Planning a Job's Operations

This topic applies to APS.

To plan an individual new job and view the details of how it will be completed, you can use the Get ATP or Get CTP button on the Job Orders form. Follow these steps:

  1. On the Job Orders form, select Actions > New to create a new job.
  2. Enter the required fields, including the item to be produced and a Start date and/or End date.

    NOTE: If you enter a Start date, the system plans forward by the item's lead time to arrive at a default End date. If you enter an End date, the system plans backward by the item's lead time to arrive at a default Start date. The Get ATP/CTP calculation will plan to the End date, so make sure the End date is the desired date before you click the Get ATP/CTP button.

  3. Click the Get ATP or Get CTP button. The Availability Results form displays the system's calculated Projected completion date for the job based on current resource capacity and the job's End date. When you perform Get ATP/CTP on a job order, the system does not use on-hand inventory or planned supplies to satisfy the end-item demand (however, inventory and supplies are used to satisfy the component demands).
  4. Click the Plan Detail button. This button displays the job's inventory and supplies usage and manufacturing requirements for each level of the bill of material.

See the Demand Detail Chart APS help topic for descriptions of the buttons, IDs, and other conventions used on this view.

  1. When you are finished examining the detailed plan, close the Plan Detail form to return to the Availability Results form.
  2. Accept the Projected date displayed on the Availability Results form by clicking Yes or OK. The system inserts the job into the APS plan incrementally using the calculated Projected date as the job's new End date.

Related Topics

APS Overview

Running APS Planning

About Incremental Planning and ATP/CTP

Configuring a Job or Item

Copying a Job Order

Creating a Job Order

Creating a Job Order Manually

Cross-referencing a Job Material to a Job

Issuing Materials to a Job Order

Job Steps

Releasing a Job

Scheduling a Job Order

Using APS to Backward Schedule