It would be helpful at times to be able to edit the part quantity within the workorder itself when processing a batch of parts. This would be applicable when you have multiple products under the same product number where the parts are grouped together by that number of pieces. Why this would be helpful is when you have to reprocess a single one of these parts for defects or damage during the production process. Currently if you have 10 of the same part and need 1 more piece you have to either make a new workorder with just one of those products or break it out of the nested patterns if that applies to your process. Ideally this could be done from the MV production interface when you access the workorder information and you just run a new batch with only the quantity of parts you need to replace in the processing stations required.

How I see this working is there would be an additional column added in the workorder database that would be named "Process Qty" or something similar that would have the ability to be edited. By default when the workorder is created it would populate this column with the same number as the Qty column for each part and be hidden. This would be the new data source for how many parts would get processed to each assigned processing station during a batch run. To utilize this feature a checkbox in the modify workorder screen would have to be checked to make this column available in the grid settings and then another box to allow it to be edited. That way it would keep it out of the way for the users that create the initial workorders and if you don't need this feature it isn't changing how it currently functions.