work orders

Maintenance request forms

Work orders are written instructions authorizing specific tasks, typically maintenance, repairs, or services.

A facilities manager issues work orders to track what needs fixing and who's assigned: Submit a work order for the broken HVAC unit.

In manufacturing, work orders authorize production of specific quantities.

The document creates accountability—when the work was requested, completed, and by whom.

Opposites
formality of request

work ordersphone calls

Auditory telecommunication sessions

gentleman's agreements · suggestions · hints

directive vs. completion

work orderssign-offs

Concluding remarks or gestures

closed orders · punch lists

action vs. inaction

work orderswork stoppages

Organized labor halts

Family

work, order, works, orders, worked, working, worker, workers, workable

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