SH-B  Manually Schedule Work Orders

Purpose of Program

Use this program to update any of the following fields on a particular work order: Start Date, Finish Date, Due Date, Priority, and Lead Time.  This is an alternative to using WO-A  Enter Work Orders for the same purpose.

If you are using manual scheduling you can also use the program to enter Start Dates and Finish Dates on your routing sequences.  The program's auto-entry mode allows you to advance through your sequences in succession without having to enter or select a sequence number each time.  Do not enter sequence dates if you're using finite or infinite scheduling because they are done so automatically by the scheduling programs.

General Program Operation

Enter a work order number or select one from a lookup window by clicking on the Lookup icon (or press F2).  Current work order information will be displayed in the header area of the screen.  Change the Start Date, Finish Date, Due Date, or Priority fields as needed.

Once you complete the header fields, the routing sequences are now listed in a display window in the center of the screen.  From the display window you can highlight the sequence to be changed and by pressing <Enter> or clicking on it you can bring it into the entry area at the bottom of the screen.

Once a sequence is in the entry area, you can change its Start Date or Finish Date.  For reference purposes the sequence description, overlap days, work center number, work center description, and queue time are displayed.

As each sequence is changed the next sequence automatically comes into the entry area.   This is the auto-entry mode.  You can disable this by clicking on the Disable Auto-Entry Mode button, in which case you will be returned each time to the list window for selection of another routing sequence.

When you are finished entering routing dates, click on Exit (or press <Esc>) and you are returned to the header area where you can enter another work order or click Exit once again to return to the Scheduling menu.