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Master Scheduling
What the plant commits to finish, and whether the critical resources could stand it.
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WorkspaceMaster Schedule BoardThe grid a master scheduler works in: forecast and orders consumed against each other, the balance carried forward, and available-to-promise per period — with the two fences shaded, because inside them the schedule is a promise rather than a plan.OpenRecordsMaster Production SchedulesWhat the plant commits to finish, period by period. The consumption rule is the whole point: a company that adds forecast to orders builds everything twice.OpenRecordsSchedule PeriodsOne row per period. Forecast, orders and the carried balance are computed; the quantity and the firm flag are the decision.OpenRecordsBills of ResourcesWhat one unit costs in critical-resource time — deliberately coarser than the routing. The offset matters: press time for something shipped in week 14 is spent in week 11.OpenViewRough-Cut CapacityThe load a master schedule would place on the critical resources, months before a routing is ever exploded. Kept as history so this plan can be compared with last month’s.Open
Columns, fields and actions
| Screen | Kind | What it is | Columns | Fields | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Master Schedule Board | Workspace | The grid a master scheduler works in: forecast and orders consumed against each other, the balance carried forward, and available-to-promise per period — with the two fences shaded, because inside them the schedule is a promise rather than a plan. | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Master Production Schedules | List | What the plant commits to finish, period by period. The consumption rule is the whole point: a company that adds forecast to orders builds everything twice. | 11 | 17 | 4 |
| Schedule Periods | List | One row per period. Forecast, orders and the carried balance are computed; the quantity and the firm flag are the decision. | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Bills of Resources | List | What one unit costs in critical-resource time — deliberately coarser than the routing. The offset matters: press time for something shipped in week 14 is spent in week 11. | 8 | 12 | 0 |
| Rough-Cut Capacity | Read-only list | The load a master schedule would place on the critical resources, months before a routing is ever exploded. Kept as history so this plan can be compared with last month’s. | 8 | 0 | 0 |