Production Planning assists organisations in managing all their production tasks. The Gantt view displays the job in detail and includes a visual representation of the job sequence.
Navigation: Main Menu > Production > Production Planning > Menu (button) > Gantt.
Table of Contents
View: Generates a list of jobs based on the selected filters.
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.
Stage: A dropdown list of Stages for users to select one.
Job: A dropdown list of Source documents (e.g. Work Orders) for users to select one.
Radio Buttons next to Timescale: Sets the visual representation to display time according to the selected button. The options are:
Hours
Quarter Days
Days
New: If checked, will only show new jobs.
Complete: If checked, will only show completed jobs.
Status: Displays the current Status of the job.
Note field: Displays the Status Note.
Req Date: Displays the date and time the customer requires the job.
Due Date: Displays the date and time Production expects to complete the job.
Customer: The name of the customer.
Contact: The customer's contact person.
Reference: The job's reference which is on the source document.
From: The source document type and number if one was used to create the displayed document (e.g. Sales Order).
Assign to: The users the source transaction was assigned to.
Rep: The sales rep selected on the transaction.
Date: The transaction's date.
Entity: The entity that was selected on the source transaction.
Field Chooser (*): Allows fields to be added or hidden.
Description: The description of the tasks.
Duration: The duration of each task.
Start: The Start date and time of each task.
Finish: The end date and time of each task.
Hourly: Displays the planning for the next week in hourly intervals.
Quarter Days: Displays the planning in blocks of 6-hour intervals.
Days: Displays the planning per day.