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Shop Work: Priority Flags and Fixed Position

Shop Work Priority Options. Management often needs the ability to change the priority of work orders, put them on hold, or sort the work orders at a particular work center for optimal processing. Whe…

Shop Work Priority Options

Management often needs the ability to change the priority of work orders, put them on hold, or sort the work orders at a particular work center for optimal processing. Wheelhouse meets these needs with two distinct options: (1) Priority Flags and (2) Work Center Fixed Position.

This tutorial will explain both prioritization options, when to use them, and how they interact.

Priority Flags

Priority flags are visible to everyone using shop work, regardless of work center. They help management communicate the status of a work order and move prioritized work orders to the top of the processing queue, in order by the priority setting. Priority Flags are great for marking an order as "On-Hold", "High Priority", or any other flags you choose.

priority highest

How to use Priority Flags

  1. With admin access, setup the Flag Selection List
    From the menu, select: Make > Priority Type
    Adjust the flags to meet your needs.
  2. Set the flag on the work order in the Job Scheduler
    In the Job Scheduler, edit an individual work order.
    Set the flag in the work order header.
    Priority type selection
  3. View the flag in Shop Work
    The Priority Flag will be visible to everyone in shop work when the order is visible
    If Work Center Fixed Position is being used simultaneously it will take precedence over Priority Flag Type
    priority type coloumn

Work Center Fixed Position

Work Center Fixed Position allows a work center operator to force the jobs into a certain order based on management requests. Because it only applies to a single work center, Work Center Fixed Position is visible only when Shop Work is filtered to a specific Work Center.

work ctr and priority

How to use Fixed Position

  1. In Shop Work, filter to one Work Center
    work ctr selection
  2. Click the pin to set a fixed position for the work order and enter the position number
    Fixed position
  3. To toggle ignore pins on/off, click the pin at the top of the pin column
    highlighted toggle pin
  4. Remove a fixed position by selecting the position number and clearing the value.
  5. If Fixed Position is used in conjunction with Priority Flags, Fixed Positions take precedence

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