This inquiry calculates the remaining jobs days against a released job. It is accessed from the Job Schedule and Work Center Schedule screens.
Screen Details
Upper Panel
Job No, Job Qty, UM, Primary Output, Description
These fields identify the job.
Job Finish
This is the job’s scheduled finish date.
Days to Finish
This is the number of shop days between the current date and the Job Finish date.
Rem Job Days
This is the estimated number of remaining shop days needed to finish the job. It is derived from the total of the Job Days column in the grid below.
Slack to Finish
This is the number of “slack days” that exist between today’s date and the Job Finish date. Slack days are a measure of surplus time in the schedule and are calculated as follows:
Days to Finish – Rem Job Days = Slack to Finish
Required
This is the job’s current required date.
Days to Req
This is the number of shop days between the current date and the job’s Required date.
Rem Job Days
This is the estimated number of remaining shop days needed to finish the job. It is derived from the total of the Job Days column in the grid below.
Slack to Req
This is the number of “slack days” that exist between today’s date and the job’s Required date. Slack days are a measure of surplus time in the schedule and are calculated as follows:
Days to Req – Rem Job Days = Slack to Req
Days to Req
This is the number of shop days between the current date and the job’s Required date.
Rem Seq Days
This is the estimated number of sequence days needed to finish the job. Queue Days are not considered in this calculation. It is derived from the total of the Rem Seq Days column in the grid below.
Priority
This is the job’s Priority value, which is calculated as follows:
Days to Req – Rem Seq Days = Priority
Grid Fields
Sequence, Status, Process ID, Work Center
These fields identify each job sequence.
Rem Setup Days
This is the remaining setup hours for this job sequence expressed in shop days, calculated as follows:
Rem Setup Hrs / Job Hrs/Day = Rem Setup Days
Rem Labor Days
This is the remaining labor hours for this job sequence expressed in shop days, calculated as follows:
Rem Labor Hrs / Job Hrs/Day = Rem Labor Days
Days to Next
This is the Days to Next setting for this job sequence.
Rem Seq Days
This is the remaining sequence days for this job sequence, calculated as follows:
Rem Setup Days + Rem Labor Days + Days to Next = Rem Seq Days
Queue Days
This is this work center’s current Queue Days calculation, which is a measure of the potential waiting time for job sequences arriving at this work center.
NOTE: If this job sequence has a status of ‘Started’, this is given a value of zero because there is no waiting time for a job sequence in progress.
Rem Job Days
This is the total remaining job days for this sequence, calculated as follows:
Rem Setup Days + Rem Labor Days + Days to Next + Queue Days = Rem Job Days
Job Hrs/Day (important Work Center Capacity setting)
This is the Job Hrs/Day setting for this work center. It is divided into the Rem Setup Hrs and Rem Labor Hrs to translate those field values into Rem Setup Days and Rem Labor Days.
Link:
Shop Control Guide - Setup - Work Center Capacities
Rem Setup Hrs
This is the estimated remaining setup hours for this job sequence. You can click the down arrow to view the calculation details.
Rem Labor Hrs
This is the estimated remaining labor hours for this job sequence. You can click the down arrow to view the calculation details.
