Description of the specific features for production scheduling.

Icon	Explanation
	Indicate that the status of the production order is scheduled.
	Indicate that the status of the production order is released.
	Indicate that the status of the production order is started.
	Indicates that this production order route step is fixed and can’t be rescheduled.
	The bar at the end of each production route step displays the total progress of the production order

By double clicking a scheduled production order in the scheduling overview the production route screen will be shown.

From a scheduled production order a context menu can be opened via a right mouse click. The following options will be available:

Field	Description
Worker Name	When selected opens the work center form with the resource information.

Leave Absence	This will open the leave and absence menu allowing the user to enter leave and absence.
Create a resource group calendar and deviation interval	Allows defining a different calendar than standard linked to this work center for a pre-defined time.
Production: nr.	Open the production order the is linked to the selected production route step.
Release / Start	Changes the status of the production order to ‘released’. This status change used the standard AX logic to change the status and does the same as releasing the production order from the production order screen.
Colors	Opens the list with defined colors so the user can see where the color in the screen is coming from.
Optimize	This option opens the standard AX job scheduling screen allowing the user to optimize the planning for the selected production order.

Lock	Fixates the production order to its date/time.

The grid below the graphical overview displays standard AX production route content (see also production order details, button "route"). Via the buttons on the upper side of the grid the most used options and functions for production orders can be accessed.

An additional feature is "Blocked for planning" prevents the selected production order from being rescheduled. A blocked order cannot be dragged on the graph or on the grid. Additionally, AX will issue an error message when rescheduling another production order would result in a blocked order being rescheduled: "Job is locked. Consequently, start cannot be moved forward to …".

It is also possible to modify the run time, setup time and work centers directly in the "production" grid. When data is saved, the user will be prompted to confirm an automatic reschedule ("update planning?"). When confirmed, AX will reschedule the modified job and all following jobs for the concerned work center. When declined, AX will reschedule only the modified job and leave other jobs on the work center unaltered.

Production order grouping

It is possible to group production operations together, so they are kept ‘together’ in planning. Primary operations that are planned (but not started!) on the same work center and that belong to production orders that don’t have other operations in a group can be grouped. The consequence of grouping operations of different production orders is that, if a job referring to an operation in a group is rescheduled via the graphical scheduling overview; all associated operations in that group are rescheduled as well in order to keep the jobs in the operation together.  

 

The process for creating a production order grouping is as follows.

• Identify the production order operations you want to group in the data grid (bottom part of the screen) with the production operations.
• Select all the production order operations to be grouped (multi select via use of <ctrl> key).
• Click ‘functions’ – ‘Create Grouping Order’: the screen for ‘Production grouping’ opens.
• Verify that the field ‘Grouping order’ has not yet been filled out for any operation.
• Delete any lines in this screen that you don’t want to include in the group.
• Click ‘OK’ to group the operations.

Process for modifying a production order grouping (like adding a production order to an existing group)

• Repeat step 1 and 2 from the above procedure.
• Click ‘functions’ – ‘Modify Grouping Order’: the screen for ‘Production grouping’ opens.
• Verify that the production orders you selected appear in the overview. Some line might have a grouping order filled out, others might not.
• Mark the flag ‘remove’ if you want to remove an production order from the group.
• Click ‘OK’ to group the operations.

The grouping order has now been modified, holding all previously selected production orders, and removing all production orders that had the field ‘Remove’ flagged.