Material Display
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The Material Display is used by certain modules in DMS to display a job's Material Requirements.  To display material, the material details in Material Options must be selected.  The fields to display are selected using Material Display Selections.  The example below shows the Material Display with all the fields selected to be displayed. 



You can resize the columns by positioning the mouse over the bar between the columns in the heading and drag the column to the desired with.  The Material Notes can be displayed by double clicking on the material notes cell in the grid.  For more information, please see Displaying Notes.


The following tabs and commands are available:


File

  1. Print Menu Select File | Print Menu to print a DMS Report as setup by Module Report Settings.
  2. Print Grid  Select File | Print Grid to print the current Grid graph. 
  3. Export Grid Contents 

 

View

  1. Material Columns  Select View | Material Columns to select the material columns you want to display in the grid.
  2. Default menu tab


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 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 Material Grid will display the popup menu shown below.



Valid commands are:


  1. Edit Job  Edit the job using Manufacturing Order Job Details
  2. Update Job to update the current job for the selected material item.
  3. Start/Stop Clock  to to update a job with times and quantities typically used by a timekeeper or shop floor personnel.