Set Up Priority Rule(s) per Site

Explanation

Use this activity to set up the priority rules that will be used on a site. The system will use these rules when you process the reservation order during automatic order processing or schedule the shop orders using Constraint Based Scheduling. This is especially important when the need/due dates of several shop orders fall on the same date, to determine the relative importance of shop orders.

Prerequisites

A manufacturing site must exist.

System Effects

As a result of this activity:

• You define priority rules for shop orders that will be used on a site.
• These priority rules will be used when processing reservation orders during either the auto order processing function, or when shop orders are scheduled by the Constraint Based Scheduler.

Window

Shop Order Basic Data/Shop Order Priority

Related Window Descriptions

Shop Order Basic Data/Shop Order Priority

Procedure

1. Open the Shop Order Basic Data/Shop Order Priority window.
2. Populate the window to view existing values.
3. Create a new record.
4. In the Site field, specify the site for which you want to create the priority rule. Use the List of Values to select from available sites.
5. In the Priority Category and Priority Description fields, enter the category of the priority and its description. The priority category ID is limited to 10 alphanumeric characters.
6. In the Adjustment Factor fields, specify the factor that will be used to adjust the priority of orders. A higher percentage increases the priority of an order and a lower percentage decreases it.
7. If desired, repeat steps 3-6 to create additional priority categories.
8. Save your changes.