Planning and Scheduling Rules

Seiki Interactive Advanced Manufacturing Planning and Scheduling Board

The system helps take the time, complexity and errors out of planning with built-in rules that apply a sequencing logic when scheduling works orders onto the planning board. Quickly run scenarios to see if you have the most effective schedule for meeting your delivery dates for all planned operations. It works to finite capacity, so every scenario you run will be based on what you are capable of in terms of resources, hours and availability.

Planning and Scheduling Rule Definitions

Below is a list of factors that are incorporated into the scheduling rules with an explanation of the sequencing logic that they apply when loading jobs on the planning board. Each scheduling rule may contain more than one factor, in which case the sequencing logic will be applied in order of display on the rule name.

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Factor	Description
Status	The system will schedule works orders with any operation that has a W.I.P. booking status (i.e. it has been started) first. Note: if using Assembly scheduling then every part of the assembly is scheduled first.
Delivery Date	The system will schedule works orders with earliest delivery date first.
Priority	The system will artificially move the due date forward by applying the prioritisation values that you have defined against the individual works order and the threshold within the scheduling setup.
New Flag	Schedule new works orders first.
Creation Date	FIFO (First In First Out) i.e. the system will schedule the works orders in the order they were created.
With Analysis	The system will calculate the lead time of each works order based on how long it would take to go through the manufacturing process if no other jobs are present. This is converted into days and subtracted from the order’s delivery due date to create an “internal start date”. The works orders are then sorted on this internal start date for loading onto the schedule, with the earliest internal start date loaded first. NOTE: This is option is assumed unless it explicitly states “Without Analysis”

Compare Scheduling Rules

One of the most powerful features of the software is the ability to visually compares all scheduling rule scenarios to quickly identify the most effect rule for delivering against your highest priority criteria, before applying it to your live schedule.

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