The scheduling and allocation of resources for a production order can be done not only on the scheduling page but also on the Production Orders page. In this article, we'll check which options are available when editing a production order.

This option triggers an extra link on each product on your production orders.

Here, workers and machines can be assigned, just like on the scheduling by operation screen. Beware that, this will impact the scheduling and its load calculations, but won't have any impact on the tablet. In other words, when you assign an operation to a worker or machine, other workers and machines can also perform it.

If you'd like to have this feature enabled, please contact your account manager or the support team.

You may also indicate that not all operations are to be performed by clicking on the tick boxes on the left side of the screen. The selection of operations is reflected on the tablet.

Moreover, beware that the last operation will always be enabled. This will ensure your production order progress and the generated inventory are accurately tracked. If you would like to use this feature, please contact your account manager or the support team.

The production order "magic wand" is a feature that provides the expected start date or end date for a production order/operation, assuming that the allocated resources are always available and that operations are performed consecutively.

It also considers the workers shift when the production order starts, and disregards shift changes after that date.

Furthermore, the "magic wand" takes the time per operation for the calculations either from the operation cycle time + quantity ratio (1) or operation lead time (2).

The magic wand can be applied to the entire production order, as previously explained, or to specific operations. This level of granularity allows you to set a specific date for each operation, enabling you to calculate the corresponding start/end dates based on the information provided.

To better understand this feature, three examples are provided: two examples with different complexities (considering the cycle time + quantity ratio), and one considering the operation lead time.

In all, the quantity ordered is 8 and the product is Chocolate Cake.

This product contains 3 operations:

There are 3 workers:

Example 1

In this example, all three workers are assigned to the production order, but none of them is assigned to any specific operations within the production order. The system will therefore check the most used shift within these three workers and consider it for scheduling all the operations of this order over time.

Considering the start time on Feb 29th, at 8:00AM, and the most used shift (Monday to Friday from 8AM - 12PM and 1PM - 5PM), Fusion Operations will place the order ending on March 1st, at 12PM.

The scheduled time for each operation is as follows:

Example 2

In this example, some workers are allocated to scheduled operations: no workers are assigned to operation Mixing, worker 3 is assigned to operation Baking, and all three workers are assigned to operation Packaging.

Considering the start time on Feb 29th, at 8:00AM, and the most used shift regarding the workers associated with each operation, Fusion Operations will place the order ending on March 5th, at 9:06AM.

The scheduled time for each operation is as follows:

Example 3

Same as example 1, but the lead time of the operation Baking is 2 days:

Considering the start time on Feb 29th, at 8:00AM, and the most used shift (Monday to Friday from 8AM - 12PM and 1PM - 5PM), Fusion Operations will place the order ending on March 4th at 4:20PM.

The scheduled time for each operation is as follows:

With this explanation, you have now more knowledge on how to use Fusion Operations' tools for better scheduling of your shop floor.

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