Select Alternate Operation Sequences

When you click Chg oper in the Manufacturing Order Maintenance program, you can select an alternate operation sequence for this order.

The program displays Operation Selection and the parent item in the program banner and lists these fields:

Field Name

Displays

Sel

A check mark indicates that the operation is selected for this order. When a manufacturing order is added, all operation sequences that are standard are selected.

Oper seq

The operation sequence number

Oper cd

The operation code

Oper type

The operation type:
B:  Batch
I:  Indirect
P: Regular selected.
R: Regular
U: Unattended

Wrk ctr

The work center number

Mach no

The number of the machine used for this operation

Oper desc 1

The first line of the description of the process performed in this operation

Std/Alt

The operation sequence type:
S:  Standard
A:  Alternate

Clocked in?

Whether or not an employee is clocked into the operation

  1. Choose the appropriate options:

To

Do This

Select/deselect an operation

Highlight a line and click Select or double click the line. Click Select again to deselect it.

A check mark indicates the operation is selected for the order; blank indicates the operation is not selected.

Go to a related program

Highlight a line and click Jump. See Jump.

Deselect all operations

Highlight a selected line and click All.

Select all operations

Highlight a line that is not selected and click All.

Return to Manufacturing Order Maintenance

Click OK.

  1. If you made any changes to the operations, the program prompts to recalculate costs. Click Yes if you want to recalculate the standard labor and labor overhead cost with the new operation sequences or click No to retain the original standard costs for this order.

  2. The program then offers an option to recalculate operation start dates using the changed operations.

  3. If you added or removed an outside service operation sequence, the program displays an advisory message. You may need to run Requisition Maintenance (IRM) and/or Release Outside Services and/or PO Maintenance (VOE) to cancel or create orders for a purchased service.