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Master Scheduling Workbench (MSW)
Master Scheduling Workbench (MSW)
The MSW increases master scheduling efficiency by letting you simulate and commit scheduling changes, factoring demand, supply, inventory, production orders, and MRP data from several QAD EE programs in a single workbench.
Note: Production orders are all orders associated with production—production lines, work centers, or other production areas—including discrete orders, repetitive orders, scheduled orders, cumulative orders, and so on.
You can use the MSW to interact with production line and work center schedules and make changes where necessary. Within MSW, you can update the production order status, as well as release, create, or close production orders, while considering all supply, demand, and capacity sources from the single workbench. You can also identify items with demand issues and check component availability for each production order to be released.
User-configurable parameters control the number of days that you are in control of the schedule as opposed to MRP control. You can also set the number of future and historical days to which you want visibility to your production data in the MSW.
Event-based color coding lets you easily identify areas of concern. You can review and manipulate schedule and production order data. Once satisfied, saving your schedule creates firm repetitive production schedules or revised and new production orders in QAD EE applications.