work order:
"syn - production order. (Work order , An order to the machine shop for tool manufacture or equipment maintenance; or, an authorisation to start work on an activity (e.g. maintenance) or product. )"

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Definitions of terms related to work order:

• Blanket order
• Conomic order quantity
• Customer order
• Engineering change order
• Firm planned order
• Make or buy analysis
• Manufacturing order
• Multiskilled workers
• Open order
• Overdue work
• Period order quantity
• planned order
• planned order receipt
• planned order release
• Planned orders
• production order
• purchase order
• purchase to order (PTO)
• Shop order
• Standing orders
• U-shaped work cell
• work breakdown structure
• work center
• work center where-used
• work in process (WIP)
• work instructions
• work units
• workaround
• workflow
• workgroup
• working capital
• workstation