The work order shows the Bill of Materials with process options - see below.

The Bill of Materials lists all the items that are required to build this assembly. The 'Totals' column shows the total quantities of all items required to build the required number of assemblies. In the bottom right corner you see the total build cost - in this case the cost to build our 25 assemblies is 31.50

Within MiniMRP a works order can be in any one of three states.

(1) Allocated.
(2) Issued/Work In Progress (WIP)
(3) Finished/Completed.

These 3 stages refer to the 3 options that you can see in the image above. If materials had already been allocated and/or issued then those options would be disabled preventing you from allocating and/or issuing twice.

A works order in the Allocated state has not made any adjustments at all to your inventory but it does tell MiniMRP what you intend to do in future. miniMrp monitors all active/allocated works orders and updates the shortage report showing you at any time what materials you need to procure in order to complete all of your planned works orders.

When a works order is in the "Issued" state it means that all the materials have been taken out of the inventory but the finished assemblies are not complete and have not yet been entered into your inventory.

If a works order is in the finished state it means that all materials have been issued AND the finished assemblies have been entered into your inventory ready to be sold to customers.

For forward planning - using the shortage report - you can start by entering the Allocated state and come back to issue and/or finish some time in future. On the other hand, if you know you have enough materials then you can skip the allocation stage and go straight to Issue or maybe you run a "Quick Build" operating in which case you'll skip everything and go straight to build.

Whatever option you choose a works order remains 'Open' until you have done the final build/finish process. Don't worry, if you issue now and then build tomorrow MiniMRP will not issue the materials twice so you can go through or skip any stage you wish as long as the last stage is done eventually.

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