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PROSPAC's production scheduling capability is the essential component in no less than ten production management functions.  These constitute arguably the most important tasks with which a typical production control department is charged.  They include:

bulletDaily schedules for each machine on the shop floor
bulletCoordinated schedules for outside production processes and subcontractors
bulletEstablishing realistic delivery dates for new customer orders
bulletCatastrophe recovery scheduling
bulletPlanning overtime
bulletManaging schedule decay
bulletDetermining machine-tool preventive maintenance schedules
bulletCapacity planning
bulletPerformance evaluation
bulletLong range business planning

Then there are also several other areas of interest where the production scheduling function is an important investigatory vehicle as it measures the impacts on customer delivery performance and product leadtime reduction objectives from

bulletAdvances in new manufacturing process technologies such as N/C, direct N/C, machine cells, robotics, and FMS
bulletAlternative plant layout proposals
bulletMaterial handling facilities and equipment
bulletMaterial handling policy
bulletQuality control inspection procedures
bulletRework policy
bulletAlternate routings based on shop work order quantity
bulletLow yield manufacturing processes

Basic PROSPAC Information Requirements

bulletShop work orders: release dates, due dates, quantities
bulletRouting data: operation names, machines, operation standard setup times, operation standard unit run times
bulletCapacity declarations: machines and crew
bulletDirect labor timecards: tells what has been completed and what is currently in work
bulletScheduling parameters: set current date and time of the most recent timecards, set distant future date which determines how far into the future to calculate schedules, select scheduling rules and shop constraints, and too many more to detail here.

 

 

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