Re: Is MS Project for my needs??? please help

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From: Jan De Messemaeker (jandemes)
Date: 07/27/04 

Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 21:49:14 +0200

Hi,

It depends on two things:
-Which data are exactly available and
- How familiar you are with VBA programming

You can have performances (throughput/hour) as a number field in your
resource *** (amchines being the resources) and volumes in a number field
of ech task - in the case of my customer it was in the summary task spanning
all production steps for a batch.

But I cannot qualify "difficulty", I'm too biased - ¨Project is the only
product I have ever known in depth so for me this is very "easy" and
"simple" (but nearly all features or Word remain mysteries, I do not know
pivot things in Excel, and I cannot address a table in Access) - I 'm
willing to help though.

HTH 

--
Jan De Messemaeker
Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
http://users.online.be/prom-ade/index.htm
32-495-300 620
"Juststo" <Juststo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:203BA862-7B86-4D0A-B0CD-235878820963@microsoft.com...
> I actually have many stations all dependant on the previous station  (an
assembly line type outfit).  Project seems like it would be usefull
scheduling all of my projects with differnt delivery dates through all of my
stations, but I will need to set up how many units/hr each station can
accomodate in order for Project to properly schedule.
>
>  Is there a simple way to do this with VBA or am I just asking for
trouble?
>
> "Jan De Messemaeker" wrote:
>
> > Hi Justso,
> >
> > Although there are many aspects of your production schedule Project can
help
> > you with (I have supported a customer running a factory producing wooden
> > prefab roofs) the questions you ask here are not out-of-the-box Project
> > features.
> >
> > Project wil essentially help you when you have defined the elementary
tasks
> > a batch has to undergo, their duration and the sequence in which teh
> > different tasks on each batch have to be executed
> > Then you can introduce as many batches as you like using the same
resources
> > and ask Project for a feasible schedule. It will calculate one by
postponing
> > the tasks with the smallest priority (haw it defines that is an other
> > discussion); so if the end result is unacceptable, you can play with the
> > priorities or increase the capacity of the resources, e.g. by
introducing
> > overtime.
> >
> > Its strength lies in the aspect of combining teh sequence of the steps
with
> > capacity limitations.
> > If on teh other hand you are running only one production step on one
> > machine, Project's calculation features may not be what you are looking
for.
> >
> > HTH
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jan De Messemaeker
> > Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
> > http://users.online.be/prom-ade/index.htm
> > 32-495-300 620
> > "Juststo" <Juststo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:741D596F-B2FA-48C8-9B7C-939E8DDF8645@microsoft.com...
> > > I run a woodworking manufacturing business and am having trouble
getting
> > the project demo to do what I need.  Is there a way todo the following?
> > >
> > > I need to cut 400 boards.  I have a saw that can cut 10 boards an
hour.  I
> > need project to tell me how long the job will take.  Is there a way to
set
> > up the total units a job needs to be complete and then define how many
> > units/hr a resource can handle?
> > >
> > > Eventually I will integrate multiple jobs using the same resources and
I
> > want to know when I need to work overtime to meet deadlines.
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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