The standard report 'Operations of Pending Production Orders' displays the operations of pending production orders, grouped by week and year of the planned production date. For each operation, insight is provided into the expected lead times, such as setup time, processing time per piece, man-hours per machine, and total production time. The report groups data by operation and production order line, and includes totals per week and per year. This report supports the planning and capacity analysis of the production department.

With the SOLIDWORKS – ERP integration you can create and update articles, parts lists and documents directly from SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD in your ERP system. Always work with up-to-date data, reduce the chance of human error and shorten the lead time from design to production.

An order is automatically planned forward when no delivery date is entered. The end date is calculated based on the number of days from today during which planning is not allowed—according to the administration setting 'For planning ahead, start planning after'—plus the lead time in the schedule.

An order is automatically planned backward when a delivery date is entered. This may result in operations being planned in the past. For example: the delivery date is tomorrow with a lead time of 40 hours.