Working with Planning and Scheduling Workbenches
You can use the .NET UI-only Planning and Scheduling Workbenches to effectively view or manipulate schedule data in a single view. You can plan and schedule resources for a master schedule or a production schedule from a single workbench for each type of schedule.
You can select the Planning and Scheduling Workbenches from the .NET UI’s list of applications; you can select to run:
• Master Scheduling Workbench (MSW)
• Production Scheduling Workbench (PSW)
• Several QAD EE programs with supporting schedule data
• Component Availability Check (CAC)
You can concurrently plan and schedule production based on any or all aspects of production that are available because changes that you make to data in the MSW updates data in the PSW and vice versa.
For information on the Planning and Scheduling Workbenches, see User Guide: Planning and Scheduling Workbenches.
You must enable the workbenches by setting the Use Plan/Sched Workbenches field to Yes in Site Maintenance (1.1.13). Refer to User Guide: Master Data for more information.
You can also set up data and update the data in a mass method to use with the workbenches. You can set up items on production lines to be updated in a mass update method within QAD EE:
• Use Production Line Item Create (18.22.1.20) to set up items on production lines in a mass update method.
• Use Production Line Item Update (18.22.1.21) to update the production lines/item setup in a mass update method.
The following topics discuss the two programs.