Planning view

PATH: Production > Capacity planning > APS > select an entry > click View.

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Window fert_aps_browse.psr

The planning view provides the following possibilities:

1. Filter production orders by resource usage and other criteria

2. Sort production orders

3. Plan and dispatch production orders

4. Change/set flags

Multiple selection and mass operations are supported. see Multiple selection.

Only work orders are displayed which:
- correspond to the above chosen filter settings

- require at least one of the selected resources.

The structure of the production can be freely defined via right-click > window settings. There a number of columns available that can be displayed.

Further filtering and sorting is possible at any time by right-clicking on a column heading.

In Edit APS planning views – Field description 4 additional fields can be defined to be displayed here. See Field description.

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Button	Meaning
Gannt	Open the Gannt view, display all work orders, for which the column "OK"- was checked.
Resources	Open a selection window, which are considered at the Planning. See Notes APS - Planning - Resources
Filter	Open filter settings ( priority, document number, start-/delivery date, project etc)
Mark	Multiple entries can be marked by using the multiple marking function.These selected entries can be activated / deactivated for the calculation or other collective actions via the button "Mark" (Check mark in column "OK" will / will not be set) The selected work order is marked ( In the first column of the production list a check mark is set (OK)
Manual sorting	Active:you may sort the work order by drag and drop. It is possible to select multiple entries and to move the highlighted area. To do so, keep the Ctrl key pressed and use the left mouse button to select multiple entries. To select a range, click on the first entry, hold the Shift key and click the last entry with the left button.
Sorting save	save the current sorting. Explanation on sorting: If 2 production orders start simultaneously and both require the same resources, the first production order receives the free resource first and the second can only be scheduled afterwards. The sequence therefore determines which production order receives the free resources first.
Calculate	Starts the scheduling of all marked work orders.

Field	Description
Calculation	Shows the current calculation type. The orange reference arrow opens the setting APS Calculation types .
View	Current view (default) The orange reference arrow opens the settings of planning view.
Sorting	Select from different sortings. see APS edit planning.
Collective action	Set check mark, to perform the action selected in lower field for all marked work orders.
Delivery date	Select delivery date, with click on the red/black icon the change is applied to all marked work orders.
Start date	Select start date, with click on the red/black icon the change is applied to all marked work orders.
Production type	Select production type, with click on the red/black icon the change is applied to all marked work orders.

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Work order tab

Button	Meaning
Block	A blocked work order is not dispatched, it has no calculated start or end date, and no times are reserved. You cannot select the work order via FDC or posting windows.
Unlock	Work order is released for planning.
Block scheduling	Planning is blocked.
Release planning	Planning is released.
Unplanned	Set all marked work orders to unplanned.
Planned	Set all marked work orders to planned. More detailed settings: Calculation types: e.g."do not reschedule planned work orders".
Open	Opens the selected work order.
Structure view	Opens the structure view for the selected work order.

Field	Meaning
Collective action	Perform the selected action for all marked work orders.

Here you can change flags directly from APS View in a work order position.

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Under the Reports tab you can handle 3 main attributes of the selected work order:

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Window fert_aps_browse.psr

Reports tab buttons

Button	Meaning
Shortage	Opens a list of shortages for the selected work order. See Shortage
Material requirements	Opens the material requirement list for the selected work order. See Material requirements
Dispatches	Shows all dispatches of all resources for the selected work orders See dispatches Filter works by work orders, not by assemblies. Example: Work order 5 Assembly 10 – Resource 1001 Assembly 20 – Resource 1002 If now, at work order 5, assembly 10 is selected, all dispatches for resource 1001 and resource 1002 are displayed.

Button	Meaning
Calculate	Calls the function pooling.
Administrate	Open the Pool structure list.

Field

Meaning

If marked, work order is selected and will be considered for the current action.

Document

Number of work order document.

Position

Word order position.

Work order

Work order number.

Type

Production type.

Item

Item.

Blocked

If active, the item cannot be scheduled.

Planned

Already planned?

Printed

Already printed?

In work

Active if there are time receipt messages for the work order.

IMPORTANT: refers to the complete work order not only the assembly.

Start fix

If there is a routing position within the work order position (and sub-structure)

with the flag "start fix" is activated, the flag "Start Fix" is active.

Example: if you move a routing position inside the APS graphical view, Beas

activates this flag automatically.

Note:

Beas refreshes this field only if you recalculate the work order position.

Schedule automatically

Work order is automatically rescheduled if relevant information is changed.

MRP

Visibility in MRP: if active, released for material scheduling.

Scheduling

Capacity planning: if disabled, resources are not reserved.

Time

Disable: no display in pool list, order time receipt blocked.

Booking

Disable: Material postings on this BOM item are blocked.

Start structure

Planned date: if red, start is in the past. You can edit this field directly in this window after setting it to Changeable in Window settings.

Start date

Actual planned start of assembly production (calculated).

End date

Actually calculated end date.

Delivery date

Delivery date of work order. You can edit this field directly in this window after setting it to Changeable in Window settings. You can insert the Date directly or can open the calendar by clicking on the drop-down icon.

Note: Right-click function is not working here.

Material OK

When calculated before scheduling

Active if there are planned receipts or sufficient stock.

When calculated after scheduling

Active if there are planned receipts or sufficient stock, or if material can be replenished in time. Even if planned receipt would be too late, this check box is active.

If "Material OK“ is not active, in APS-list > right-click information on shortage can be displayed. This report shows which production receipts or purchases are too late and to which date we can order materials.

Material on stock

Flagged if the required material is on stock and could be withdrawn for the work order. Material is allocated following the order of the APS list. Planned receipts from purchase or production are not taken into account.

Too late

Flagged if stock is not sufficient or if there is no receipt in due time. This check is only performed, if "material control after scheduling" is activated. See APS planning types.

Last calculation

Type of last calculation. The ID of the last calculation for this work order is displayed. (forward, backwards, etc.)

If the work order was not calculated at last calculation due to settings, "fixed" will be entered there.

see APS-calculation types.

Priority

Priority of the work order. see Priorities.

Quantity

Quantity to be produced.

I-Version

Item version.

Print date

Print date.