Reschedule production orders within a safety lead time
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| Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|
| Users by admins, makers, or analysts | - | Apr 2025 |
Business value
Manufacturing is a dynamic environment where changes are inevitable. To ensure that production finishes on time, it's a good idea to configure a safety lead time and start production a bit earlier. Now, safety lead times not only cover you when production takes longer than expected, but also in cases where you discover that you need the finished goods sooner than the original due date.
Feature details
To start using this feature, go to the Manufacturing Setup page and turn on the Manual Scheduling toggle. Optionally, you can fill in the Safety Lead time for manual scheduling field to give yourself a buffer, which also includes orders that you manually reschedule.
When you create a production order manually or by using the planning engine, there's a buffer between the Due Date and Ending date. Listed from highest to lowest priority, the following fields define the buffer:
- The Safety Lead Time field on the Stockkeeping Unit Card page.
- The Safety Lead Time field on the Item Card page.
- The Default Safety Lead Time field on the Manufacturing Setup page.
After you create an order, you can change the due date and end date, as follows:
- Move the due date to the future or to the current moment.
- Change the end date directly or by modifying the starting date.
A confirmation dialog displays if the end date plus the value defined in the Safety lead time for manual adjustments is greater than or equal to the new due date.
The Manual Scheduling field on the production order shows whether the dates were manually adjusted.
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