Managing Work Orders

Work orders are how you schedule and track production. Each work order says "make X units of this template at this location by this date." When you complete a work order, Peasy deducts the ingredients and adds the finished product to your inventory.

[Screenshot: Work Orders page showing work orders grouped by status with drag-and-drop reordering]

How to Get There

Go to Make > Work Orders in the sidebar.

Creating a Work Order

1. Click + New Work Order.
2. Select the template — Which product you're making.
3. Enter the quantity — How many to produce.
4. Set the date — When production is scheduled.
5. Choose the location — Where production will happen.
6. Click Create.

You can also create work orders from the home page using the Schedule Work Order quick action button.

[Screenshot: Create Work Order dialog with template selector, quantity, date, and location fields]

Work Order Statuses

Work orders move through these stages:

Views

The work orders page offers multiple ways to look at your schedule:

• List view — Work orders grouped by status, with drag-and-drop reordering within each group
• Day / Mon-Fri / Week / Month — Calendar views to visualize your production schedule at different timescales

Switch between them using the view toggle at the top of the page.

Completing a Work Order

When production is done:

1. Update the work order status to Complete.
2. Peasy automatically:
   • Deducts ingredients from your inventory (logged as "WO Input")
   • Adds finished products to your inventory (logged as "WO Output")

This keeps your inventory accurate without any manual adjustments.

Filtering and Searching

• Search — Find work orders by name or template
• Status filter — Show only scheduled, in progress, etc.
• Location filter — See work orders at a specific location

Dependent Work Orders

When you create a work order for a building block template, Peasy shows which finished goods use that building block as an ingredient. You can schedule work orders for those finished goods at the same time, so your entire production chain is planned in one step. See Building Blocks and Sub-Assemblies for details.

Common Questions

Can I cancel a work order after starting it? Yes. You can cancel a work order from the detail page as long as it hasn't been completed. Canceling a work order doesn't reverse any inventory — if ingredients were already deducted, you'll need to adjust inventory separately.

Can I complete only part of a work order? When completing a work order, you enter the actual output quantity. If your template was set up to produce 100 units but you only made 80, enter 80. Peasy deducts ingredients proportionally based on what you actually produced.

Who can start and complete work orders? Any team member with access to the Production section can create, start, and complete work orders. There's no separate approval step — if someone can see the page, they can run production.

Can I change the batch size after creating a work order? Yes, as long as the work order hasn't been completed. Edit the work order and update the quantity — the ingredient requirements recalculate automatically.

Good to Know

• Red badges on Work Orders tell you how many are due today or overdue.
• You can drag and drop work orders within a status group to prioritize them.
• Work orders can be printed individually or in bulk for use on the production floor.
• If you don't have enough ingredients, Peasy will still let you create the work order — but you'll see gap indicators on the template. Check Template Gap Alerts for details.

Related

• Creating Templates — Set up the recipes your work orders use
• Building Blocks and Sub-Assemblies — Multi-stage production with dependent work orders
• Template Gap Alerts — Knowing when ingredients are short
• Inventory History — See production input/output logs