Manufacturing Order Due Date

The date when the manufacturing order must be completed; it must be a working day on the shop calendar.  If Shop Floor Control is installed, you can enter either the start date or the due date; you do not have to enter both.  The date not entered will be calculated based on the leadtime information specified for the part.  Orders will generally be considered backward scheduled (operations are scheduled from the order due date backwards).  If only a start date is entered, the order will be forward scheduled.