Product Order Linking

Often, a final product consists of several assembly parts/sub-assemblies. It is therefore useful that you can trace which sub-assemblies are incorporated into the final product.

Therefore, we created a feature called Link product order check, where you can link the product order of a sub-assembly to the product order of the final product. This feature grants you the ultimate traceability of your final products.

How to Add a Link Product Order Check

In the product order in which the sub-assembly is integrated, a work instruction instruction step must be created with a Link product order check. This check allows the operator to enter or scan the product order number of the sub-assembly. In this way, the sub-assembly is linked to the product order.

Check out our guide on how to add a product check.

Here’s how to add this check:

1. Click on Quality Management in the homepage sidebar.
2. Click on Quality Procedures.
3. Click on an existing article category.
4. Select the targeted work instruction.
5. Locate the targeted work instruction step where you would like to add the check, and click on “Open”.
6. Click on the “Check” tab.
7. Select “Link product order”.
8. Configure the product check (the details will be explained in the next guide section below).
9. Once you’re done with the configuration, click on the close icon at the top right of the screen.
10. Approve the work instruction updates.

Afterward, your operator can link up the targeted product order when they’re using that particular work instruction. This is what it looks like from the operator’s perspective:

Configuring the Link Product Order Check

Here are the possible configuration options when you’re adding a link product order check to a work instruction:

1. You can choose whether to link the sub-assembly either by scanning/entering the product order number or by scanning/entering the value of one of its parameters.
2. You can choose whether the scanned/entered product order link needs to be from a specific article/article category and/or that the product order must contain certain variant(s).
3. You can choose whether to allow the product order to be linked only once or multiple times (to different main product orders).
4. You can choose whether the scanned/entered product order number or parameter value needs to conform to a specific format. Under the fields and switches, we provided a guide on how you can set the barcode requirements.
5. You can adjust your check’s general settings here.
6. You can also use an additional parameter here. See the parameters guides for more details.

How Are Linked Product Orders Shown?

Once your operator has linked the product order of the sub-assembly components to the product order of the main product, this is how it will appear on the admin screen:

As an admin, you can click on the button shown above. It will show you the list of linked product orders, as well as a link to each linked product order.