Use CAC to Schedule Production
CAC provides visibility during master scheduling, production scheduling, and the releasing of production orders. For each production order, you can view the component status of the order. During production sequencing, you can determine if there are material constraints in the production schedule, and drill down to determine the problem and possible resolutions.
Prior to releasing production schedules or orders to the shop floor, you can verify which orders have the necessary materials before releasing to the shop floor. You have full details of the materials issued and specific shortages by item.
Use CAC features within PSW to:
• Release production orders to the shop floor that have the necessary components available.
• Calculate and display the severity of a material shortage at the production order and component levels.
• Help you:
• Release production orders to the shop floor that have the necessary components available.
• Calculate and display the severity of a material shortage at the production order and component levels.
• Determine when the next material receipt will be available in the case of material shortages.
• Drill down into the material shortage details for a component to analyze the cause and possible solutions.
• Simulate a schedule change and recalculate production order material status for all production orders sharing common components when a production order is modified.
• Output production orders related to particular release dates to a spreadsheet that can include the component status when you indicated to display the status column in the Sequence Grid.
The following subsections provide procedures to check components during production scheduling, followed by information to configure CAC.