Re: Manufacturing Firm

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It's hard for me to get the whole picture of what's needed there so here is a
stab at what I see:
1) I would either create a project named the WO number or create a project
with a summary task by WO number with sub task below. Use a text field and
rename it WO#. Put the WO# for all task associated with that WO. This will
allow you to run filters later.
2) Create task just how you described below and make logic ties:
a) mold is made/modified, whatever is needed for particular part
> b) mold goes to production where it is filled by crew
> c) parts are pulled from mold and sent to finishing
> d) finishing patches and cleans up part and prepares for shipping
> e) product is shipped
And Also:
) Gypsum - approximately 20-60 minutes per mold to lay the part, and 60
> minutes before demolding can occur. Another 30 minutes to demold and prep
> the mold for another part. Therefore in a perfect world approx. 4 gypsum
> parts could be made in a single mold per day.
>
> 2) Paint Grade Cement - same properties and process as gypsum
>
> 3) Colored Cement - This process consists of 1-2 hours to lay the part.
> This material takes 10-12 hours before demolding can begin. 30 minutes to
> demold and prep for next part. When not running two shifts, this process
> yields me one part per mold per day.

FYI - You can cut, paste and modify these task for future WO's.
3. Assign resources as needed. You can have more than one resource per task,
but it's better to have one task per resource.
4) Assign a resource calendar to each resource.
5) Set your resource max units under View>Resource Sheet.
6) You will have to put a Start No Earlier Than constrant date on the first
task of each WO until it starts or you can put logic ties to other WO's task.
7) If there is a mold that will be needed on two WO's you'll need to make a
logic tie between them.
8) Set a time to get updates on a regular basis. Twice a week is not to
often for me.
All of this completed you will be able to know lead times and ship dates by
WO.
Good Luck with your job!


"Andrew Cornwell" wrote:

> Here is my current process...
>
> 1) We receive order of custom products from customer.
> 2) Sales gives me the sales order
> 3) I create a work order for my production crew
> a) mold is made/modified, whatever is needed for particular part
> b) mold goes to production where it is filled by crew
> c) parts are pulled from mold and sent to finishing
> d) finishing patches and cleans up part and prepares for shipping
> e) product is shipped
>
> Currently, all my info is an excel spreadsheet for each job and a crude
> overall schedule on another spreadsheet. My problem I run into is when I get
> an order for parts that will use molds that are currently in production right
> now. I have a difficult time knowing when a mold will become available and
> quoting accurate lead time.
>
> The company is fairly young, only 3 years old, and we have seen an increase
> from 7-10 concurrently running jobs to over 20 in the last 3 months. My
> previous method with excel spreadsheets and a clipboard worked fine with only
> a few jobs at a time. My vision is to have a master shcedule which is
> connected through critical paths and such to keep me from scheduling a mold
> to be used twice at the same time that I give to me shop supervisor and he
> can check off each day what got done and I can update my schedule accordingly.
>
> More information...
>
> We manufacture cement and gypsum columns and trims for archtectural use in
> residential and commercial construction. We have three products, all of
> which use the same molds to make, but have different processes.
>
> 1) Gypsum - approximately 20-60 minutes per mold to lay the part, and 60
> minutes before demolding can occur. Another 30 minutes to demold and prep
> the mold for another part. Therefore in a perfect world approx. 4 gypsum
> parts could be made in a single mold per day.
>
> 2) Paint Grade Cement - same properties and process as gypsum
>
> 3) Colored Cement - This process consists of 1-2 hours to lay the part.
> This material takes 10-12 hours before demolding can begin. 30 minutes to
> demold and prep for next part. When not running two shifts, this process
> yields me one part per mold per day.
>
>
> Also, most our work is made to order, we do stock one product that has 8
> different sizes to it. So, all jobs have customer defined delivery dates
> that they request
> I am not sure if that information helps you understand a little more what I
> do but I hope it does. Thank you for all your help it is greatly appreciated.
>
>
>
> "John Sitka" wrote:
>
> > The "first and most important thing" is how are you
> > going to record the actual progress of your tasks.
> > You can not meet your main requirement of ....
> > "but now I need something more complex to help me know when I am
> > overscheduling a certain resource or department"
> >
> > without timely disciplined status updates....
> > upon task completion
> > upon task change
> > and end of shift.
> >
> > You could have a fellow running around with a clipboard each and everyday
> > and recording actuals into project or you could exploit a distributed "task list"
> > with something like Project Server.
> >
> > Please fill us in with an example task list for what you would consider a discrete deliverable.
> >
> > is it one big mold that takes an hour to "pop out" or is the deliverable a set of many components spurned on by a Job order that may
> > run for days.
> > would these be built to order or built to stock?
> > are the components making up this deliverable bound by any logical before after relationship? (construct a mold has to happen before
> > I cast 5 pieces)
> >
> > Everything comes from disciplined and timely status updates. Start thinking of the gathering mechanism now.
> > It does you no good to sit down to schedule in the morning when you need to make decisions
> > on what to do next when you do not have in front of you a status of what happened last night.
> > Your only option would be to run out into the yard(shop) and observe, run back to Project, enter actuals
> > run back to another part of the yard, come back to Project enter actuals, and so on. Then put your thinking cap
> > on and decide what to do next in order to meet deadlines.
> >
> > Two things then...
> > The definition of your deliverables (the things with customer deadlines attached to them, or build to stock internal deadlines)
> > How are you going to get work progress collected and into Project
> >
> >
> >
> > "Catfish Hunter" <CatfishHunter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:CF9D7A45-813E-42D2-B4BB-AB05397CB738@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Go to View>Resource Sheet.
> > > This is where you can set up resources. Resources can be people, equipment,
> > > molds......
> > > If you only have one mold then your max number for molds is 1....
> > > You will also need to make logic ties in the schedule for the use of the
> > > mold and all other task in your schedule. (Use Mold on Unit
> > > 1-------FS-0------Use Mold on Unit 2)
> > > Does this help?
> > >
> > > "Andrew Cornwell" wrote:
> > >
> > >> We are a manufacturing firm specializing in cement products. We do not use
> > >> any machines as resources, all our products are hand layed into a mold. I
> > >> need help setting up my shops' resources and schedules. I have used excel
> > >> until now, but now I need something more complex to help me know when I am
> > >> overscheduling a certain resource or department. My resources are employees,
> > >> cement, and molds themselves. How would I set it up to know when a mold I
> > >> need to use is going to be available? Any help setting this up or if anyone
> > >> knows any templates designed towards what I am looking for would be a huge
> > >> help.
> > >>
> > >> Thank you.
> >
> >
> >
.

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