Dispatch List

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Dispatch List

You use this program to generate a detailed report indicating the outstanding workload for each work center over a specified period of time.

The report provides supervisors with a prioritized list of work to be performed in each work center for each day, and functions as a work-to-list by indicating the sequence in which tasks should be performed in order to achieve the plan.

Report Options

Field

Description

Report sequence

Job

Select this to generate the report in job number sequence.

Op start date, job priority, job

Select this to generate the report in job number within job priority within operation start date sequence.

Op finish date, job priority, job

Select this to generate the report in job number within job priority within operation finish date sequence.

Job priority, job

Select this to generate the report in job number within job priority sequence.

Shortest time, job

Select this to generate the report in job number within shortest time sequence.

Job classification, job

Select this to generate the report in job number within job classification sequence.

Operation selection

Completion overdue by today

Select this to print overdue incomplete operations, regardless of whether they have been started as at the run date.

Start overdue by today

Select this to print all operations that have not yet been started (i.e. no labor transactions have been posted against them) but which have a planned start date prior to the run date.

Started late and not completed

Select this to print all operations that were started late and which have not yet been completed as at the run date.

Active

Select this to list operations that are active within the range of dates specified.


	An operation becomes active as soon as the job is started.

Completed

Select this to list operations that were completed within the range of dates specified.

Planned for queue

Select this to list operations that are planned for queue within the range of dates specified. A Q is printed in the Status column.

Jobs on hold

Include

Select this to include jobs on hold.

Exclude

Select this to exclude jobs on hold.

Only

Select this to only include jobs on hold.

Completed jobs

Include

Select this to include completed jobs.

Exclude

Select this to exclude completed jobs.

Only

Select this to only include completed jobs.

Unconfirmed jobs

Include

Select this to include unconfirmed jobs.

Exclude

Select this to exclude unconfirmed jobs.

Only

Select this to only include unconfirmed jobs.

Print options

No. of narration lines (1-60)

Indicate the number of narration lines to be printed for operations.

Include suggested jobs

Select this to include suggested jobs in the dispatch list.

If you are using the Requirements Planning module, then this enables the workload arising from suggested jobs to be included.

New page per operation

Select this to print each operation on a new page.


	You cannot select this option as well as the Subtotal each day option (Other Options).

New page per day

Select this to print the information for each new day on a new page.

You can only access this option if you selected to print the report in Op start date, job priority, job or Op finish date, job priority, job sequence. You cannot select this option as well as the New page per operation option.

Subtotal each day

Select this to calculate and print the total of all outstanding times for each operation per day.

If the operation is past due, then the total per day is not printed. Instead, all times for overdue operations are summed into a single value, irrespective of date, and printed against the 'Subtotal - Overdue' entry.

In addition, future operations are grouped and sub-totalled by date.

You can access this option only if you selected to print the report in Op start date, job priority, job or Op finish date, job priority, job sequence. You cannot select this option together with the New page per operation option.

Print manufacturing u/m quantities

This applies if you are using Manufacturing unit of measure (WIP Setup - General 2 tab). In addition, you need to have defined a Manufacturing unit of measure for the relevant stock items (Stock Code Maintenance) and used the Manufacturing unit of measure in the Bills of Materials.

Select this to print the manufacturing unit of measure for the quantities on the report.

If you do not select this option, then the stocking unit of measure for the quantities is printed.

Selection criteria

Field	Description
Cost center	Indicate the cost center(s) for which you want to generate the report.
Work center	Indicate the work center(s) for which you want to generate the report.

Additional Options

Field	Description
Values by
Notional part	Select this to print the details from the job for the notional part.
Co-product	Select this to print details from the co-product parent items for a notional job.

Selection criteria

Field	Description
Date selection	Indicate the date(s) for which you want to include information in the report.

Output Options

These options enable you to apply a theme to the report and to define multiple output destinations for the report once it has been compiled (SRS Output Options).

Notes and Warnings

Restrictions and limits

If run from the Requirements Planning module, then the data files used to produce this report are held within the snapshot directory (i.e. not the live data files).

You are prompted to run the Requirements Calculation program, if no snapshot files exist.
Operations with start or finish dates prior to the system date are treated as one day and labeled overdue for subtotalling purposes.