Upgrading from Work Orders to Production Orders

SAP Business One includes an automatic upgrade process from the old Work Order to the new Production Order. Only open work orders are upgraded.

If you have previously worked with work orders, the upgrade facilitates a smooth transition to the Production module.

Comparison Between Fields in Work Order and Production Order

Upgrade from Work to Production Order
Work Order	Production Order	Description/Activity
Series	Series	The order of the series in the Work Order is not maintained when upgrading to the Production Order. All upgrades are created according to default sequential numbering. If several series exist in the Work Order, all are added to the same Production Order series. If there are several series in the Production Order, the Work Order series are added to the last series. If the last series has a number limitation, it is removed.
No.	Number	The numbering in the Work Order is not maintained when upgrading to the Production Order. All upgrades are created in the Production Order according to default sequential numbering. This field is not copied, but the next available number for the selected series is added. If the Work Order includes several rows, then each is a separate Production Order. The Work Order number is copied to the Production Order remarks field.
Est.Completion Date	Due Date	If the Est.Completion Date does not exist, then the Due Date is the same as the Order Date.
Processor	User	If the user is defined as anonymous in the Work Order, then in the Production Order this field contains, by default, the first super user.
Order Date	Posting Date	Renamed
State	Status	Work Order is converted to Planned. Production Instruction is converted to Released. Work Completed is not upgraded.
	Origin	Upgraded Production Orders are defined here as Upgrade. Other options are Manual and MRP.
Item	Product No.	Each line item is copied to a separate Production Order.
Quantity	Planned Quantity	If the Quantity field in the Work Order is positive, the system creates a standard Production Order type, and the planned quantity remains similar to the Work Order quantity. If the Quantity field in the Work Order is negative, the system creates a Disassembly Production Order type, and the planned quantity remains the same as the Work Order quantity, without the minus sign. For example, -9 becomes 9 and order type becomes disassembly.
WH	Warehouse
Customer Ref. No.	Remarks	The customer reference number is copied to the Remarks field.
Completion Date	Actual Closing Date
Instruction Date		Not copied in the upgrade
Price		Not copied to Production Order In the Production Order the price for non perpetual inventory system is determined according to the product price in the BOM. Manually changed product prices are not reflected in the upgrade.
Total		Is not copied in the upgrade.
Instruction Date		Is not upgraded
Contact		Is not upgraded
Additional Cost		Is not upgraded; must be added manually.

Note Note

In the work order, each row represents a document. A -1 value indicates that this is disassembly. If the BOM includes a minus value, it indicates a by-product. The production order does not use the minus symbol for the by-product, so the rows must be removed manually.

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