Reviewing Dispatch Groups

Access the Work With Capacity Message Summary form.

Dispatch Group

Enter a category code used to group work centers within an overall business unit.

For example, you can use this code to group similar machines operating from several work centers that report to one business unit.

All W/C (all work centers)

Select the option to specify the type of processing for an event.

Critical W/C (critical work center)

Enter a code that indicates whether the work center is critical or not critical when the system calculates capacity. Values are:

N: Not a critical work center.

1: A critical work center in calculating RRP only.

2: A critical work center in calculating RCCP and CRP.

3: A critical work center in calculating RRP, RCCP, and CRP. The system also displays Type 3 work centers when you select Type 1 or Type 2 in this field.

4: Not a capacity work center. The system does not include this work center in capacity planning.

Note: The data selection is a system feature that processes certain groups of information with the RRP, RCCP, and CRP programs.

Message Type

Enter a code that distinguishes different messages generated in Capacity Planning. Values are:

A: Warning messages

M: Manual messages

O: Over capacity

U: Under capacity

U/M (unit of measure)

Enter a UDC (00/UM) that indicates the quantity in which to express an inventory item; for example, CS (case) or BX (box).

Outstanding Messages

Enter a brief description of an item, remark, or explanation.

This value provides a summary of the detailed messages for the work center. For example, if the work center has four under-capacity messages (message type U), this field displays UUUU.