Sorting on the manufacturing queue

The manufacturing orders index with a Sort by popover open. The popover lists two column options, Order date ticked and Ship by below, then a divider, then two direction options, Oldest first and Most recent first with the latter ticked. Behind the popover, the manufacturing orders table is dimmed back to the index with its urgency tiles, filters, and rows of orders reading Waiting.

The manufacturing orders index sorted one way and one way only: most recent first. Fine for small queues, a problem when you’re working from the ship-by date and the promise that matters isn’t the newest order, it’s the sequence the whole floor has to run.

A sort button beside the filters now opens a Sort by popover with two choices of column: Order date or Ship by. Each column carries a direction choice made for the question you’re actually answering: Oldest first / Most recent first on order date, Soonest due first / Latest due first on ship-by. The sort carries across pagination, tabs, and location switches, so once you pick a direction it sticks until you change it.

Added

A sorting button on the manufacturing orders index that opens a Sort by popover with the working columns and direction.
Order date and Ship by as the two sortable columns.
Four direction labels in total: Oldest first and Most recent first for order date, Soonest due first and Latest due first for ship-by.

Changed

Previously the index always sorted by order date, most recent first. The same default still runs, but it’s one of the sortable options now instead of a fixed ordering.
Sort carries across anything that narrows the list — tabs, filters, and location. Deselecting a filter or switching a location doesn’t reset the sort.