Planning Analysis for Non-Scheduled Jobs

This field applies to APS.

Select whether to use a job's end date or projected date (calculated by APS) to display planning information for jobs on output forms and reports such as the Planning Detail form and Order Action Report.

The output forms and reports use the job's projected date or end date based on the setting of this parameter and also based on several other conditions, which are described in detail in About Job Dates.

This table describes when to use the End Date and Projected Date methods:

Method When to use it
End Date Select the Use Job End Date option if your business process dictates that you will make whatever changes in the execution of your plan/schedule that are necessary to achieve a job's end date. This method interprets the End date of the planned job as the date its associated supplies will appear (along with an exception message stating that the job is expected to be late). In this mode, if a job is expected to be late, the lateness will not affect the job's supply usage by higher-level assemblies. This display presents an inventory view that assumes you will resolve the exception messages.
Projected Date Select the Use Projected Date option if you expect the system to do what is feasible to achieve a job's end date and you do not plan to improve the conditions significantly. Use this method if your business process captures accurate status and routing information and you want to rely more heavily on the calculations. This display presents an inventory view that assumes you will NOT resolve the exception messages.

This parameter affects the planning information that displays on these forms:

  • Planning Detail
  • Planning Summary
  • Master Planning Display
  • MPS Processor
  • Exceptions Report
  • Master Planning Report
  • Purchase Requirements Report
  • Time Phased Inventory Status