{"id":3916,"date":"2012-04-16T08:46:40","date_gmt":"2012-04-16T08:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/en\/?page_id=773"},"modified":"2012-04-16T08:46:40","modified_gmt":"2012-04-16T08:46:40","slug":"industry-planning-visual-flags","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/en\/industry-planning\/industry-planning-features\/industry-planning-visual-flags\/","title":{"rendered":"Industry Planning &#8211; Visual flags"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Visual flags<\/strong>\u00a0are just the computerized transcription of what the in-charge of wall schedules have been using for a long time on their cardboard jobs: a sticker, a stroke of fluo marker, a\u00a0color\u00a0paper clip, a cut corner, etc.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In <strong>Direct Planning<\/strong>, flags are visual indicators set aside to draw the planner&#8217;s attention on a job&#8217;s status. Concretely, they consist in\u00a0<strong>colored\u00a0rectangles<\/strong>\u00a0just on top of a job, or inside, on the right-side. The\u00a0color\u00a0and the background pattern can be configured according to the status of the flag. You can configure up to 10 flags. There are different kinds of flags.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Flags are important elements of the <strong><a title=\"Industry Planning \u2013 Configurable for your business\" href=\"https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/en\/industry-planning\/industry-planning-features\/industry-planning-configurable-for-your-business\/\">configuration of the planning for your trade<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1511\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/direct_planning_industrie_les_marqueurs.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1511\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1511 \" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/direct_planning_industrie_les_marqueurs.png\" alt=\"Direct Planning Industry - Visual flags\" width=\"450\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/direct_planning_industrie_les_marqueurs.png 450w, https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/direct_planning_industrie_les_marqueurs-312x155.png 312w, https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/direct_planning_industrie_les_marqueurs-156x77.png 156w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1511\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Direct Planning Industry &#8211; Visual flags<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Watch this <strong>video<\/strong> (in French) to discover the flags:<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vXdwia1mlxM?list=PLE29BC077F1C16669&amp;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">The\u00a0different kinds of flags<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Basic flags<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They only have two states: present or absent in a job.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Customer dispute<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Test order<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Urgent order<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Management confirmation required before production launching<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Multi-state flags<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Each of them can have up to 5 states. Each level is assigned a different\u00a0color.\u00a0 The symbolism of traffic lights red\/yellow\/green is often used.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Awaiting receipt of material<\/strong>\u00a0(with following states: &#8220;Material to order&#8221;, &#8220;Material ordered&#8221;, &#8220;Material received&#8221;).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Awaiting receipt of tools<\/strong>\u00a0(with following states: &#8220;Tool to order&#8221;, &#8220;Tool ordered&#8221;, &#8220;Tool received&#8221;).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Production status<\/strong>\u00a0(with following states: &#8220;Do not start production&#8221;, &#8220;Production to start&#8221;, &#8220;Printing completed&#8221;, &#8220;Forwarding completed&#8221;, &#8220;Delivery completed&#8221;).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Multi-state flags with awaiting receipt of an item<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This extension of multi-state flags has been particularly designed for the flags where you specify that you are <strong>waiting for an item<\/strong>\u00a0before <strong>launching production<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">An estimated date of receipt is entered on the flag. As long as the item has not been received, an <strong><a title=\"Industry Planning \u2013 Time impositions and alerts\" href=\"https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/en\/industry-planning\/industry-planning-features\/industry-planning-time-impositions-and-alerts\/\">earliest start date<\/a><\/strong> is imposed on that job.<strong> Thus the production cannot start before the estimated date<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Furthermore, on the day of the estimated receipt, <strong>Direct Planning generates an alert in order to notify of the delay in the receipt of the expected item<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1512\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/direct_planning_industrie_saisie_marqueurs.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1512\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1512 \" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/direct_planning_industrie_saisie_marqueurs-610x361.png\" alt=\"Direct Planning Industry - Entry of a multi-state flag (with awaiting item receipt)\" width=\"610\" height=\"361\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1512\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Direct Planning Industry &#8211; Entry of a multi-state flag (with awaiting item receipt)<\/p><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Entry of customizable data for each flag<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For multi-level flags, you can customize the flag entry window by adding up to 10 <strong>configurable areas<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For example, for a flag such as &#8220;Awaiting receipt of special ink&#8221;, you would create two additional fields &#8220;<strong>Supplier name<\/strong>&#8221; and &#8220;<strong>Purchase order number<\/strong>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"mks_button mks_button_medium rounded\" href=\"https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/en\/industry-planning\/industry-planning-features\/\" target=\"_self\" style=\"color: #FFFFFF; background-color: #1e73be;\" > Industry Planning Features<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visual flags\u00a0are just the computerized transcription of what the in-charge of wall schedules have been using for a long time on their cardboard jobs: a sticker, a stroke of fluo marker, a\u00a0color\u00a0paper clip, a cut corner, etc. In Direct Planning, flags are visual indicators set aside to draw the planner&#8217;s attention on a job&#8217;s status. 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