Manufacturing ➔ Planning ➔ Visual scheduler
In this screen, you can define the scheduling options for a single production order.
To schedule multiple production orders at one time, see Scheduling production orders.
The information in this document is based on product update 406 and higher. If you have versions lower than this, certain features explained here will not be applicable.
Click this schedule the production order.
Click this to cancel the scheduling process and return to the Production zoom in form.
Select this to perform a backward scheduling. A backward scheduling means the production order is scheduled by defining a date for when the last production operation needs to be completed.
Select this to perform a forward scheduling. A forward scheduling means the production order is scheduled by defining a date for when the first production operation needs to start.
Select the date for when the last production operation needs to be completed (if you have selected Backward) or the date for when the first production operation needs to start (if you have selected Forward).
Note: The production safety day will not be taken into account (start date displayed is the project end date of the production order) if:
Select this check box to allow the production operation to be scheduled prior to the current date.
Select this check box to allow materials to affect the scheduling of production orders with a start date.
Select this check box if you want the promised date of a production order (without a sales order linked) to follow the planned end date of its respective project. This check box is enabled only if the selected production order does not have a sales order linked.