Establish a Manufacturing Order Priority List

Use the Priority Dispatch Report (MPD) program to establish a priority list (in highest-to-lowest priority sequence) of manufacturing orders for work centers and print the Priority Dispatch Report. See Background and Road Map for more information.

If the program displays the message A previous report exists, click Print to print that report, click Delete to delete it, or click Exit to exit the program. If you click Print, see Print the Priority Dispatch Report. If you click Delete, proceed to step 2.
Set your options:
1. Click the Runtime tab to set runtime options. See Set Options for Reports and Inquiries for more information.
2. Click the Program tab to set these program specific options:

Field Name

Type / Max Length

Action / Description

Select current date

Optional
10 date

Select a date that is on the shop calendar or enter a date shortcut.

Consume actual capacity?

Conditional

If you use prioritization method 4, operation priority, select to use the actual work center capacity or leave blank to use standard capacity.

If you select this option, processing will likely take longer because the program has to calculate actual capacity from the current date to the operation completion date, including work center availability exceptions.

Completed operation tolerance %

Optional

Enter a percent that determines whether an operation is complete.

For example, if you enter 5.00, an operation that is 95% complete based on entries in the WIP Movement (WIPM) program is considered complete. The next operation will be current.

Today's capacity available

Optional

Enter the percent of the current day's capacity that may be considered still available when calculating the critical ratio.

For example, enter 0.00 to begin with tomorrow's capacity or enter 40.00 to begin at approximately 1:00 PM.

Prioritization method

Optional

Select the method you want to use to prioritize:

Select	For
1	Critical ratio, which is established by dividing the hours remaining until the manufacturing order is due by the time required to complete the order.
2	Management priority, which lists each work center's manufacturing orders in highest to lowest priority sequence, using the management priority assigned to a manufacturing order with the Manufacturing Order Maintenance (MIM) program.
3	Operation start date, which uses release order requirements, such as the order quantity, the work center's factored machine capacity (setup, run, and move time), and the send ahead quantity to determine a start date for each operation. The operations are then listed in priority sequence from earliest to latest start date for each work center.
4	Operation priority, which calculates an altered critical ratio factor for each operation that is processed. The ratio is established by dividing the time available at the operation work center by the time required to complete the operation.

Include components with shortages?

Optional

Select to list components that are in short supply or leave blank to omit them.

Erase work files

Optional

Select to erase work files or leave blank to retain the work files so you can reprint the report.

Output device

Optional

Select the device if you are scheduling the report through the PowerShift Job Scheduler.

Choose the appropriate options:

To	Do This
Establish the priority list	Click Process. See Print the Priority Dispatch Report.
Save these options for future use	Click Save.
Exit the program	Click Exit.