Manufacturing Integration - Planning Information
Production Planning
The production planning page will show the capacity allocation per operation. The views can be set to Days, Weeks, Months, Quarters, Year or Accounting Period and filtered on Planned, Firm Planned or Released Production Orders.
The Routing Status will show the progress of the production order as:
- Planned - The operation is planned and ready to start (will be set by Releasing the order).
- In Progress - The operation is in progress as some output has been posted.
- Finished - The operation is marked as Finished
When the Resources column shows a highlighted Yes it indicates that the operation is marked as a Point of Completion and Resources or a Resource Group has been assigned to the operation.
When the Resource column is Grey it indicates that this operation is marked as Post Normative Times. Since this setting cannot be combined with Point of Completion a resource task is not created nor are resources assigned.
From the production planning page the machine - and work center load pages can be opened to show the Load per capacity center.
In the ribbon you will find the following specific actions
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Production Order | Use this action to open the production order |
| Change Production Order Status | Use this action to change the status of the production order to one of the following statuses: Firm Planned; Released; Finished. When changing the status of the production order, you can select a posting date and update the unit cost of the item which is produced. |
| Move Operation | Use this action to move an operation to a new start date. |
| Subcontract Operation | Use this action to move the selected operation to a subcontracted work center. After moving, use the subcontracting worksheet to create a purchase order for the subcontracted work. |
| Resources | Use this action to open the Prod. Order Routing Resources to add or edit resources assigned to the operation. |
| Open Work-/Machine Center Load | Use this action to open the resp. workload pages |
Work Loads
Business Central distinguishes between three types of capacities. These are arranged hierarchically. Each level contains the subordinate levels:
- The top level is the work center group.
- Work centers are assigned to the work center groups. Every work center can only belong to one work center group.
- You can assign various machine centers to every work center. A machine center may only belong to one work center.
Planned capacity of a work center consists of the availability of the corresponding machine centers and the additional planned availability of the work center. The planned availability of the work center group is thus the sum of all corresponding availabilities of the machine centers and work centers. The availability is stored in calendar entries. A set of pages to show the production planning and workload per work center group, work center or machine centre. You can select appropriate filters on the General group to view the different types of production orders: Planned, Firm Planned and Released. Besides the production planning it also shows the workload for:
The Load pages show data as:
- Capacity: The matrix fields display capacity of the centers.
- Allocation: The matrix fields display assigned capacity of the centers.
- Availability: The matrix fields display available capacity of the centers.
- Workload: The matrix fields display the % workload of each center.
Work Center Load
Work Centers. A work center combines a number of machine centers
- In the Search box, type Workload Work Center.
- Select Workload Work Center to open the Work Center Load page.
Machine Center Load
You can classify work centers into different groups to summarize information on different work centers into one report.
- In the Search box, type Workload Machine Center.
- Select Workload Machine Center to open the Machine Center Load page.
See also
Manufacturing and Service Integration