Manufacturing Calendar

The Manufacturing Calendar displays your production schedule on a timeline. You can view jobs scheduled for work centers, released job cards for each manufacturing order and jobs assigned to shop floor staff, along with available and overloaded time slots. You can view the schedule by month, week, or day.

The Manufacturing Calendar has three types:

You can switch between them at any time using the calendar dropdown at the top of the page.

Calendar Types

Work Center Calendar

The Work Center Calendar helps you view and track the working hours of a work center, including job card durations and breaks. It provides a clear view of work center availability and the job cards currently in progress.

Manufacturing Order Calendar

The Manufacturing Order Calendar displays all manufacturing order with Released and In Progress job cards across a timeline, from their planned start date to their planned end date.

Shop Floor Staff Calendar

The Shop Floor Staff Calendar shows each staff member’s assigned job cards, along with unassigned job cards within the selected time frame.

View the Manufacturing Calendar

The following steps apply to all three calendar types. Only the filter dropdown changes based on the calendar you select.

Prerequisite:

Ensure the Manufacturing module is enabled in settings.
Create and release job cards for a manufacturing order to view schedules for work centers, manufacturing orders, and shop floor staff in the calendar.

Navigate to Manufacturing in the left sidebar.
Navigate to the Manufacturing Calendar in the top Module Bar.
Click the calendar dropdown and select Work Center Calendar, Manufacturing Order Calendar, or Shop Floor Staff Calendar.
Click View By in the top-left corner. Select the calendar view you want to view:
- Day – Displays the duration for each day.
- Week – Displays the durations on a weekly basis.
- Month – Displays the durations for each month.
Click the Job Card to view its details such as Work Center, Manufacturing Order#, Job Card, Job Card#, Item to Produce, Scheduled Start Time and Scheduled End Time. You can now view the records along with the job cards in the Yet to Start status and their durations.

Other Actions

View Job Card Details

Click the Job# you want to view the details of.
In the popover, click View More Details.
The Overview tab displays the basic details of the job card such as, Assigned To, Estimated and Actual Time, Manufacturing Order#, Work Center, Schedule Start Time, Actual Start Time, Scheduled End Time, Actual End Time, Description, Item to Produce, Quantity to Produce and Attachment.

Edit Job Card Duration

You can visually view how long a job card takes to complete, check if it is blocked by other operations, and edit the duration if needed.

Note: You can also edit the job card duration in the Job Cards tab.

Navigate to Manufacturing in the left sidebar.
Switch to the Manufacturing Calendar tab and select the required calendar.
Select the job card whose duration you want to edit.
Click View More Details in the popover.
In the right pane, click Scheduled Start Time or Scheduled End Time in the Overview tab.
Change the duration and click Save.

Add Attachments

You can upload the related documents of the schedules.

To add attachments,

Navigate to Manufacturing in the left sidebar.
Switch to the Manufacturing Calendar tab and select the required calendar.
Select the job card whose duration you want to edit.
In the popover, click View More Details.
Click the Attachment icon at the top under the Overview tab
Select your files and click Open.

PDF/Print

You can download or print the job card details. To do this,

Navigate to Manufacturing in the left sidebar.
Switch to the Manufacturing Calendar tab and select the required calendar.
Select the job card whose duration you want to edit.
In the popover, click View More Details.
Click PDF/Print at the left corner in the side bar. Select the required action.
- PDF - Downloads the job card details as a PDF.
- Print - Click Print to print the details.