Loads

Use this inquiry to display workload by period at a single production site.

The results group by MRP or scheduling period over the course of a specified horizon for the site, a group of work centers, or a single work center. The results represent workload generated when a planned or firm work order is created, or the MRP (Material Requirements Planning) or MPS (Master Production Schedule) calculations are run with load included in the calculations.

The workload for the period is supported using a color indicator so that you can easily spot where your production has a bottleneck or production is overloaded.

NoteBefore you use this inquiry, Sage advises that you run the Recalculate loads function (FUNMIWL) if there's been an ad hoc variation to the capacity of a work center. This includes changes to the assigned weekly structure, or the default number of resources needed for an operation, or work orders are rescheduled.

You can use the Graphical loads inquiry and the Load in progress inquiry to view the workload suggestions.

See also Graphical loads inquiry

See also Load in progress inquiry

Prerequisites

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Screen management

This inquiry is customized to the needs of your organization and your processes. The screen code that you select determines how information is displayed in the Load (hours) table.

Home

Use this section to enter the production resource details and analysis horizon, then select Search.

Tab Load (hours)

This table displays the workload for the entered criteria over the course of the workload calculation horizon.

The workload capacity for each period is calculated from the work orders that use the work center, the number of resources, and any capacity variations.

The workload for the period is supported with a color indicator.

A red line indicates that production is overloaded in the period.

A green line indicates that the calculated load is between 75% and 100% of the theoretical capacity.

A grey line indicates that the calculated load is between 50% and 75% of the theoretical capacity.

A yellow line indicates that the calculated load is between 0% and 50% of the theoretical capacity.

Specific actions

Criteria

Select the Criteria action to access additional selection criteria and select a specific screen code. The screen code determines which information is displayed in the Load (hours) table.

You can save your selection criteria in, or recall or delete previous search criteria using a memo code.

Error messages

The only error messages are the generic ones.

Tables used

See also Refer to documentation Implementation