Description:
Manufacturing resources available for each shift are scheduled to customer orders to maximise production output & conserve production resources thereby reducing production costs. Jobs encountering bottle-necks or delaying subsequent processes are allocated to addtional manufacturing plants or extra processing areas or machines where possible - subject to available capacity.
Details:
| Manufacturing | Scheduling of requirements for each resources in the machinery and capacity database. |
| Production | All required production in each processing area is assigned a priority for each shift. |
| Scheduling | Jobs encountering bottle-necks or delaying subsequent processes are allocated to addtional machines where possible or completion date is re-scheduled so customer can be advised promptly |
| Planning | Jobs encountering bottle-necks or delaying subsequent processes are allocated to addtional plants or extra processing areas where possible. |
| Control | Any jobs not completed as scheduled are automatically re-scheduled for the next shift. |