Sometime it happens that unrealistic wanted dates are asked for. Let's suppose the target for the job is 3 days. If a wanted date of 2 days is asked for then this is probably possible but the order entry operator possibly should know this in order to set up the process to speed up production on this job. If a wanted date of 4 days is asked for then there is not a need for any special action.
In our example above, if a wanted date of 1 day is asked for then it is unlikely that this is possible so order entry should not allow this (there is nothing to stop the wanted date being typed into special instructions).
Annapurna 2.17 has updates to handle this. There are the following scenarios.
Wanted date greater than or equal to the target date - No action.
Wanted date less than the target date - An minimum lab date is calculated which is the realistic date that the lab could achieve by making the job urgent. The following conversion is applied
Target Days Minimum Days
0 0
1 0
2 1
3 2
4 2
5 3
6 4
7 4
8 5
9 6
10 6
If the wanted date is greater or equal to the minimum date then the job is accepted with a warning to the operator.
If the wanted date is less than the minimum date then the job is not accepted. There is also another fudge in that the browser will still allow wanted dates to be added without this test.
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