Reviewing Suggested Work Orders

The Suggested Work Order Queue helps you to determine when to build additional units of your value-add products. The queue works off 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.

Only products tagged with a work order template display in the Suggested Work Order Queue. In order for a product to display on the Suggested Work Order Queue, the product must have a Work Order Template attached to it.

To review a list of suggested work orders:

1. From the Purchase > Queues menu, select Suggested Work Order Queue to display the Suggested Work Order Queue window.

2. 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.

3. To limit the queue to suggested work orders for a specific purchasing agent, in the Buyer field, enter the agent's user ID.

4. In the Type field, select 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.

5. Click Update to display the work orders that match your 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.

6. Review the columns in the queue .

   Column	Description
   Branch	The branch at which the product is maintained.
   Product	The finished product that needs to be manufactured, assembled or otherwise worked on.
   Buyer	The buyer who scheduled the work order.
   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.
   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 Order >Open Work Order menu option. If there the system finds more than one order with the product on it, it displays **Multiple** in this field.
   Sugg. Start Date	The date the system suggests to start the work order. The Start Date will be determined by calculating the committed shipments in the future ledger and adding extra buffer day that can be customized by Vendor, Product Item, or set globally. The aim is to provide a suggested date so that the work order can be completed before the inventory is committed.

7. Convert any of the orders, if needed.

8. Exit the window.

More Options

The following functionality is available from the Suggested Work Order Queue:

See Also:

Converting Suggested Work Orders

Recalculating Products and Lines on Suggested Work Orders