Orders Dispatching Features and Functions

• Forward and backward scheduling includes what-if scenarios


• Scheduling allows parallel operations and overlapping and partial lot quantities


• Move, queue, setup, and run times can be scheduled for sequential and overlapping operations


• Dispatch lists can be viewed online or be printed


• Order fulfillment can be determined using back scheduling


• Order fulfillment can be determined by using forward scheduling


• Order scheduling is arranged using backward and forward scheduling with queue compression


• Critical ratios without a due date can be calculated and used with order priority codes to establish an order schedule


• Priority codes are used to create an order schedule


• Scrap factor is included when establishing quantity schedules


• Employs due dating logic, where the predicted fulfillment of an operation is determined by the number of operations that can be performed each week


• Quantity schedules can be calculated based on the output of a work center or operation, including the amount of produced product or scrap


• Generates reports on schedule performance