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Region VII, Central Visayas
Division of Bohol
Learning Target: To obtain work instructions in accordance with standard operating procedures
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CONCEPT NOTES
1. WORK ORDER
A work order is an order received by an organization from a customer or client, or an order created internally within the organization. A work
order may be for products or services.
A "Work Order" sometimes is used in place of an "Invoice" or "Statement" and presented for payment requests.
In a manufacturing environment, a work order is converted from a sales order to show that work is about to begin on the manufacture, building or
engineering of the products requested by the customer. In a service environment, a work order can be equivalent to a service order where the WO records
the location, date and time the service is carried out and the nature of work that is done. The type of personnel (e.g. job position) may also be listed on the
WO. A rate (e.g. $/hr, $/week) and also the total amount of hours worked and total value is also shown on the work order.
A work order may be a maintenance or repair request from students, faculty or staff in a university.
Orders received from outside an organization are often dispatched (reviewed and scheduled) before being executed. Work orders may be for preventive
maintenance
Contractors may use a single job work order and invoice form that contains the customer information, describes the work performed, lists charges
for material and labor, and can be given to the customer as an invoice.
A job order is an internal document extensively used by projects-based, manufacturing, building and fabrication businesses. A job order may be for
products and/or services. In a manufacturing environment, a job order is used to signal the start of a manufacturing process and will most probably be
linked to a bill of material. Hence, the job order will probably state: