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Scheduling Process for Work Centers

The document discusses several key aspects of scheduling process-focused work centers, including checking availability of tools and materials, establishing due dates, monitoring work in progress, and providing production statistics. It also describes planning and control files that track item, routing, and work center information. Methods for loading jobs in work centers consider job priority, capacity, and either Gantt charts or assignment models. Input-output control identifies scheduling problems and options exist for managing facility work flow.

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Scheduling Process for Work Centers

The document discusses several key aspects of scheduling process-focused work centers, including checking availability of tools and materials, establishing due dates, monitoring work in progress, and providing production statistics. It also describes planning and control files that track item, routing, and work center information. Methods for loading jobs in work centers consider job priority, capacity, and either Gantt charts or assignment models. Input-output control identifies scheduling problems and options exist for managing facility work flow.

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Requirement for Scheduling Process-Focused

Work Centers

• Scheduling incoming orders without violating capacity constraints of


individual work centers
• Check availability of tools and materials before releasing an orders
to a department
• Establish due dates for each job and check progress against need
dates and order lead times
• Check work-in-progress as job move through the shop
• Provide feedback on plant and production activities
• Provide work-efficiency statistics and monitor operator times for
payroll and labor distribution analyses
Planning and Control Files

Planning Files

1. An item master file contain information about each component


2. A routing file indicates each component’s flow through the shop
3. A work-center master file contains information about the work
center

Control File
Track the actual progress made against the plan
Loading Jobs in Work Centers

• Assigning jobs to work centers


• Considering
- Job priority (e.g.., due date)
- Capacity
Work center hours available
Hours needed for job
• Approaches
- Gantt chart (load & scheduling) – capacity
- Assignment method – job to specific work center
Input-Output Control

• Identifies overloading and underloading conditions


• Prompts managerial action to resolve scheduling problems
• Can be maintained using ConWIP cards that control the
scheduling of batches

Options for Managing Facility Work Flow


• Correcting performance
• Increasing capacity
• Increasing or reducing input to the work center by :
- Routing work to or from other work centers
- Increasing or decreasing subcontracting
- Producing less (or more)
Gantt Load Chart

• Shows relative workload in facility


• Disadvantages
- Does not account for unexpected events
- Must be updated regularly

Work Canter M T W Th F
Metal Work Job 349 Job 350

Mechanical Job D Job G

Electronics Job B Job H

Painting Job C Job E Job I


Assignment Method

• Assigns tasks or jobs to resources


• Type of linear programming model
- Objective
Minimize total cost, time etc
- Constraint
1 job per resource (e.g., machine)
1 resource (e.g., machine) per job

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