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Production and Operations Management
Notes 14.2 Loading
In continuous processes, different sub-assemblies have to be loaded to bring out the final product.
In intermittent processes, each customer job order has its unique product specifications. This
requires the routing to be unique, and certain operations need to be performed on various work
centers or facilities.
During each planning period, jobs orders are assigned on facilities, thereby establishing how
much of a load each work center must carry. This ultimately determines the workload or jobs to
be performed in a planned period. This assignment is known as machine loading.
Notes There is a concept of finite and infinite loading.
When the loading is determined by the maximum capacities of the machines, it is
called finite loading.
In infinite loading, the maximum capacity of the machines is not the basis for assigning
tasks to it. This option is applied when excess load can be handled by overtime,
sub-contracting or by shifting to other work centers or time slots.
14.2.1 Shop Loading
A shop load is approved from the most heavily loaded work center to the slightest loaded.
Load by Days
The Load by Days for a Work Center identifies probable bottlenecks over the next several weeks
because of overloading. You can view the detail for any precise day to see what jobs will be
scheduled at the Work Center.
Perform modeling and “what if” analyses to see the credible effect of increasing Work Center
capacity and/or modifying job schedules.
How it Works?
The Loading module organizes each and every one open operation for active jobs by work
centers. The module automatically maintains real-time information that let you to decide potential
shop bottlenecks, prioritize operations at work centers, expedite jobs and allocate resources to
optimize shop throughput. A Dispatch List Report be able to viewed, printed and sent to the
shop floor for shop personnel to decide the most efficient sequencing of jobs at the same time as
meeting customer delivery requirements.
After a job is entered and has been automatically scheduled, the Loading module presents shop
floor activity in real-time as it takes place on several screens:
The work center Load by Days graph provides a snapshot of a particular work center’s scheduled
load on a day-to-day basis and identifies overloaded work centers and potential bottlenecks.
Contributing Jobs
The Work Center Contributing Jobs offer a list of all jobs scheduled at a particular work center
for a selected day. You can drill down to the details of every scheduled operation to help
determine how the work center load can be adjusted to meet up your shop demands.
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