The Rhombus Factory Information System is a modular production control system for medium to high volume manufacturers.
It is unusual in that it has been built up from a shop-floor data collection system, rather than down from an accounting system. This means that it has modules to handle many tasks on the shop-floor which you do not get in other software packages.
Large companies use it as a Manufacturing Execution System.
Small and medium sized companies use it to run their businesses.
A scheduled sales order specifies not only the quantity of parts which the customer requires, but also the delivery address and date on which they must be delivered.
A sales order line in FIS records the customer, part number, quantity required, delivery address and due date. You can therefore record scheduled sales orders in FIS.
You can have more than one part on a sales order, or have one sales order per part, depending on how your customer likes to send you schedules.
When you change a line on a sales order, FIS automatically keeps a history of the changes you have made. This gives you evidence to confront customers who change their schedules at the last minute.
You can record a schedule number on the sales order header, so that you can link the current schedule with paperwork received from the customer.
Scheduled sales orders do not close automatically when all lines have been delivered. This allows the customer to schedule no parts on an order for a while, and then restart demand without your needing to to anything special.