Dispatch List Information

A dispatch list is a sequential listing of manufacturing work orders or rate schedules that contains detailed information about location, quantity, and capacity requirements. You should generate dispatch lists daily by work center or line.

Use the Dispatch List program (P31220) to list the work orders that have remaining operations for a given work center. The work order might not be physically present at the work center. You can display sequenced orders by start date or requested date. You can also schedule and release work orders to the work center. Additionally, you can access associated information, such as routing instructions, parts lists, status hours, and quantities for work orders.

Processing options enable you to define default from and through status and date values for the review. You can also specify the versions that the system uses when you access other programs, such as the Parts List Inquiry program (P3121).

The system calculates the remaining machine, labor, and setup run hours and the remaining quantities of the item to be produced, as this table indicates:

What to Calculate	Calculation Method
Remaining run machine hours	Standard run machine hours x (quantity remaining / standard quantity)
Remaining run labor hours	Standard run labor hours x (quantity remaining / standard quantity)
Remaining setup time	Standard setup time - hours recorded
Remaining quantity	Total quantity ordered - completed quantity