SH-R Work Center Scheduler

 

Purpose of Program

This program is used to view and schedule work orders within work centers using a visual drag and drop technique.  This program requires that an ODBC connection to the data tables be established and uses the Java Runtime program version 6 or newer.

General Program Operation

The first time the program is run, you are prompted for the ODBC database settings.  The Host is the IP address of your server, the Port defaults to 1583 (the standard port for Pervasive) and the database name would be whatever name you give it when it is created.  See ODBC Data Connection for more on setting up the ODBC database.

 

Once the settings are created, you will have the option of Initializing the scheduling files and starting the scheduler, continue editing, or post changes to the live work order files.  The scheduler is working with copies of the Work Order and Work Order Routing files and until changes are posted, no other programs will see the changes.

 

Once the scheduler loads, you will be prompted to select a Work Center and a date range.  If you are running the scheduler for the very first time and have work orders with invalid (past) dates, it is suggested you first run SH-P Lead Time Scheduling to reschedule all operations to the current and future dates.  The selected Work Center will be displayed with all Work Order Operations scheduled for that work center displayed on a time line.  You can drag Operations forward and backward in time to balance load and when doing so, prior and subsequent operations on the same work order will be pushed out and pulled back.

 

Once the schedule is complete, click Save and select another Work Center.  Once all Work Centers have been scheduled, click Close and select Post Visual Scheduler Dates to finalize the schedule and save back to the live Work Order files.