Shop Floor
Work Orders are the backbone of efficient production, delivering complete and accurate details for every component of the finished product. They support essential shop floor activities — including material tracking, labor cost control, production data collection, and quality compliance — ensuring every job meets your operational standards.
ABW provides powerful, configurable travelers and barcoded labels for precise, real-time production tracking. Built on Microsoft RDL reports, these documents are easily tailored to your specific processes and requirements. Teams with RDL expertise can make updates in-house, with ABW available to assist whenever needed — delivering the flexibility, control, and continuity your shop floor demands.
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Key Features
- Created via BookIt!, MRP, or manually as required
- One-Time, Continuous, Repetitive, and Rework types supported
- Direct and Indirect Labor supported
- Standalone or tied to a Sales Order Line and/or Project
- Work Order-specific Bills of Materials, Routing, and Outside Processing
- Well-defined General Ledger interface
Work Orders
Work Orders are central to production, providing the key details needed for every component of the finished product. They drive the core shop floor processes — monitoring materials, managing labor costs, collecting production data, and ensuring the finished product meets your company's standards.
ABW is more than a software vendor — it's a technology partner committed to staying current with the latest advancements and continuously improving through real customer feedback. That commitment translates directly into flexibility and functionality that evolves with your business.
Documents & Reporting
- Picklists and Travelers
- Order Management Reports
- Shortage Reporting
- Work Order Accounting with drill-down to detail transactions
Material Tracking
ABW's Material Tracking supports a range of picking methods — from simple Picklists and individual Material Requisitions to Backflushing and Mass Picking — giving you the flexibility to match your process to your operation. Work Orders are fully modifiable, allowing components to be added as needed. Lot and Serial Number traceability is captured throughout, and deviations can be tracked and reported for complete variance visibility.
Key Features
- Picklist posting for all components on a Work Order
- Material Requisitions for specific components on a Work Order
- Backflush components based on production posting
- Mass Picking across multiple Work Orders with similar components
- Returns to stores inventory
- Lot and Serial Number tracking into Work Orders
- Multi-level Backflushing when using Pay Points
- Complete General Ledger interface with full audit capabilities
- Add components to a Work Order as needed
- Deviation tracking and Variance Reporting
- Shortage Reporting
Key Features
- Labor Entry by Employee, Work Order, and Line Number
- Time Type designation — Setup or Production
- Overtime and Double Time tracked separately
- Quantity Produced, Scrapped, and Moved reported optionally
Labor Processing
Accurate labor processing is essential for maintaining efficiency and staying on budget. ABW's Labor Processing module captures detailed labor data from multiple entry points — including Labor Entry, Quick Labor Entry, and Data Collection screens — giving you the visibility needed to manage costs, track performance, and identify variances in real time.
- Step completion indicated per operation
- Quick Labor Entry by Employee — capturing Work Order, Line Number, Hours, Quantity Produced, and Step Complete
- Detailed interface to WIP and General Ledger
- Labor Rate Variance calculated automatically
- Time Variance compared to standard time in Bill of Routing
- Comparison to time reported to Payroll system
Data Collection
ABW's Data Collection capabilities reduce back-office input and minimize data entry errors by capturing shop floor activity at the source — whether through specialized shop floor terminals, standard PCs, or mobile devices.
Key Features
- Collect labor transactions, production quantities, and step completion at the point of activity
- Control production flow through Repetitive Pay Points
- Accumulate production postings at Pay Points and update WIP and General Ledger
- Collect Time and Attendance data
- Input PO Receipts — quantity received and quantity rejected
- Compare shop floor time to Payroll
- Compatible with Intermec and other specialized data collection devices
- Mobile device interface supported
- Use standard PCs with ABW Shop for flexible data collection
Quality Assurance
- Track Quality Assurance events, categorized as Incidents or Opportunities
- Track corrective actions to confirm processes have been improved
- Corrective Action Request tracking
Quality Control
Quality Control
ABW's Quality Control module addresses two essential functions: Quality Assurance — taking proactive steps to prevent problems before they occur — and Quality Control — testing and inspecting production output to verify it meets your standards. Together, they give you the tools to maintain consistency, drive continuous improvement, and respond decisively when issues arise.
Quality Control
- Define Quality Control tests and associate them with specific items
- Track Quality Control inspections — applicable to Purchase Orders or Work Orders
- Assign Lot designation where appropriate
- Assign defect descriptions and handle disposition of tested items
- Final Sample Inspection