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The Production planning and control workplace provides you with tools for managing the production orders queue for the Production process. You can do the following:

• View the production orders queue.
• Rearrange the production orders queue.
• Specify operations for production orders.
  Note. Operations are specified in Work-in-progress documents.
  Each document includes a single operation.
• Schedule operations for production orders.
• Reschedule operations for production orders.
• Unschedule operations for production orders.
• View production order schedules.
• Monitor production orders completion.

To open the Production planning and control workplace, go to Production > Planning > Production planning and control.

Viewing production orders queue

To view the production orders queue:

• Go to Production. Then, under Planning, click Production planning and control.

The production orders queue contains the production orders that have the Include in production planning checkbox selected. If you don't see a production order in the queue, go to the production orders list, open the production order and select the Include in production planning checkbox.

The production orders queue includes the following columns:

• . The status of production order planning and completion. One of the following:
  • . Indicates that a production order requires generating work-in-progress documents. To learn more, see Specifying operations for production orders.
  • . Indicates that a production order requires scheduling or rescheduling.
  • . Indicates that the production process is completed and the goods are ready for dispatch.
  • No icon. A production order is scheduled and currently does not require planning activities.
• Date. A production order creation date.
• Number. A production order ID.
• Priority. A production order priority. It defines the production order position in the queue. The higher the priority, the higher the production order position in the queue.
• Products. The products that are scheduled for production.
• Start date. The required production start date.
• Due date. The required production end date.

To quickly find a production order:

• Filter the production orders queue using the fields above the queue. You can filter by the following parameters:
  • Start date. The required production start date.
  • Priority. A production order priority.
  • Manufacturer. A business unit responsible for processing a production order.
  • Responsible person. A manager responsible for processing a production order.
  • Company. A company responsible for processing a production order. You can filter by company if the Manage multiple companies checkbox is selected in Settings > Company.
• Search the production orders queue using the search field above the list.
• Filter the production orders queue using the filter pane to the right of the queue. You have the following options:
  • Pending production orders. A link to a list of production orders that can be reviewed and then added to the production orders queue.
  • Work-in-progress management. A link to a workplace for managing work-in-progress documents related to production orders. To learn more, see Work-in-progress_management_workplace.
  • Generating Work-in-progress. Shows production orders that require generating work-in-progress documents.
  • Scheduling Work-in-progress. Shows production orders that require scheduling.
  • Rescheduling Work-in-progress. Shows scheduled production orders that require rescheduling.
  • Overdue. Shows production orders that are not completed by their due date.
  • Completed. Shows production orders with the completed production process.

Rearranging production orders queue

Production orders are arranged in the queue according to their priority. When a production order is added to the queue, it takes the last position in a group of production orders with the same priority. The higher the priority, the higher the production order position in the queue.

Production orders with the higher position are scheduled first. If you want to change the order of scheduling, rearrange the production orders queue. You have the following options:

• Change production orders priorities.
• Manually move production orders.

Changing production orders priorities

To change the priority of a production order in the queue:

1. Go to Production > Planning > Production planning and control.
2. Double-click a production order line.
3. In the Priority field, select a priority.
4. Click Post and close.

The production order takes the last position in the group of production orders with the same priority.

Note. After you change a production order priority, the production orders in the queue can require rescheduling.

Manually moving production orders

You can manually move production orders up or down the queue. This applies only to production orders with the same priority. For instance, you can move a production order with a medium priority to a position above other production orders with this priority. However, you cannot move a production order with a low priority to a position above a production order with a medium priority.

To manually move a production order up or down the queue:

1. Go to Production > Planning > Production planning and control.
2. Select a production order line.
3. Do one of the following:

• To move the production order up the queue, click .
• To move the production order down the queue, click

Note. After you change a production order position in the queue, the production orders can require rescheduling.

Specifying operations for production orders

When the production order details are finalized and the priority is defined, generate work-in-progress documents. This will register a work-in-progress document for each operation required for completing the production orders. Then you will be able to schedule them.

To generate work-in-progress documents for a production order:

1. Go to Production > Planning > Production planning and control.
2. On the filter pane, select the Generating Work-in-progress checkbox.
   The production orders queue shows only the production orders that require generating work-in-progress documents.
   Note. The queue can include production orders with linked work-in-progress documents. This happens if some operations were omitted when work-in-progress documents were generated for production orders. For instance, this can happen if you decide to take a component from stock instead of producing it.
3. In the production orders queue, select a production order line.
4. Click Actions and select Generate Work-in-progress.
5. In the Generate Work-in-progress for production order <ID and date> window, select the Generate checkbox for each operation that you want to register.
   Note. The operations list is based on the bill of materials (BOM) of the product specified in the production order. If the product BOM is multilevel, the operations list includes operations from each BOM level. For instance, a 3-level BOM includes a component with a BOM that includes another component with a BOM. In this case, the operations list includes operations from each BOM. 1C:Drive supports up to 3 levels in BOM.
6. Click Generate Work-in-progress.
   The work-in-progress column is filled in with the links to the generated work-in-progress documents. You can click these links to view the documents.

Scheduling operations for production orders

When work-in-progress documents with operations are generated for production orders, schedule them. This will automatically put operations on the schedule according to production scheduling rules.

To schedule production orders:

1. Go to Production > Planning > Production planning and control.
2. On the filter pane, select the Scheduling Work-in-progress checkbox.
   The production orders queue shows only the production orders that require scheduling or rescheduling.
3. Select the production orders that you want to schedule. To select multiple production orders, select them while holding down Ctrl or Shift.
4. Click Actions and select Schedule.
5. Do one of the following depending on the selected production orders:
   • For a single production order, in the Production schedule for order <ID and date> window, click Generate and go to step 6.
   • For multiple production orders, go to step 6.
6. In the Scheduling settings window, specify the scheduling settings and click Continue.
7. For a single production order, in the Production schedule for order <ID and date> window, click Save.
   Depending on the specified scheduling settings, start dates and end dates are scheduled for the operations. You can view them. To learn more, see Viewing production order schedules.

Scheduling settings

The Scheduling settings window includes the following checkboxes:

Checkbox	Description
Schedule operations	Indicates that only the operations of the selected production orders are scheduled. This checkbox is read-only and selected by default.
Reschedule all operations	Select this checkbox if you want to reschedule operations of the selected production orders.
Include production orders with higher position in the queue	Select this checkbox if you want to schedule operations of the selected production orders and schedule or reschedule the operations of production orders with higher position in the queue. The checkbox is only available if the Reschedule all operations checkbox is selected.

Rescheduling operations for production orders

You can reschedule production orders in the queue in the same way as you schedule them.

Rescheduling can be required after you do any of the following:

• Add a production order with a higher priority.
• Change a production order start date.
• Change a production order priority.
• Change availability of a work center or work center type scheduled to complete a production order.
• Manually move a production order up or down the queue.

Production orders that require rescheduling are marked with icon.

Unscheduling operations for production orders

You can unschedule production orders that were previously scheduled.

To unschedule production orders:

1. Go to Production.
2. Under Planning, click Production planning and control.
3. Select one or several production orders that you want to unschedule. To select multiple production orders, select them while holding down Ctrl or Shift.
4. Click Actions and select Unschedule.

This clears start dates and end dates scheduled for the operations of the selected production orders.

Viewing production order schedules

You can view a schedule for each production order in the queue. You have the following options:

• View the production schedule summary.
  It contains only the key dates of the entire production process, its duration and delays.
• View the production schedule by operations.
  It contains a list of operations with scheduled start dates and end dates. You can also view this information in the Gantt chart.

Viewing production schedule summary

To view the production schedule summary for a production order:

1. Go to Production > Planning > Production planning and control.
2. Select a production order line.
3. Click Actions and select Schedule.
4. In the Production schedule for order [ID and date] window, review the following lines:

Line	Description
Required by order	Shows the following: Start date. The production order start date. Due date. The production order due date.
On schedule	Shows the following: Start date. The scheduled start date of the first operation. Due date. The scheduled end date of the last operation. Delay. Production delay in hours. It is calculated by the following formula: Delay = Due date On schedule - Due date Required by order Total time. The total time (in hours) scheduled for operations including the intervals between the end time of one operation and the start time of another. Net time. The total time (in hours) scheduled for operations excluding the intervals between the end time of one operation and the start time of another.

Viewing production schedule by operations

To view the production schedule by operations:

1. Go to Production > Planning > Production planning and control.
2. Select a production order line.
3. Click Actions and select Schedule.
4. In the Production schedule for order [ID and date] window, select the Operations tab.
5. Do one of the following:
   • Review the operations list. For each operation, it shows the scheduled Start date and Due date.
   • Click Gantt chart. It shows the time slots that operations occupy in the production schedule. For instance, a time slot can be an hour, a day, or a week depending on Planning interval. If a work center type is not assigned to an operation, a time slot is a day.

Monitoring production orders completion

To monitor production orders completion:

1. Go to Production > Planning > Production planning and control.
2. On the filter pane to the right, do one of the following:
   • To view production orders with the completed production process, select the Completed checkbox.
   • To view the production orders that are not completed by their due date, select the Overdue checkbox.

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