Jobs (form)

Applies To: Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Feature Pack, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012

Click Production control > Common > Production orders > All production orders. Select the production order, and then on the Action Pane, click All jobs.

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Click Production control > Common > Production orders > Current production jobs. Select a production job, and then on the Action Pane, click All jobs.

Use this form to monitor the jobs in a production. Jobs are generated when you run job scheduling after operations scheduling on productions that use operations scheduling. Job scheduling is the detailed scheduling of capacity. It divides operations into their individual task times or jobs. You can use this division to increase the accuracy of the detailed schedule by monitoring the individual tasks.

Operations resources are also assigned to jobs through the job scheduling process. You can increase your control over jobs by establishing maximum capacities for each operations resource per job order. You can also control jobs by monitoring the type of job that is performed.

The following tables provide descriptions for the controls in this form.

Tabs

Tab

Description

Overview tab

View information about the jobs that comprise the operations in the selected production. You can monitor the job type, assigned operations resource, status, start time, and end time.

General tab

View more detailed information about the selected job, including the production and operation numbers, job type and links, operations resource information, job management and status, and whether the job is measured at an hourly or piecework rate.

Scheduling

View or reschedule times and dates if necessary. If the Locked check box is selected, the job cannot be rescheduled or moved when a new job scheduling process is run.

Note

You can use Locked to prevent rescheduling, such as when an express item has a high requirement and a fixed delivery time.

Feedback

Check the selected line to compare the quantity of good items to the error quantity for the selected job.

Buttons

Button

Description

Inquiries

Select from three types of inquiries:

  • Capacity load – Check the capacity load summary for each day. The Reference tab shows the relationship between the capacity load and individual capacity reservations.

  • Capacity reservations – View an overview of existing reservations.

  • Route transactions – View consumption transactions, including dates, vouchers, record information, job information, costs, ledger posting, and dimension details.

Functions

Run all the functions that can be executed in relation to the production jobs.

Materials

View the materials that are used in the selected operation.

Fields

Field

Description

Oper. No.

The position in which the operation occurs in the sequence of operations.

Priority

The priority for the production route. The priority can be primary or secondary.

Task type

The task type assigned to the operation. The task type can be one of the following:

  • Queue before – Waiting time before the operation can be started.

  • Setup – The time required to clear an operations resource before the operation is started.

  • Process – The time required to complete the operation.

  • Overlap – The operation is scheduled to start before a previous operation is finished.

  • Transport – The time required to transfer the items to the next location. This can be the next operations resource, the production route, or stock.

  • Transport – After the operation is finished, the time that items must wait before the next operation can start.

Resource

The resource or resource group that is assigned to the job. This is selected from the operations resource defined on the production route. For more information, see Production route (form).

Job status

The job status. The field can have one of the following values:

  • Coming – Displayed until the job is started.

  • Waiting

  • Interrupted

  • Started

  • Ended – Displayed when the operation or production is reported as finished. The job status can be changed to Ended by using the job journal or route journal, or by reporting as finished.

Start date

The date that the job is scheduled to start. The date is determined when you run operations scheduling or job scheduling.

Start time

The time that the job is scheduled to start. The time is determined when you run job scheduling.

End date

The date that the job is scheduled to end. The date is determined when you run operations scheduling or job scheduling.

End time

The time that the job is scheduled to end. The time is determined when you run job scheduling.

Production

The production order the job is attached to. For more information, see Production orders (form).

Link

The link that the job was created with. A link tells how the current job is tied to the next job. The following options are available:

  • None or blank – There is no link to the next job.

  • StartStart – The job must start at the same time the next job starts.

  • EndEnd – The job must end at the same time the next job ends.

  • EndStart – The job must end at the same time the next job starts.

  • StartEnd – The job must start at the same time the next job ends.

Note

Times are the same when Hard is selected in the Link type field. When the link type is Soft, there may be a time gap between the two jobs. The next job can start later than the link specifies.

Possible combinations of link type and link include the following:

  • EndStart and EndStart – Used between operations.

  • EndStart and Hard – Used between a setup job and a process job.

  • StartStart and Hard – Used between several operations resources in the same operation.

  • StartEnd and Hard – Used for secondary operations.

Link type

The type of link. The link type indicates whether the connection between jobs is flexible. The field can have the following values:

  • Soft – Indicates that the job may be placed later than what the attachment defines.

  • Hard – Indicates that the following job must be placed according to what the attachment defines. For more information, see Link.

Job identification

The unique identifier for the job.

Property

The operations resource property that is required for the execution of the job on this resource. Leave this field blank to indicate that the job requires no special properties of the operations resource.

Job management

A selected check box indicates that records can be made for the job through updates.

Hourly rate / piecework rate

The pay type on jobs that delimit this item.

Canceled

A selected check box indicates that the job was canceled.

Locked

A selected check box indicates that the job cannot be rescheduled. Therefore, the job cannot be moved when a new job scheduling or job planning is performed. Locking a job for rescheduling is useful, for example, when you have express items that have high requirements on fixed delivery times.

Calculated time

The number of hours that have been calculated for the job.

Resource time

The number of hours that have been planned for the operations resource.

Processing percentage

The progress of the production, expressed as a percentage. The field is updated every time that the job is updated, or the route journal or job journal is posted to the ledger.

End date

The date that the job is scheduled to end. The date is determined when you run operations scheduling or job scheduling.

End time

The time that the job is scheduled to end. The time is determined when you run job scheduling.

Actual start date

The date when the job started. The system enters the start date when the job is updated for the first time. Updates occur when the route journal or job journal is posted to the ledger. If you set up the system to use route consumption automatically, updates can also occur when a production is started or reported as finished. For more information, see Production - Start (class form).

Actual end date

The date when the job ended. This field is updated when the job is reported as finished. Jobs can be finished when the route journal or job journal is posted to the ledger.

Actual start time

The actual start time for the job. The start time is first updated when a job is updated. Updates can occur when the route journal or job journal is posted to the ledger. If you set up the system to use route consumption automatically, updates can also occur when a production is started or reported as finished.

Actual end time

The time that the job ended. The actual end time is updated when the job is reported as finished. Jobs can be finished when the route journal or job journal is posted to the ledger.

See also

Production - Job scheduling (class form)

Dispatching (form)

Route operations on route version (form)

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