FoundryScheduling

SCHEDULING

SCHEDULING REQUIRES A TOOLKIT NOT A TOOL

EACH FOUNDRY IS UNIQUE AND REQUIRES A UNIQUE SET OF TOOLS IN ORDER TO SCHEDULE IT

CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS

TIME (INC SETUP TIME)

NUMBER OF MOULDS

CASTING VALUE

WEIGHT (POURED or CASTING)

MOULDING BOX AVAILABILITY

FLOOR AREA (LESS COMMON)

OVEN CAPACITY (LESS COMMON)

Rack or Stack Moulding

MOULDING PROCESS MARKED AS SPECIAL CASE

STORE RACK OR STACK SIZE

NUMBER OF BLOWS CAPACITY

NUMBER OF RACKS/STACKS CAPACITY (SPACE)

CHANGES TO TIME CALCULATION

INVESTMENT FOUNDRIES

STORE 2 BIND QUANTITIES

BIND QUANTITY 1 USED FOR TREE SIZE

BIND QUANTITY 2 USED FOR DIE NUMBER ON

PRESSURE DIECASTING

STORE 2 BIND QUANTITIES

BIND QUANTITY 1 USED FOR CASTINGS PER SHOT

BIND QUANTITY 2 USED FOR CASTINGS TRIMMED PER

CYCLE

SCHEDULING BY TIME

SETUP TIME PER DAY OR PER JOB

ALLOWANCE FOR EFFECIENCY PER SHIFT

MACHINE TIME Vs LABOUR TIME

PROCESS PRECIFIC CALENDARS

DEFINABLE SHIFT PATTERN

UNLIMITED NUMBER OF SHIFTS

JOB SEQUENCING

SHIFT & PRIORITY

SHIFT & METAL GRADE

MELT & POURING TEMPERATURE

METAL & MELT NUMBER

MANY OTHER VARIATIONS

METAL & MELT NUMBER SEQUENCING

SPLITTING PRODUCTION RUNS

PREDEFINE BATCH SIZES

AUTOMATIC SPLIT CREATION

MANUAL SPLIT CREATION

SPLIT AT CAPACITY LEVEL

HIGHLIGHTING ANOMOLIES

SET COLOUR FOR REMAKES

SET COLOUR FOR LATE JOBS

SET COLOUR FOR PROCESS LATE JOBS

SETTING A FIXED PLANNING WINDOW

ADDITIONAL TOOLS

AUTOMATIC RESCHEDULING FOR BREAKDOWNS

MOVE WORK FROM OVERLOADED PROCESSES TO ALTERNATES

BOTTLENECK MONITORING (MULTIPLE PROCESSES)

CONFIGURABLE DATA SCREENS

DATA FILTERS

BOTTLENECK MONITORING

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