1. How To ...... for Dynamic Production Scheduling
1.1. Find Work Order

Enter Production/Capacity & Scheduling/Dynamic Production Scheduling Module

The following screen will appear:




 
 
Depress the Work Order tab.  The following screen will appear:
 
 
Depress the Find button.  
 

The following selection will be displayed:


If you select by Work Order Number, Product Number, Customer Name, or Sales Order Number one of the following lists will be displayed:

Enter the data into the red box or highlight the item of interest and double click on it.


 
The Work Order selected will appear on the screen:
 
 

Depress the Exit button. Depress the Save button.
 
 
 
 
1.2. Find Work Center
Clicking on the Work Center tab brings up the following screen:




 
Depress the Find button and the following Work Center selection will be displayed:
 
Highlight and double click for the Work Center of choice.

The following will appear for all of the Work Orders listed in the Work Order tab.  The user may sort on any of the following buttons:  Due Out, Work Order #, Priority, WC Qty, WC Process Time, Complete Date, Order Qty, or Balance.


 

Depressing the WIP (Work in Process) button for the Work Order highlighted will bring up the following screen :

The quantity currently in each Work Center will display

 
Depressing the WO Note button will bring up the Notes entered in the Work Order Screen. To add a note, depress the Edit button, type in the note and depress the Save button.
 
Depress the WC Note button will bring up the notes entered in SFT per work center, for the Work Order highlighted. To add a note, depress the Edit button, type in the note and depress the Save button.
 
Depressing the Shortage button will bring up the following for the Work Order highlighted:
 

 
1.3. Schedule a Work Order
Begin by Finding a Work Order, by depressing the Find button, or open the UnScheduled screen.



Highlight an Unscheduled Work order, then go to the Work Order screen: 
 
 
To schedule, click on the Edit Button and type in your password. 
 
 

Todays date will default in the Scheduled Start Date and the Work Order Due date will default in the Scheduled Complete date.  User may change these dates if necessary.

Note:  If the system cannot schedule by the given Schedule Complete Date (based on the process time required) it will schedule by the earliest possible date. Note:  The Schedule Complete Date may not match the Completion Date or Last Date Out.  System will not allow the Schedule Complete Date to be earlier that the Scheduled Start Date. User will receive the following warning if they have have entered a Schedule Complete Date earlier that the Schedule Start Date and will be required to change the Schedule Complete Date, before proceeding. 





Depress the Schedule button and the system will schedule the work order using the data entered in the
Work Order Traveler Setup module.



User can setup the Priority for each individual work centers within the Work Order screen, create or view the Work Order and/or Work Center Notes, and view any shortages for this Work order as displayed in the following screen..


Depress the Exit button.  Depress the Save button to save the schedule. Depress the Abandon Changes button to abandon the schedule.
User will then receive a prompt upon saving asking if user would like to schedule another job, and if yes it will open the "Find" window and continue to the "Edit" mode without asking for the password again.

 

1.4. Re-Schedule a Work Order

Find a Scheduled Work Order, depress the Edit Button, and enter your password.  

 



Depress the Exit button.
 
Once user has completed the changes they may depress the Save button, to save the changes or the Abandon changes button to abandon the changes.
 
 
NOTE:  There is also a Capacity Planning Trigger option that my be setup to re-schedule all of the jobs that were scheduled and still open automatically.  When the trigger runs, it will recalculate the "In" and "Out" date/time for the Work Centers so the capacity view is current.