Schedule a production order with operations and job scheduling

This article focuses on scheduling a production order with operations scheduling and job scheduling. No jobs are created with operations scheduling whereas jobs are created with job scheduling. This procedure is intended for the production manager, production planner, or shop floor supervisor working in a discrete manufacturing environment.

Create a production order

1. Go to Production control > Production orders > All production orders.
2. Select New production order.
3. In the Item number field, enter or select the item number for the production order.
4. Select Create.

Schedule operations for the production order

1. Mark the newly created row.
2. On the Action Pane, select Schedule.
3. Select Schedule operations.
4. In the Scheduling direction field, select Forward from scheduling date.
5. In the Scheduling date field, enter a date. Select a future date, for example, today plus one week. With the selected Scheduling direction, the production order will be scheduled forward from this date.
6. Select OK.
7. In the list, mark the selected row. The status is changed to Scheduled.
8. Select All jobs.
9. Close the page.

Schedule jobs for the production order

1. On the Action Pane, select Schedule.
2. Select Schedule jobs.
3. In the Scheduling direction field, select Forward from scheduling date.
4. In the Scheduling date field, enter a date. Select a date in the future, for example, today plus one week. With the selected Scheduling direction, the production order will be scheduled forward from this date.
5. Select OK.
6. On the Action Pane, select Production order.
7. Select All jobs.