Schedule linked operations

You can arrange for moving an operation to affect its linked preceding and/or succeeding operations either manually or automatically.

Schedule predecessors/successors of a certain operation manually

Click the appropriate context menu items if moving an operation shall also affect its linked preceding and/or succeeding operations to the effect that they are moved accordingly (if you have ticked the according option in the “Setup” dialog, also across production order lines.

Schedule predecessors/successors automatically for all operations

When operations within a production order are moved, their successors and predecessors can be automatically adjusted accordingly, while minimizing float time. This functionality applies to both sequential and parallel operations

The settings are made in the "Scheduling" area of the "Setup" dialog:

• Whether or not predecessor operations should automatically be rescheduled when an operation is modified.
• Whether or not successor operations should automatically be rescheduled when an operation is modified.

Schedule across production order lines

This applies to both scheduling modes: If dependencies between several production order lines of a production order shall be taken into account for scheduling, tick the option in the "Setup" dialog: