Schedule a production order with operations and job scheduling

This article focuses on scheduling a production order with operations scheduling and job scheduling. No jobs are created with operations scheduling whereas jobs are created with job scheduling. The demo data company used to create this task is USMF. This procedure is intended for the production manager, production planner, or shop floor supervisor working in a discrete manufacturing environment.

Create a production order

1. Go to Production control > Production orders > All production orders.
2. Select New production order.
3. In the Item number field, enter or select a value. Select Item number D0001.
4. Select Create.

Schedule operations for the production order

1. Mark the newly created row.
2. On the Action Pane, select Schedule.
3. Select Schedule operations.
4. In the Scheduling direction field, select Forward from scheduling date.
5. In the Scheduling date field, enter a date. Select a future date, for example, today plus one week. With the selected Scheduling direction, the production order will be scheduled forward from this date.
6. Select OK.
7. In the list, mark the selected row. Note that the status is changed to Scheduled.
8. Select All jobs. Note that no jobs are created with operations scheduling.
9. Close the page.

Schedule jobs for the production order

1. On the Action Pane, select Schedule.
2. Select Schedule jobs.
3. In the Scheduling direction field, select Forward from scheduling date.
4. In the Scheduling date field, enter a date. Select a date in the future, for example, today plus one week. With the selected Scheduling direction, the production order will be scheduled forward from this date.
5. Select OK.
6. On the Action Pane, select Production order.
7. Select All jobs. Note that based on the active route, 5 jobs are created with job scheduling.