Manufacturing Order Job Details

Manufacturing Order (job details) is where you describe each job and its operations in detail. You can also relate jobs to each other in an assembly structure or in a job link structure called a BOM link.

To access Manufacturing Order (job details), perform one of the following commands from Manufacturing Orders Job Grid:

Select File | New or click on the new icon to add a new job.
Select File | Edit or click on the edit icon to edit the existing highlighted job. If the Manufacturing Orders (multiple jobs) edit grid button is Edit Off, then by double clicking on a job, you can gain access to Manufacturing Order (job details) to edit that job.

Only those jobs that are in the Manufacturing Orders Job Grid will be accessible by Manufacturing Order (jobs details) with the exception of template jobs which, if used, will be displayed in the template tree. The process of displaying only those jobs in the Manufacturing Orders Job Grid enables you to select a subset of data to work with.

Below is an example of the opening screen of Manufacturing Order with all the job options being displayed and without any user fields. The Job Tree can be widened or thinned by using the mouse on the right side of the Job Tree and drag the tree to show more or less information as per the setting in the job tree options. If the Template Tree is displayed, you can increase or decrease the height of the template tree by using the mouse on the bar between the job tree and template tree and drag the tree to increase or decrease the height of the template tree.

The Job Tree and Template Tree can be searched by either clicking on the tree and then entering the text you want to search for all at once, or by selecting the drop down box at the top of each tree. The Job Tree Search by Order Number drop down menu displays jobs sorted by Order Number and includes the Order Number, Part Number (Item Number), and Job Identification. The Template Tree Search by Item No drop down menu displays jobs sorted by Item Number (Part Number) and includes the Item Number (Part Number), and Job Identification. The corresponding job in the tree will display the job in the tree after the user presses enter or tab, or leaves the search prompt to move to another prompt. Note that the job details are not displayed until the user clicks the job in the tree. Also note that the search will look for only those jobs displayed in the job tree and not hidden components of an assembly. To search for assembly components, use the right mouse click on the Job Tree and select Expand All, to expand all assembly trees, and then perform the search. The jobs listed in the Job Tree search drop down are the same jobs listed in the Manufacturing Orders Job Grid. That is, the same SQL search applies to the Job Tree search.

Manufacturing Order screen example:

The following commands are available from the Manufacturing Order screen:

Select File | New or click on the new icon on the tool bar or in the job tree to add a new job.
Select File | Edit, click on the edit icon on the tool bar to edit the highlighted job in the job tree, or double click on a job in the job tree to edit that job.
Select File | Copy or click on the copy icon to copy the currently highlighted job. You can use the copy command to copy a template job to a job with a different job state and vice versa. (See Manufacturing Order Options for options on copying jobs.)
Selecting File | Print or clicking on the print icon to print a Crystal Report as setup by Module Report Settings.
Select File | Delete or click on the delete icon to delete the current job.
Select File | Lock all dates or click the lock icon to lock the currently highlighted job's operation dates onto their existing schedule dates.
Select File | Unlock all dates or click the unlock icon to unlock the currently highlighted job's operation dates.
If you are using Material Requirements select File | Material Available or click the material available icon to set all of the job, operations, and material details "available" flag to selected.
If you are using Material Requirements select File | Material NOT Available or click the material not available icon to set all of the job, operations, and material details "available" flag to be unselected.
Select File | Schedule Run or click on the schedule run icon to run a schedule.
Select File | Apply Job to Schedule or click on the schedule apply icon to apply the currently highlighted job onto the existing schedule. To apply a job to the existing schedule, the job state must be of a schedule type and the job cannot already be scheduled.
Select File | Remove Job from Schedule or click on the schedule remove icon to remove the currently highlighted job from the existing schedule. To remove a job from the schedule, the job must already be scheduled and have valid schedule dates.
Select View | Operation Grid Selections to setup what information you want to have on the operations grid.
Select View | Job Tree options to setup the job tree appearance, what information you want in the job tree, and whether or not to show the template tree.
Select View | Mfg Order Options to setup the Manufacturing Order Options on copying jobs.
Select View | Search Footer on Operations to show the search footer on the operations grid.
Select View | Search Footer on Assemblies to show the search footer on the assembly grid.

Manufacturing Order has up to five tabs of information depending on the options selected in Terms & Settings:

Note that if External Database Displays have been added to DMS, these tabs will appear after the last tab in the example shown above.