Production Schedule (WO20.1)

Use Production Schedule (WO20.1) to gather demand for a finished good and create work orders. The finished good must be in Released status.

Troubleshooting

Note: Use caution when selecting the Delete form action. The purpose of the Delete form action is to handle situations outside of the normal process of scheduling production. The following describes situations in which you may need to select the Delete form action:

If the user who started the scheduling process was not able to complete it, you can delete the schedule process and start over. Do not do this if the person who started the scheduling is still scheduling production for the finished good.
If you have grouped or marked several demand lines on the Process form tab for separate work orders but have not released the schedule and you decide you do not want scheduling to occur, you can select the Delete form action instead of unmarking the individual demand lines and selecting the Finish form action.

Lawson advises you not to use the Delete form action as a replacement for the Finish form action for the normal scheduling production process. The Finished form action prevents you from finishing the process if you marked lines for work orders but did not select the Release form action; the Delete form action does not.

More Information

The scheduling production process includes five steps.

First you build the schedule by selecting the Build form action and entering information on the Build form tab. This gathers document and/or forecast demand to be scheduled for production for a finished good.
Display demand to be scheduled by selecting the Inquiry form action. The demand displays on the Process form tab according to the options selected on the Build tab as to what the period end dates are and whether to display document demand detail.
Select demand to schedule on the Process form tab by selecting the Group or Separate line action with the Change form action, depending on whether you want to group multiple demands or if you want individual work orders for specific demand lines that display on the Process form tab. You can group some demands into one group to be combined on a work order and mark other demand lines to be placed on separate work orders within the same selection process before releasing the schedule. You can optionally indicate if you want more than one work order created from each demand line marked as separate or from the lines marked as grouped.
Release the schedule by selecting the Release form action and the work orders are created.
Finally, select the Finish form action to indicate that you have completed scheduling production for the finished good. Before you select the Finish form action, you can repeat steps 3 and 4 on demand lines that still show on the Process form tab that have not been grouped or marked to create separate work orders. This lets you group additional demand lines into a different work order from an earlier grouping selection and release.