The workbenches provide the ability to view production orders by work center; however, modifications to production orders do not result in real-time updates across all workbench panels. Due to this limitation, QAD does not support production scheduling using work centers as a resource view.

You can use the workbenches in a discrete production order environment to schedule release and due dates at the production order or item level; however, you cannot manage discrete production order release or due dates at the operation level. When you do schedule release or due dates at the order or item level, you should set up items on production lines, using utilities described in setup sections of the MSW and PSW chapters.