| All Preactor FCS production scheduling products use an algorithmic sequencing method of loading work onto the planning board. This is often referred to as sequential or "job at a time" sequencing, the general philosophy of these rules is to balance the load across resources whilst meeting due dates.
Each job is selected in turn and all operations are added to the production schedule using the constraints that have been defined. All operations for the next job are then processed, and so on, until all jobs have been loaded.
The sequence in which the jobs are selected can be due date, priority, or schedule file order. The direction of loading can be forward from the current time, backward from the due date or bi-directional, whereby up-stream operations for a job are backward sequenced and down-stream operations are forward sequenced, around the selected operation.
You may sort jobs to generate a preferred sequence of loading, e.g. sort by due date and then by priority.
Many production schedules can be tried and compared before being released to the shop floor for execution. |
