SH-F  Infinite Scheduling

Purpose of Program

Infinite scheduling is generally used where due dates are relatively inflexible and you adapt your capacity (through overtime or hiring temps, for example) to meet your commitments to customers.

Infinite scheduling is semi-manual in the sense that you manually assign a start date and finish date to each work order, then the infinite scheduling program automatically assigns the start and finish dates to the routing sequences.  It is called Infinite scheduling because it assigns routing sequence dates without regard to available capacity in the work centers; in other words, it assumes that there is infinite capacity available.

For complete details, see How Infinite Scheduling Works.

General Program Operation

You can limit the work orders to be scheduled by clearing Status Codes and Priority Codes in the first two fields.  You can then enter a from/thru range of work orders order numbers.

You can further limit the work orders to be scheduled by entering from/thru ranges of work order numbers, Start Dates, Finish Dates, and work order Class Codes.

You will see each work order number displayed in succession as it gets scheduled.  When all work order scheduling is completed, you will be returned to the Scheduling menu.

If any work orders can not be scheduled, they will be listed in an exception report at the end of the program.