Simulating and Saving Simulated Jobs
You can simulate a standard job to determine what materials, operations, and operation resources are required to support that job. You can specifically do all of the following:
- vary the job quantity and/or start and completion dates to determine scheduling and requirement constraints
- view both on-hand and available to promise quantities for simulated component requirements
- vary the bills of material and/or routings and their associated revisions and revision dates
When you are satisfied with the simulated job, you can convert it into an actual job and save it.
To simulate a discrete job:
You can only simulate standard discrete jobs with assemblies, although routings are not required.
If you set the WIP:See Engineering Items profile option to Yes, you can also simulate jobs for engineering items.
You cannot select an assembly that has a primary routing that is flow related. If you do, a warning is displayed and you are prompted to enter another routing designator. See: Creating a Flow Routing.
You can enter start dates and times earlier than the current date to maintain relative date priorities for department schedules and material requirements
You can select an alternate bill if alternates have been defined for the assembly you are building. This bill of material is used instead of the assembly's standard bill of material.
The bill revision and date determines which version of the bill of material is used to create job component requirements. The start date of a standard discrete job can be used to default the bill revision and revision date. If a start date is not selected, the revision and revision date are derived based on fixed and variable lead times of the assembly. See: Item and Routing Revisions.
You can explode item revisions that have ECOs with Release, Schedule, and Implement statuses against them. If you set the WIP:Exclude Open ECOs profile option to No, you can also explode revisions for ECOs that have an Open status. See: ECO Implementation By Status.
The start date of a standard discrete job can be used to derive the routing revision and revision date. If a start date is not selected, the revision and revision date are derived based on fixed and variable lead times of the assembly.
To save a simulated job:
If a prefix has been entered for the WIP:Discrete Job Prefix profile option, the automatic sequence generator generates a default job name. This name can be overwritten. See: Work in Process Profile Options.
The following fields are defaulted as follows:
Descriptions can be used to identify jobs on standard reports. They can be up to 240 characters of alpha numeric text. They are optional.
MRP Net Quantity: Derived from the job start quantity.
Firm Planned option: Defaults to off (not automatically firmed).
Completion Subinventory and Locator: For jobs with routings, defaults from the routing.
Lot Number: For lot controlled job assemblies, defaults based on how the WIP Default Lot Number Type parameter is set. See: Backflush Default Parameters.
You can also use the Discrete Jobs window to enter values for optional fields: Demand Class, Project, Task, Schedule Group, Build Sequence, and Production Line.
To view simulated job operations:
- Choose the Operations button. The Operation window appears displaying the job's operations. You can optionally view the components required at a selected operation using the Components button. See: Viewing Job and Schedule Operations.
To view simulated component requirements:
Attention: When no routing exists, all components default to operation sequence of 1.