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Use Forward scheduling if you know the starting date of a work order and need to determine the completion date. This method is appropriate if you want to control the load on your work centers and have flexibility regarding when a work order is completed.

You can select the Forward scheduling method by selecting Forward in the Scheduling Method field on the Work Order Entry Scheduling tab. You are prompted to enter the release date for the work order to begin the scheduling process. The due date for the work order is calculated based on the expected completion date of the last step of the work order.

After a work order is scheduled, you can reschedule all or a part of the work order by entering the first step affected on the Work Order Entry Scheduling tab. The First Step Affected field allows you to enter the first step from which to reschedule the work order. If the step entered is the first step of the work order, the release date entered is the planned release date of the entire work order. If the step entered is not the first step, the release date is the scheduled start date for the specified step. All subsequent steps for the work order will be rescheduled.

If a new operation step is entered or modified for an existing work order, the first step affected must be equal to or less than the lowest numbered new or modified step.

For more information, see:

Scheduling