Plan Unplanned Kanban Jobs Two Weeks Early in Dynamics 365 SCM

MB-335 By islever Editorial Last updated

Implement lean manufacturing

Short answer

AE Set Automatic planning to Yes and manually schedule each unscheduled job on its due date.

Question

A customer produces light projection toys for holiday decorations throughout the year. You are in the first month of a season. Production flows take one day to complete. The floor supervisor reports that seasonal production targets will not be met. You review the Kanban schedule board and identify thousands of unplanned jobs. You need to plan the jobs to be completed two weeks prior to the start of the next season. What are two possible ways to achieve this goal? Each correct answer presents a complete solution. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.
  1. Set the Automatic planning option for each unscheduled job to Yes. Correct Answer
  2. Manually schedule each unscheduled job forward from the date of the end of the season.
  3. Manually schedule each unscheduled job to the previous period of the end of the next season.
  4. Set the Automatic planning option for each unscheduled job to No.
  5. Manually schedule each unscheduled job on its due date. Correct Answer

Key Takeaways

Automatic planning = Yes lets the system schedule the jobs, while manual scheduling on the due date places each job at its due date; both achieve planning the jobs ahead of the season.

To plan thousands of unplanned Kanban jobs to be completed before the next season, set the Automatic planning option for each unscheduled job to Yes, and/or manually schedule each unscheduled job on its due date.

Common mistake: Do not set Automatic planning to No (that prevents auto-scheduling), and do not manually schedule forward from the end of the season or to a prior period — those do not align jobs to the due date before the season.

Expert Analysis

Why the Answer Is Correct

Two valid ways meet the goal. Setting Automatic planning = Yes lets the system schedule the unscheduled Kanban jobs, and manually scheduling each unscheduled job on its due date places them at the required date, completing them before the next season.

Why the Other Options Are Wrong

  • Option B (manual forward from end of season) and Option C (prior period of next season) misplace the timing.
  • Option D (Automatic planning = No) blocks automatic scheduling.

Community Comment Notes

Community votes are split between BE and AE; AE matches 'plan two weeks prior to the next season' via due-date scheduling.

Official Reference

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/supply-chain/production-control/lean-manufacturing-kanban-job-scheduling

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Community Votes

BE
50%
AE
50%

50% of anonymous learners picked answer BE. Votes are pick records left by other test-takers — they are not the verified answer.

Discussion 3 contributions

Compiled from public community threads and reader submissions, lightly edited for clarity. Handles and vote tallies are shown as recorded, and comments reflect the views of individual contributors.

From public community threads 3

  1. Tonheidie 👍 2
    I think this is incorrect, and B and E are correct. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/supply-chain/production-control/lean-manufacturing-kanban-job-scheduling Schedule schedules the selected jobs according to their due date. (This option resembles automatic planning.) Schedule forward from date tries to schedule the selected jobs according to their due date but constrains the result by using the specified earliest start date. since "Previous period moves the selected scheduled jobs to the start or end of the previous period." will not result in ontime items, since you are still in the first month.
  2. Deetss 👍 2
    A - is correct per: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/supply-chain/production-control/visual-scheduling-lean-manufacturing#plan-unplanned-jobs E - then seems to be the consensus from below & per: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/supply-chain/production-control/lean-manufacturing-kanban-job-scheduling#manual-scheduling
  3. LOR_19 👍 3
    AE - both work with due date

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