Scheduling Steps

A typical process of using the CloudSuite Industrial Scheduler consists of the following steps.

Enter your real-world production data (items, routings/bills of material, shifts, resources, and resource groups).
Create work centers for tracking operation costs.
Define Shop Floor Control Parameters.
Define the production alternative on the Planning Parameters form.
Enter any demands (firm planned orders into jobs, production schedules, etc.).
Run the Scheduling activity. Typically, you will place this task on the Background Queue to be run nightly, with a one- or two-day horizon (to schedule the jobs and other demands firmed and created that day).
View the Background Task History form to make sure the Scheduling activity completed without errors. You can view the Trace messages for the scheduling run on this form.
Analyze the scheduler output to identify the problems in the schedule.
See Analyzing Scheduler Output.
Solve the problems. For example, add overtime for the resource or re-prioritize the jobs on the Global Priority Settings form.
Rerun the Scheduling activity.
Print the Resource Group Dispatch List and give it to your shop floor to implement.

Note: Other steps, such as running the Planning activity, follow the scheduler steps. See the topics MRP Steps and APS Steps for more information.