Deadlines
The Deadlines form allows you to review capacity load and utilization analysis of resources in production. Resource load can be reviewed according to criteria in three different ways. Additionally data can be transferred to Ad-Hoc analysis.
The form can be accessed from the menu Manufacturing | Work Orders and by selecting Wizards | WO Scheduling | WO Schedule from the toolbar.
Below is a description of form's features.
In this section there are buttons for data refresh and transfer to ad-hoc analysis.
 (Show/Hide Criteria) |
By clicking this button, you can show or hide the Criteria section of the form. |
| Refresh Data |
By clicking this button, the data is refreshed and shown in Resource Load section, according to criteria set in Criteria section of the form. |
| Transfer to Ad-Hoc Analysis |
By clicking this button, the data is transferred to Ad-Hoc analysis. |
In this section, criteria can be set.
| Period From |
Enter a start date of the period. |
| (Period) To |
Enter an end date of period. |
| WO From |
Select the first WO key. |
| (WO) To |
Select the last WO key. |
| Customer |
Select a customer on a WO, from the Subjects register. |
| Plan |
Select a document key of a Plan. |
| Main Resource |
If enabled, only data of a main resources (without secondary resources) are displayed. |
| (Parent) WO From |
Select the first WO key of a parent WOs. |
| (Parent WO) To |
Select the last WO key of a parent WOs. |
| No Parent WO |
If enabled, WO levels won't be taken into consideration.
Also following fields are not visible:
- (Parent) WO From
- (Parent WO) To
- All Parents
- All Children
- Include Parents
- All Linked
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| All Parents |
If enabled, all parent WOs will be considered. |
| All Children |
If enabled, all child WOs will be considered. |
| Include Parents |
If enabled, parent WOs will also be included in selection. |
| All Linked |
If enabled all linked WOs will be considered.
Also following fields are not visible:
- All Parents
- All Children
- Include Parents
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| Item |
Select a product ID from the Items register. |
| Name |
Select a product name from the Items register. |
| Prim. Cat. |
Select a product primary category. |
| Sec. Cat. |
Select a product secondary category. |
| WO Status |
Select WO statuses. |
| Item Types |
Select item types. |
| Document Types |
Select WO document types. |
In this section, there are resource load data according to criteria set in Criteria section, displayed in three tabs.
In this tab, there are data about resource load displayed in a table.
| Resource |
Displays the resource ID from Resources register. |
| Name |
Displays the resource name from Resources register. |
| Work From |
Displays the resource work from time from Resources register. |
| Work To |
Displays the resource work to time from Resources register. |
| Capacity |
Displays the resource capacity from Resources register. |
| Planned Time |
Displays the overall planned production on the resource. |
| Cycle Time |
Displays the planned production for the cycle on the resource. |
| Occupied (%) |
Displays the occupation of the resource in percentage. |
| Available (%) |
Displays the availability of the resource in percentage.
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In this tab, the resource occupancy is displayed graphically.
Resources are displayed on the X (horizontal) axis. Quantity of products is displayed in Y (vertical) axis.
Planned time is displayed in red and resource capacity is displayed in blue.
In this tab, the resource occupancy is displayed in time table.
| Resources |
Resources are displayed on the left side vertically. |
| Time |
Time is displayed on the top horizontally. |
| Calendar |
On the right side, there is a calendar, where a date can be chosen. |
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Hint
With right-mouse click there are various option to edit the view in the timetable, such as time periods, Gantt chart, editing resource layout, etc.
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