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Step sequence

Steps in the approved order, each signed before the next.

Operators follow the steps in your approved order, signing where your rules need it before the next one opens.

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Operator in hair cover, mask, safety glasses, white coat and gloves tapping a numbered step on a mounted touchscreen beside a stainless mixing vessel, with a colleague in a coverall at the valves

Follow one work order

Mixing work order WO-6152 has a heat step and a witnessed addition. Four stages.

WO-6152 · mixing instructions

Only the current step can be signed

Try it: sign each step. Later steps stay locked until it's their turn.

  1. 1Charge water
  2. 2Heat to 75 °CLocked
  3. 3Add activeWitness requiredLocked
  4. 4Mix 20 minLocked

Skipping ahead is not offered.

Worked example. Available workflows depend on your production set-up and permissions.

Explore the details: every stage, with limits and set-up notes

Tap a step below to see what happens.

Step 1 of 4

WO-6152 · Mixing
Instructions rev 5
  • 1 · Charge waterDone · signed
  • 2 · Heat to 75 °CCurrent
  • 3 · Add active (witness)Waiting
  • 4 · Mix 20 minWaiting

From the work order, not a photocopy.

The instructions in force

  • Operators work from the production instructions for this work order.
  • The current step is clear, with completed and upcoming steps listed.

Available workflows depend on your production set-up and permissions.

More on instructions: full record and set-up

Also on this record

Printed copy
Not needed

Out-of-date printed copies aren't the reference.

Revisions
Instructions come from controlled documents (Professional and Enterprise).

Step order inside execution

Instructions come from document control, steps are executed on the floor, and the order and signatures land in the batch record.

MESeBMR / eDHRDocument control

What's included

What step order uses, and which plan each item needs. Compare plans

Order and sign-off

Steps, signatures and history.

Operator kiosk · Work orders · Audit log (view)

Explore step order
  • Operator kiosk
    Steps at the station.
  • Work orders
    Instructions per job.
  • Audit log (view)
    Who did what and when.
  • Electronic signaturesProfessional and Enterprise
    Sign-off and witness signatures.
  • Document controlProfessional and Enterprise
    Controlled instruction revisions.

Sequence control follows the sign-off rules you configure. AI never opens steps or signs.

Free buyer guide · 12 pages

Manufacturing Execution Buyer Guide

For operations, quality and IT teams choosing manufacturing execution software. Use it with or without V5.

  • 1Check readiness before each step.
  • 2Know what people still decide.
  • 3Test missed and repeated steps.
See what's inside
  • Operator-to-reviewer record map
  • Electronic record evidence checklist
  • Readiness, procedures and human review
  • Exceptions, deviations and rework
  • Batch, assembly or packaging vocabulary
  • Implementation, RFP and scored evaluation

Chapters: why execution control matters · operator-to-reviewer record map · evidence checklist · readiness, procedures and human review · exceptions, deviations and rework · batch, assembly or packaging · change control · implementation and pitfalls · RFP and scoring · where V5 fits and sources.

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Guide page 7: exceptions, deviations and rework scenariosGuide page 6: readiness checks before each step and what people still decideCover of the Manufacturing Execution Buyer Guide

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