Date, Type, and either Duration (in minutes) or End Date for the stop.
Select the Work Centers affected by the stop.
Different reasons per Work Center:
By default, all selected Work Centers use the general Reason you define.
To set a specific reason for a single Work Center, open the three‑dot menu for that Work Center and choose Edit.
A modal opens where you can specify the Reason, Equipment, Type, and either Duration (in minutes) or End Date for the stop.
If you only customize one Work Center, all others will keep the general Reason.
Save the Stop
After filling in all required fields, click Save to record the stop.
You can review all recorded stops in the Stops tab within the PO details page.
Note: If Quality Controls are configured for this event, they are generated automatically. Find them in the Quality tab, under Pending Validation.
Quality Controls
Quality Controls are generated automatically by the system, based on operational events.
Several events can generate them, for example:
Order / work center start → starting a production order, and consequently its work centers, for the first time generates the configured Quality Controls.
Co-product lifecycle events → starting, pausing, or stopping a co-product generates the Quality Controls configured.
Shutdown (stop) type → when a stop is recorded, the system reads the type of occurrence and generates the correct set of Quality Controls for that shutdown.
Recurrent Quality Controls
Any of the events above can generate a recurrent quality control, if configured.
A recurrence is a period of time during which the same quality control is generated repeatedly, based on a fixed time interval.
The recurrence is tied to the triggering event: the first control is generated at the moment the event happens and a new control is then generated at each interval until the period ends.
You can follow a recurrence directly in the Quality tab:
Recurrence → the configured interval (e.g. Hourly, Every 4 hours).
Next Recurrence – the date and time for the next control.
Pending Controls – the number of controls in the recurrence still to be filled out.
Generated controls appear in the Quality tab of the production order, split into two lists:
To Validate – controls generated but not yet completed.
Validated – controls already completed.
You can fill in a quality control form from two places, the orders list or the order details.
From the orders list
Click the three dots on any order.
Select Quality Control to open the form(s) configured for that order.
From the order details
Open the order's Details and go to the Quality tab.
Click the three dots next to the form you want to complete.
Fill in all required fields and click Save.
There are two ways to review recorded quality controls, depending on how much detail you need.
Viewing by answers
Open the three-dots menu and select Quality Summary.
Each recorded answer appears on its own line, so a single control may span several rows, one for each question and its value.
Fast filter by status
In the order's Quality tab, click the Validated fast filter at the top of the list.
