Before starting actual production activities, it is often necessary to fine schedule the rough-cut production schedule that resulted from Operations Planning. The main part of this work is to fit planned operations into the larger matrix of planned and started operations on multiple production resources along a time line. As a part of constantly maintaining a balanced production schedule, the work may also involve finding ways to better utilize resources to adjust for unforeseen changes in capacity.
The following table describes a sequence of tasks, with links to the topics that describe them. These tasks are listed in the order in which they are generally performed.
| To | See |
|---|---|
View a list of production orders to schedule or control. | |
View the sum of setup and run time allocated for one production order routing to perform a specific operation, or view the sum of time allocated for one machine/work center to perform operations for multiple production orders. | |
Learn how to use the Work Center Load window to fine schedule production activities (works similarly for machine centers). | |
View the load on a work center over time (works similarly for machine centers). | |
View a report of loads on machine and work centers. | |
View a list of work centers that are overloaded, shown by efficiency bars (works similarly for machine centers). | |
Suspend the strict capacity need calculation to allow one or more operations to extend into unavailable shop calendar time. | |
Get an overview of operations that are currently outsourced and do not require internal scheduling. |