Reviewing Suggested Work Orders

The Suggested Work Order Queue helps you to determine when to build additional units of your value-add products. It works off of the order point and line point of a product. You can review the list of products, check inventory levels, demand, and additional factors to assist in determining which products need to be assembled now, and which can wait.

Note: Only products tagged with a work order template display in the Suggested Work Order Queue.

Before You Begin:

Run the Suggest PO Report.

To review a list of suggested work orders:

From the Purch > Queues menu, select Suggested Work Order Queue to display the Suggested Work Order Queue screen.
In the Br/Tr/All field, enter a branch or territory for which to view suggested work orders. To view suggested work order for all branches and territories, enter All.
To view suggested work orders for a specific purchasing agent, in the Buyer field, enter the agent's user ID.
In the Type field, enter one of the following to determine the type of suggested work orders to display:

Select...	To view..
Normal	all possible suggested work orders.
Emergency	products for which committed quantities have not been met.
Select	a prompt. Complete one or more of these fields to reduce the number of products that display and press Enter: Rank Number – The method to use to rank the products. Rank – A code that identifies the ranking parameters for the products to view. Note: Product rank parameters are set up on the Product Ranking screen. Minimum Hits – The minimum number of sales for the products to view.

Press Enter to display a list of work orders that match your selection criteria.

The date and time the last suggested orders were processed display in the upper right corner of the screen.

Note: If no suggested work orders display for the parameters you entered, the following message displays: No items found.

Review the following fields, as needed:

Field	Description
Br	The branch at which the product is maintained.
Product	The finished product that needs to be manufactured, assembled or otherwise worked on.
Short Qty	The amount of the product that is needed to fulfill commitments.
Total Qty	The total amount of the product needed.
PIL	The projected inventory level of the product.
Template	The template the system will use to create the work order for this product.
Open WO	The order number of an open work order for this product. To view this or other open work orders for the product, use the Open WO hot key.

Press Esc to exit the screen.

More Options for Working with Suggested Work Orders

The Suggested Work Order Queue also offers these options:

To...	Use this hot key...
create a work order for a selected product	Convert
view the work order template for the selected product	View The Work Order Entry screen displays.
edit the work order template for the selected product	Edit The Work Order Entry screen displays.
view or edit the selected product's maintenance record	Prod Maint The Product Maintenance screen displays.
view the selected product's availability and other inventory information	Inv Inq The Inventory Inquiry screen displays.
review current demand for the selected product	Inv Maint The Primary Inventory Maintenance screen displays.
view a list of open sales orders for the selected product	Fut Led The Future Ledger screen displays.
view a selected product's past transaction activity	Hist Led The Inventory History Ledger screen displays.
recalculate the suggested order values for a selected product	Recalc Product/Line (Use D) The message "Recalc for <product name> started" displays. The message system notifies you when the recalculation is complete.
recalculate the suggested order values for the buy line associated with the selected product	Recalc Product/Line (Use L) The message "Recalc for <product name> started" displays. The message system notifies you when the recalculation is complete.
view open work orders for a selected product	Open WO If the hot key is highlighted red, a list of open work orders displays. Select a work order number and press Enter to display the order on the Work Order Entry screen. Note: If the hot key is not highlighted red, no open work orders exist for the selected product.