Production Planning assists organisations in managing all their production tasks. The Planning Dashboard displays a visual representation of the current and upcoming jobs.
The jobs are grouped by the different stages or departments. A legend is displayed in the top right corner.
Navigation: Main Menu > Production > Production Planning > Menu (button) > Dashboard.
Table of Contents
Refresh: Updates the dashboard with any changes made in production or on the Tracker.
Menu:
Views: Switches to the different views:
Dashboard: A visual representation of all the Stages.
Jobs: A list of all the Jobs in the queue.
Tasks: This view displays all the Tasks in Planning in a grid view.
Materials: A list of all the Materials needed and their Availability.
Outwork: A list of all the outsourced jobs and their Statuses.
Board: This view is an ordered list of the production Stages - each Stage containing an ordered list of Tasks or Groups (Task Packages).
Gantt: A detailed list of every Stage or Job, listing all the tasks and times accompanied by a visual representation.
Timekeeping: A list of all the Timekeeping Records.
Settings
Edit Stages: Creates the Stages that are displayed on the graph.
X Axis:
Lists the Stages (departments/cost centres/work stations) that have been set up for the organisation.
Shows a column for each Status as per the legend on the top left.
Y Axis:
Displays the Time for the task.
Estimate hours are shown for tasks that are not yet actively being produced.
Actual hours are shown for tasks that are being produced.