Production Scheduling

Production Scheduling analyzes work-in-process for open production orders. Work lists can be displayed or printed to review current work to be done by team, machine, work center or department. Loads on each of these resources can also be compared to capacity to determine resource constraints.

Features/Function Highlights

• Period Intervals
  • Define how the future is to be divided into time periods
  • Multiple period intervals may be defined
  • Used to display and print future production activity by time period
• Capacity Maintenance
  • Allows for non-standard override of daily capacity, by shift, for Work Center, Department, Teams, Machines
• Reschedule Operations
  • Recalculates operation due dates when order due dates are changed
• Work List Inquiries and Reports
  • Display the status of operations for open orders by resource. Types of operations include Active, Waiting, Arriving
  • Resource types are Work Center, Department, Teams, Machines
• Capacity Inquiries
  • Displays capacity and load for a given resource, with overload or under-load percentage
  • Resources analyzed are Work Center, Department, Teams, Machines
  • User-defined period intervals to view loads in a variety of formats
  • Drill-down from period load to details of orders and operations
  • Review alternates for an overloaded resource
• Reschedule Recommendations
  • Report which highlights recommendations for changes in order due dates based on work remaining