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Send work out

This page follows one job done by a contractor: you send the parts out on a work order, the contractor picks it up and brings it back, you check what came back, and you pay them. Ordryx moves the parts out of stock, adds the finished items when they pass, and keeps a signed receipt for each payment.

Before you start

Add the contractor and the items they make, with a rate per unit (see Contracting). Each item needs a recipe in Production, so Ordryx knows which parts go out with it. The screens use your shop's own word for making (Build, Make or Bake).

Sending work out needs the Work level for Contracting. Receiving and the check need Floor. Paying needs Manage.

The Work orders board, with a lane for each stage
The Work orders board, with a lane for each stage

1. Send it out

  1. Open Contracting and press Send out work.
  2. Under Who's making it?, pick the contractor. You see how long they usually take and how many work orders they have out.
  3. Under What, and how many?, add each item and set how many. The table shows the parts that go out with it, how many you have on hand, and whether you have enough.
  4. Under When, and a bonus?, check Expected back. Add a Note on the work order if needed. Tick Fast-turnaround bonus to pay a percent extra if it is back within so many days of pickup.
  5. Check the summary on the right: the work order's number, and the pay if all pass.
  6. Press Send out & print work order.

The parts leave stock now, and the work order prints with its QR slip. Put the printed sheet and the parts in the box. The work order waits under Awaiting pickup.

If the contractor uses the contractor portal, they see the offer there and accept or decline it.

2. Pickup

When the contractor collects the box, press Picked up on its card. If they use the portal, they can record the pickup themselves by scanning the sheet. The bonus clock (if any) starts now.

3. It comes back

  1. Open Contracting › Scan slip and scan the slip's QR code, or type the work order's code. Or press Receive on its card.
  2. Count how many of each item came back.
  3. If not everything came back, choose Still coming (what's back becomes its own work order, checked and paid on its own) or Not coming back.
  4. Press Received.

Nothing goes into stock yet. The work order moves to QC.

4. Check it

  1. Open the work order and press QC.
  2. Set how many of each item Passed.
  3. For any that failed, pick the reason.
  4. Press Record QC.

The units that passed go into stock. The contractor is paid for those. If none passed, press Close: nothing to pay.

5. Pay

  1. Open Contracting › Pay. Everything that passed and isn't paid is grouped by person.
  2. Tick the work orders you are paying for, and check the bonus.
  3. Choose Paid by, the day and an optional Reference (such as a check number).
  4. Press Pay (it says the person's name).

Each item gets a signed receipt. It is emailed to the contractor if they have an email and receipts are emailed; otherwise it prints. The work order moves to Completed.