Assembly Gantt Chart
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The Assembly Gantt Chart displays one or more assemblies and the component relationships in a Gantt chart format.  One assembly job or a range of assembly jobs can be selected.


When you first enter the Assembly Gantt Chart, a blank Gantt chart is displayed.  Select File | Assembly to Graph to enter the assembly you wish to graph.  The initial Assembly Gantt chart defaults to be sorted by assembly level of the assembly’s component jobs.  When sorted by assembly level, job links between components are drawn as in the example below.  You can change the component job sort order, but if the Assembly Gantt Chart is not sorted by assembly level, the relationship(s) between the component jobs will not be displayed as the sort order may not be compatible with the component relationships.


Example screen of the Assembly Gantt Chart sorted by Assembly Level with the selected assembly SO-00131 displayed:



The Job Notes, Operation Notes and Material Notes can be displayed by double clicking on the notes cell in the grid.  For more information, please see Displaying Notes.


The Assembly Gantt Chart will show a bar in yellow if the component job is projected to be late, but the due date is is after the current date (today's date).  If the due date is in the past the current date, the job is late and is shown in red.


The example below shows the Assembly Gantt Chart with the operations collapsed and sorted by Branch down to the final assembly.  MO-00151, MO-001541 and MO-00140 are projected to be late, but since their  due date is in the future compared to today’s date, the bars are shown in yellow.  MO-00145, MO-00144, MO-00143 and MO-00142 are shown in red as their due dates are in the past compared to today's date.  MO-00148 and MO-00147 are both projected to be on time.





The following tabs and commands are available:


File

  1. Assembly to Graph  Select File | Assembly to Graph to select an assembly or a range of assemblies to graph.  The following window appears:



    Enter the an assembly name or a range of assemblies to graph.
  2. New Job  Add a new job using Manufacturing Order Job Details
  3. Edit Job  Edit the selected job using Manufacturing Order Job Details
  4. Runs With Jobs A Runs With Job Group can be setup.  Select the job to be a runs with job and select File | Runs With Jobs.  The Runs With Jobs Window appears.
  5. Print Menu Select File | Print Menu to print a DMS Report as setup by Module Report Settings.
  6. Print Gantt  Select File | Print Gantt to print the current Gantt graph. 

 

View

  1. Job/Operations Grid Columns
  2. Default menu tab


Options

  1. Assembly to Graph  Select File | Assembly to Graph to select an assembly or a range of assemblies to graph.
  2. Legend Select Options | Legend to display the Gantt Chart Legend.
  3. Gantt Options Select Options | Gantt Options to set the Assembly Gantt Display Options.
  4. All Operations  Select Options | All Operations to toggle on the option to display all operations.
  5. Prime Only  Select Options | Prime Only to toggle on the option to display prime operations only.
  6. Milestones Only  Select Options | Milestones Only to display only operations marked as Milestones.
  7. Time Scale The Time Scale for the capacity graph can be one of the following:
    1. Shifts
    2. Days
    3. Weeks
    4. Months
    5. Quarters
  8. Sort By  Select Options | Sort By Jobs to display a menu to sort the jobs by:



    As well as sorting by various data fields, the Assembly Gantt can be sorted by the assembly components by selecting Assembly and then one of:
    1. Level from Start to Final  Draws assembly relationships and sorts components by level from the first starting component down to the final component. 
    2. Level from Final to Start  Draws assembly relationships and sorts components by level from the final component down to the starting component.
    3. Branch from Final  Draws assembly relationships and sorts components by branch from the final component down to the starting component.
    4. Branch to Final  Draws assembly relationships and sorts components by branch from the starting component down to the final component.
    5. Start Date.  The start date of each component job.
    6. End Date.  The end date of each component job.


Manufacturing

  1. New Job to add a new job.
  2. Edit Job to edit the first job in the Manufacturing Order job tree.
  3. Calendar/Capacity Changes are changes you want to make to the manufacturing calendar such as holidays, planned overtime, planned shut downs, etc.
  4. Resources  is used to add, edit, delete resource settings.
  5. Schedule Run  Run a global schedule.
  6. Job Updating  is used to manually enter detailed time updates to a job.
  7. Start/Stop Clock  The Start/Stop Clock Updating is an alternate method to update a job with times and quantities typically used by a timekeeper or shop floor personnel.
  8. Start/Stop Clock Edit  If using Start/Stop Clock Updating, the Edit Start/Stop Clock Job Updating enables an authorized user to edit existing start/stop clock entries. 



A right click on the Gantt chart will display the popup menu shown below.




Valid popup commands are:


  1. Go to Bar Start  The popup menu command will move the Gantt chart to the start of the current bar.
  2. Go to Bar End  The popup menu command will move the Gantt chart to the end of the current bar.
  3. Go to Release Date  The popup menu command will move the Gantt chart to the selected job's release date .
  4. Go to Job Due Date  The popup menu command will move the Gantt chart to the selected job's due date.
  5. Expand All  Right click on the job/operation tree and select Expand All from the pop up menu to expand all the jobs' operations in the graph.
  6. Collapse All  Right click on the job/operation tree and select Collapse All from the pop up menu to collapse all the jobs' operations in the graph.
  7. Material Display Use the right mouse button and select Material Display to display the material for the job using Material Display. 
  8. Edit Job Edit a job by double clicking on the job order number or the job bar, or highlight the job and select File | Edit Job or click on the edit icon .
  9. Edit Operations Edit a job's operations by double clicking on the operation or the operation bar, or highlight the operation and click on the edit icon .
  10. Update Job Update a job using Job Status Updating by highlighting the job or operation within a job and either select File | Job Updating or click on the job updating icon .
  11. Quick Job Updating To select Quick Job Updating, use the right mouse button and click on a job or operation in the job tree.
  12. Start/Stop Clock Updating  To select Start/Stop Clock Updating, use the right mouse button and click on a job or operation in the job tree.
  13. Runs With Jobs  A Runs With Job Group can be setup by selecting the job to be a runs with job and either select File | Runs With Jobs or right click on the Job Tree and select Runs With Jobs from the popup menu.  The Runs With Jobs Window appears.


Other commands:


  1. Click the Zoom in button to change the time scale to the next highest detail (quarters to months to weeks to days)
  2. Click the Zoom out to button to change the time scale to the next lowest detail (days to weeks to months to quarters)


For the definition of symbols used on chart, please refer to the Gantt Chart Legend.