Production orders can be scheduled for future production either automatically or manually. Once placed on the Planning board (SCHEDULING section), they can easily be moved to another machine or rearranged within the queue using drag and drop, in order to meet the desired delivery date.
Automatic planning
If a machine was selected during order creation or specified in the ERP import, production orders are automatically added to the end of the planning queue of the selected machine. The order will either be added to the last run if it shares the same configuration, or a new run will be created if the configuration differs.
Note: For carpet orders, selecting a machine is mandatory, and these orders will always be automatically placed in the planning after clicking Plan or Plan & queue.
Manual planning
Manual planning is required when no machine was selected during order creation. Orders can be manually scheduled from the list of unplanned orders, from the list of fixed orders (carpet), or directly from the details pane of a run.
Manual planning from an orders list
There are two types of orders lists available for manual planning:
- Unplanned production orders: These order, which need to be planned, can be accessed via the Needs attention button
. Once a production order is planned, it disappears from the list.
- Reusable carpet orders: These are carpet orders that can be reused to reserve time for machine changes, such as creel changes or a quality changes. They can be accessed via the Fixed orders button
. When planned, these orders remain available for planning on other machines. See also Fixed orders (carpet).
In both cases, you get a list with orders. To quickly find a specific order by name, use the Search box. In the Needs attention list, you can click the filter button to narrow down the list.
To plan an order, drag it onto the planning board. See the Drag and drop section below to learn the details.
Manual planning from the run details
Orders can be added from the detail view of a run.
- Click the run.
- In the Production orders box:
- Click the Add button
, select an unplanned order and click Add.
- Click the Fixed orders button
, select a fixed order and click Add. (carpet only)
- Click the Add button
- Orders are added at the end of the run, but you can change the order with the drag handle
.
- Click Save.
For more information about the details window, see Details and actions.