Schedule Shop Orders/Operations Automatically or Using Drag-and-Drop

Explanation

This activity is used to schedule or reschedule shop order operations using the Advanced Planning Board (APB), either manually or automatically. This can be performed on sites which have been set up to use the APB. Scheduling can be carried out either automatically or using the drag-and-drop of operations. This activity can be used to move individual shop order operations or the entire Dynamic Order Processing (DOP) structures at a time.

Prerequisites

• The shop orders which are to be scheduled must have been loaded to the Advanced Planning Board.
• The shop orders which are to be rescheduled using drag-and-drop must have been scheduled automatically.
• The shop order or structure must have at least one operation in Scheduled or Released state within the APB.
• The operations may not be in Partially Reported or Reported state.

System Effects

N/A

Window

Advanced Planning Board

Related Window Descriptions

 Advanced Planning Board

Procedure

Automatic scheduling:

1. In the Activities tab of the Advanced Planning Board, select the shop order for which you want to perform this activity.
2. Drag the order into the object table area of the Gantt chart while pressing the Shift key. It will be placed in the object table area with its operations already expanded.
3. Select the shop order, right-click and then click Scheduling. This will open the Change Schedule window.
4. Select the required scheduling options in the Scheduling action(s), Schedule Mode and Resource Assignments areas.
5. Click OK. The order will be scheduled according to the options selected in step 4. You can see this in the Gantt chart.

Rescheduling operations/DOP structures using drag-and-drop:

1. In the Activities tab of the Advanced Planning Board, select the shop order for which you want to perform this activity.
2. Drag the order into the object table area of the Gantt chart while pressing the Shift key. It will be placed in the object table area with its operations already expanded.
3. Select an operation, right-click and drag it to the left or right and release the mouse button. You can even move the entire shop order, multiple shop orders and DOP structures in this manner as well.