Feature Guide / Work Orders

Full automation of
work order creation.

From customer demand to your shopfloor without user intervention. When MRP plans a build for a trusted product, Dream MRP starts the work order, emails the owner the PDF, and puts it straight on the Work Order Factory display — no approval step, no one touching a screen.

overview / what is it
What is full automation?

Every time MRP runs, it works out which products you need to build to cover your committed demand. By default those builds arrive as Dream MRP Planned work orders — you review them, then release them to the shop floor.

For products where the calculation is reliable, you can skip that step entirely. Dream MRP starts the work order automatically, emails the assigned owner a PDF, and the build appears on the Work Order Factory display screen ready to make. Demand in, production out — nobody in the middle.

step_01 / turn on the switch
Enable it once

On the Settings page, turn on Start work orders automatically under Premium Features. This is the master switch for your whole organisation.

step_02 / flag the product
Choose which items

Open a manufactured item in Item Configuration, tick Start work orders automatically, and assign a work order owner. You pick exactly which products are trusted to run hands-free.

step_03 / MRP runs
The build is started

When MRP next runs — overnight or on demand — any planned work order for a flagged item with an owner is created already Started instead of waiting as a planned suggestion.

step_04 / straight to the floor
On the factory display

Because it's already started, the work order appears on the Work Order Factory display screen automatically, and the owner is emailed the work order PDF. No one has to open a screen to release it.

A night run can have new work orders waiting on the factory display before anyone arrives in the morning. A manually triggered run puts them on the screen the moment it finishes. Either way, if there's demand for a flagged product, the build is on the shop floor without a single click.

The hands-free chain

  • Demand — a customer order or sales forecast creates a requirement
  • Plan — MRP nets demand against stock and decides a build is needed
  • Start — the work order is created already Started, not just planned
  • Notify — the work order PDF is emailed to the assigned owner
  • Display — the build appears on the Work Order Factory display, ready to make

Good candidates for full automation

  • Repeatable products with a stable, well-tested bill of materials
  • Make-to-stock items reordered to a target level
  • High-volume builds where manual release adds no value
  • Products with a clear owner responsible for the build

Products to leave manual

  • New products whose BOM you're still refining
  • One-off or bespoke builds that need review each time
  • Items without a clear work order owner
Support

Questions about automating work order creation? Email support@dreammrp.com.

Demand in.
Production out.

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