Re: Just in Time levelling

Hi John,

Just for once I disagree with you.
AXAPTA (from Microsoft now, used to be Navision) has an elaborate Production
management module.

BUT! Project specialists recommending the use of such a monster don't
realize the scale difference there is between Project and these tools.
They're not just about job scheduling, they're about Bills of Material and
versions thereof, Work in Process accounting, job costing, invoicing, links
to HR data bases, to general ledger...

I humbly admit that I very optimistically tried to get into this part of
AXAPTA and that I have given up.

So I do understand people who try to use Project for job scheduling. It's
very simple (as compared to the elusive production packages) and but for a
few weaknesses it can produce very sensible results. Just in time is one of
these weaknesses, an other one is the impossibility to manage material
resources and having their availability influence the schedule.

Greetings,

--
Jan De Messemaeker, Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
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davegb tells us they exist,
Google tells us they exist,
the software vendors tell us they exist.
Guess what, they don't exist.

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stoods wrote:
Thanks,

I do appreciate the replies.

Yes, we do need to do this.

The situation is a woodworking factory. The processes are typically cut
the
board, edge the board, drill the board, paint the board and then put it
together. The bottleneck is in assembly, and teh saw can produce more
parts
than can be assembled. So, if all the sawing happens as soon as
possible, you
have to find somewhere to put all the parts that have been cut while
they are
waiting to be assembled. So, it does make sense to do this. Also, it is
acceptable that all tasks become on teh critical path, that is the
trade off
needed in this style of application.

I guess also on another level, you would also need to purchase all the
raw
materials well in advance of needing them, cuasing more storage
issues, as
well as incurring costs needlessly.

"Jan De Messemaeker" wrote:

Hi,

Project is very poor at that. As you may see, many claim it is not
necessary
(whereas it is a generally accepted practice in production
environments);
maybe that is why the requests to develop it aren't honored.

Let's be positive: if you can fix the date at the end of the chain
you can
use As Late As Possible constraints; if not you'll be condemned to
make
manual adjustments, sorry:-(

--
Jan De Messemaeker, Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
http://users.online.be/prom-ade/
For FAQs: http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm
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Hi,

Project is doing a great job of levelling teh resources, but I
cannot
figure
out how to get project to just in time various tasks. It is
currently
moveing
tasks with a start as soon as possible, but it I want to delay
these tasks
until they are closer to the last task in a group of tasks. Ie,
task 1 is
followed by task2 which is followed on by task 4 and so on. How
can I
level
so that the start of task 1 minimises time between task 1 and task
4?

Thanks,

Mike


You might consider looking at Production Scheduling software for your
situation. Project is primarily designed to do CP scheduling, something
you're not really doing. I would think, having no direct experience
with it, that production scheduling software would allow for JIT
processes, which Project doesn't do well. I Googled for production
scheduling software a week or so ago, and got lots of hits. I imagine
one of those products would serve you better.
Hope this helps in your world.







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