Production Control

       The Production Control system provides for the maintenance and
       analysis of data pertaining to order status and priority, shop
       capacity and load, work in process inventory, job cost, and
       production efficiency.

       Master file records are maintained for inventory items, work
       centers in the shop, and production routings or process plans.
       The shop scheduling calendar of working days, weekends, and
       holidays is also maintained by the Production Control system.
       Open order records showing items on order, the operations to be
       performed, and material allocated and issued are maintained for
       each open production job.  Labor expended and material issued are
       applied to the open order records in order to provide a history
       of job cost per operation and type of material consumed.

       Detail on planned production operations is recorded by scheduled
       start and finish dates, allowing the system to produce
       information regarding the relative priority of jobs in process
       and the planned loading of work centers by date.

       Labor transactions indicating setup and run times and quantities
       finished, scrapped, and/or moved are applied at the individual
       operation level.  These transactions facilitate the monitoring of
       order progress and cost.  A detailed labor history may optionally
       be kept for the duration of a pay period or until the associated
       jobs are closed.

       Functions are available for the rescheduling of individual
       planned operations, individual planned issues, or entire orders,
       including scheduled dates for all related detail.  These
       functions make it possible to continually maintain valid
       priorities at the individual operation level, thereby providing
       vital information for the execution of the production plan.

       Production Control functions:
               File maintenance functions
               Production order entry
               Material allocation entry
               Production control reports
               Material issues entry
               Production labor entry
               Close production orders
               System management