Sorting

Explanation

This activity is used to manually sort object before scheduling.

This activity is performed for various reasons.

Option - Sort by Precedence : When it seems that scheduling is not taking place as expected, the internal sorting of operations might not have taken place. This manual sorting option would make operations sort again and scheduling would happen as expected.
Options - Sort by , LPST, EDD, Work Order Priority : When there are identical orders competing for same resources thee user can select one of these sorting options and force scheduling logic to give priority to certain orders based on the sort option.

Sorting will effect only unscheduled operations/orders

The internal sorting order of operations or orders will be re-ordered as per the sort by option.

In the Gantt chart, select the unscheduled orders/operations that you want to sort.
Select right mouse button menu option Sort by Precedence if you want to sort operations inside orders with their preceding, succeeding relationships. - accordingly the operations will be sorted internally. Execute any scheduling actions to see if desired results are achieved after sorting.
Select right-click option and select the sort option which you need as the dispatch rule for your operations. Sort By LPST will sort operations or orders according to their latest possible start time. Sort by EDD will schedule orders according to their earliest due date. Sort by Work Order priority will set work orders orders to sort according to their work order priority.
Once sorted , schedule orders to see if it gives the desired results. for example , if you sorted orders Sort by EDD, and then if you schedule orders As Soon As Possible then orders will schedule in the priority order that the order having earliest due date will take the time slot closest to current time. If any order happens to become tardy , then those would be the once who is having later due date.