Lead Time Processor

Use this form to update the fixed and a variable lead times for the manufactured items you specify. This utility calculates the lead time values using the move, queue, setup, duration, and finish times for the operations in the item's current routing and factors in the average hours in a day using the default scheduling shift or the operation's work center shift.

Caution: The Lead Time Processor automatically posts the newly calculated fixed lead time to the Lead Time field and variable lead time to the Variable Lead Time field on the Items form, Planning tab.

The Lead Time Processor replaces any lead times you may have entered on the Items form. If the routings for the items being processed are inaccurate or incomplete, the system will generate invalid lead times.

If you are using MRP: Because MRP uses lead times to plan the release dates of planned orders, it is important that you use this utility to calculate accurate lead times. MRP does not otherwise consider operation times (such as move, queue, setup, etc.), so the use of the Lead Time Processor is the only way of factoring these times into your plan for manufactured items.