New Monoproduct Job Order

#1 New Monoproduct Job Order

The window, that enables the user to insert a New Monoproduct Job Order, can be opened through the following path Planning -> Job Orders -> New Monoproduct Job Order, or by clicking on the Ribbon icon from Job Orders window called exactly 'New Monoproduct Job Order'.

First of all the application needs the insertion of the Production Job Order Type, even if it proposes the predefined type as a default type into the specific combo box. After having indicating the job order type the user can insert the item to be produced into the specific box through help or by typing class and code manually. Then after having inserted the item to be produced the application enables the user to choose the item Variant and insert in the New Monoproduct Job Order window all the information about item. The data are contained within the 'Item Characteristics' section, where it is possible to view: the procurement type of the item inserted into Job Order (production, purchase or subcontractor), the production economic order quantity and its multiples, the production lead time and the percentage of scrap; the whole amount of this data are contained in the item MRP Parameters. Lastly the application needs the insertion of the Estimated End Date and of the Quantity to be produced into the following specific fields in order to save the job order.

The other data in the management window are the follwing:

Year / Number: in these fields it is possible to insert year and job order number that user is creating automatically and according to the numbering type linked to the job order type that has been inserted in the specific field. The user can also edit these data manually

Status: through this field it is possible to view and edit the Production Job Order status. The Job Order Status can be:

Not Examined: it concerns the job order creation and it means that the job order has just been inserted or created

Scheduled: the job order is scheduled during the General Schedule process

Launched: in case that at least one of the planned production or purchase orders, that have been generated during the General Scheduling procedure, is issued

Executive: in case that at least one of the production orders or one of the subcontractor planned orders is issued or when one of the Purchase Request lines is transformed into vendor order line

Executed: the job order assumes this status after that the generated production job order for job order item has been 'Executed'

Historicized: the job order can be inserted in this status manually in order not to be viewed during the search of Executed Job Orders

Canceled: in order to indicate that the initially planned job order wasn’t processed, the user can set this status manually instead of delete the job order

Origin: this field indicates: if job order has been inserted manually and in that case the 'Manual' datum will be viewed; if job order has has been generated from a purchase order line and in that case the 'Puchase Order' datum will be viewed; or if job order has been generated from sales forecasts or from a master production schedule and in that case the 'Forecast' datum will be viewed

Compulsory (flag): it is a descriptive flag that enables the user to indicate the importance or not of this job order

Priority: through this combo it is possible to set the job order priority and this datum is simply informational

Procurement: this combo box shows the Production Job Order that user is creating or has already been creating (Production, Purchase, Subcontractor). In general it corresponds to the procurement type of the same Production Job Order item

Insertion Date/Last Modification: in these not edited fields appears the job order insertion date and according the last modification date

Start/End Estimated Working Date: in these fields there are the start/end Production Job Order dates. Until the Production Job Order will remain with 'Not examined' status, these dates will be the same as each other and the same as the ready goods date of the Sales Order line from which the job order has been generated; or they will be the same as the Sales Forecast end date from which the job order has been generated. After having scheduled the Production Job Order the estimated job order start date is the same as the estimated start date of the first planned order that is generated by the job order schedule. Lastly remember that in case of manual Production Job Order insertion, the user has to insert this element manually, otherwise it will not be possible to save the same job order

Suggested Date: in case that the user has scheduled the job order by using the 'Control documents in delay with ATP' parameter and by having set a 'MS (Master Scheduling) Start Date' into the General Scheduling parameters, in this field it is possible to view the date that the system has suggested. The user has the chance to decide that the suggested date is the estimated job order end date

Start/End Effective Working Date: in these fields it is possible to view: the Start/End Effective Working Dates, that is the date of the first production signal of a production order generated by the job order; and the date of the last production signal that has caused the definitive closing of the production order, whose item is the same as the one of Production Job Order. Obviously the effective end date can be viewed only in case that the job order has the 'Executed' status

Start/End Forecast Date: in these fields it is possible to view the Start/End Operative Sales Forecast from which the Production Job Order has been generated

Description: in this field it is possible to type a Production Job Order description manually. It is a not obligatory and absolutely descriptive field

Job Order: through this field it is possible to view the link with the Sales Job Order, if available. The user can use this field in order to link the Production Job Order to a header or to a line of the existent Sales Job Order manually

Customer: in this 3 fields the Customer data are specified: 'account', 'detail account', 'customer company name'. Through a double click on the first field it is possible to open a 'Accounts Help' from which to select the customer in question. The customer to whom the Sales Order is addressed only if the Production Job Order has been generated from a Sales Order line

Notes: in this field it is possible to insert a note related to the Production Job Order manually

Prod. Site: through this field it is possible to specify which production site has to be considered to schedule the Production Job Order item

Item: in these fields it is possible to insert the class and through a double click on the second field it is possible to access the 'items help' in order to insert the item code and description

Variant: thanks to this combo box it is possible to select the item variant

Route: in this field it is possible to specify which working route number has to be considered to schedule the job order item

Option: in this combo box it is possible to view the Option that has to be used to schedule the job order item

Qty. Used to Be Produced/UMU: in this field it is possible to insert the quantity to be produced in the alternative item unit of measure and within the 'UM Use' field it is possible to insert the alternative precoded unit of measure for that item. If the item has no alternative unit of measure or in case that the user wants to insert the quantity to be produced in the operational unit of measure it is possible to insert simply the quantity to be produced without updating the 'UM Use' field. Lastly, remember that in case of manual insertion of the Production Job Order, the user has to insert this element manually, otherwise it will not be possible to save the same job order

Operational Quantity to Be Produced/Operational UM: in this field it is possible to insert the quantity to be produced into the operational unit of measure. Through the 'Operational UM' field it is possible to view the item operation unit of measure. The 'Operational Quantity to Be Produced' can be updated automatically by inserting the quantity to be produced into the field with 'u' point

Qty. already Produced/Operational UM: in this field it is possible to view the quantity already produced into the operational unit of measure related to 'u' field

At the bottom of the window there are 3 different tabs: Job Order Attributes, Reference of Sales and Variants Orders, as follows: