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The Loading / Work Center Window

When you open this procedure, the cursor is automatically positioned in the Work center field in the ClosedSearch Form. Here you use the PopUp feature or the F4 key to select a work center from the work center register for which you want to create a loading plan.

The Search Form in the Loading / Work Center window.

You can also select to only show bottlenecks in the PopUp feature. At the far right, you will find information fields showing different settings registered for the work center you have loaded into the window. There are also a number of settings in the Search Form that should be selected prior to calculation.

The available order types are:

Other settings are:

Lag and Horizon

In the lower left corner you will see the work center’s lag in red font. To the right, you will see the work center’s horizon in green font. The lag and horizon can be viewed per order and operation under the List tab.

Lag and horizon for the work center.

Scroll Period

At the bottom center of the window, you will see the Scroll period buttons used to move along the time axis in order to see periods not visible on the screen. You can move either forward or back in time, one period at a time or five periods at a time.

The Scroll period buttons.

Order Type Codes

Under the List tab you may see a code by the order number. It shows the order type and from where the loading comes. These codes are explained at the bottom of the window, to the right of the Scroll period buttons.

The order type codes indicating from where the loading comes.