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 the 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.

Before 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

See also Refer to documentation Implementation

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.

Block number 1

Production site (MFGFCY)

The work order production site.

The default site displayed is associated with your user record but you can edit it.
Grouping (MENU)
Select whether to analyze workload by site, by work center group, or by work center.

Block number 2

Work center group (WCR)
A work center group that operates at the selected production site. You need to enter a work center group if you're analyzing workload by work center group or by work center. This field is not available if the Grouping field is set to By site.
Work center (WST)
A work center that operates at the selected production site. This field is not available if the Grouping field (MENU) is set to By site or By W/C group.
Work center type (WSTTYPDEB / WSTTYPFIN)

Filter for results for machine, labor, or subcontracting work centers at the selected production site. For a single work center type, select the same work type reference in the from/start Work center type and to/end fields. To analyze workload for all work center types, leave as the default value.

Subcontract suppliers manage Subcontracting work centers externally.
Start date (STRDATSTR / STRDATEND)
Filter for results within a range of dates. For a single day, enter the same day in the Start date and to/end date fields. The default start date and analysis horizon end date is the current date.
Overloads only (SURCHARGE)

Indicates where your production has a bottleneck or production is overloaded.

Select the checkbox to display only the periods that production is overloaded. To display all periods, leave blank.

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.

Work orders need to be scheduled to be included in the calculated workload capacity. Work orders that are not scheduled are ignored.

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 gray 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.

Grid

Period no. (PERNUMX)

The MRP or scheduling period number.

The period numbers displayed are based on the load calculation over the day, month, or week of the horizon.

Start / End (PERSTR / PEREND)
The MRP or scheduling period start/end date.
Capacity (PERAVA)
The total resource capacity for the period, in hours.
MRP (OWSLOD)
The calculated load for the period from the Material Requirements Planning calculations.
MPS (ORSLOD)
The calculated load for the period from the Master Production Schedule calculations.
Planned (OWPLOD)
The calculated load for the period from planned work orders.
Firm (OWFLOD)
The calculated load for the period from firm work orders.
% Load (PERLOD)

The calculated load rate for the period as a percentage of the calculated theoretical capacity for the period, supported by 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 gray 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.
Total load (TOTAL)
The total load for the period.
Operation loads

Select Operation loads from the Actions icon to view the workload in detail for the period.

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