QAD Planning and Scheduling Workbenches:
Enhancements & Strategy Review
Carianne Nieuwstraten, QAD Product Manager
MWUG, March 20, 2012
QAD Planning and Scheduling Workbenches: MSW/PSW
Agenda
• MSW/PSW Benefits and Value
• Enhancements Review
• Strategy Review
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QAD Planning and Scheduling Workbenches: MSW/PSW
Master & Production Scheduling Objective
• Establish an item’s most optimum build
schedule that meets customer demand.
- Measurements :
• Improved Customer Service
- On time deliveries
- Reduced back orders
• Improved and Reduced Inventories
- Inventory turns
- Reduced inventory investment
• Stable Manufacturing Schedule
- Increased production efficiency
- Reduced set up costs/time
- Reduced overtime costs
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QAD Planning and Scheduling Workbenches: MSW/PSW
Master Scheduler’s Challenge
Executives
Finance
ROI must improve; the
stockholders are not
happy!
There’s too much
cash tied up in
inventory!
Manufacturing
Engineering
There are too many
changes! Provide
fixed schedules and
the correct parts and
delivery will improve.
There’s a new
product introduction
scheduled for the fall!
But we need more
time for design!
Sales
Service levels are
down. I need more
inventory! Whatever it
takes to keep the
customer happy!
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QAD Planning and Scheduling Workbenches: MSW/PSW
Production Scheduler’s Challenge
Manufacturing
Finance
Labor / machine
resources not available
for 2nd shift – what are
you going to do about
this?
High variances to “plan”
(extra setup, downtime,
labor), you need to
optimize your
production schedule.
Sales
Drops in a new high
priority order due
tomorrow, which order
can be moved?
Materials
You can’t change the
schedule on short notice
and expect the
materials to be
available.
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QAD Planning and Scheduling Workbenches: MSW/PSW
Planning & Scheduling Challenges
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MSW – Master Scheduling Workbench
Capacity Frame
Displays capacity information per
selected resource in the Schedule Grid
- Balance your planned and required
capacity.
Schedule Grid
The primary context of the workbench.
- View and modify your production
schedules for each item.
Supply/Demand Frame
Provides demand & supply information
per selected item in the Schedule Grid.
- Primary information used for scheduling
decision making.
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MSW – Master Scheduling Workbench
Supporting Panels
Enables master scheduling action
and decision making.
Represents over 30 maintenance
programs and reports!
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PSW – Production Scheduling Workbench
Production Order Browse
Search & group data per user
specification
Production Order Sequence Grid
Schedule and sequence production
orders by item attributes
- Drag & Drop the orders to
the desired position on the
Sequence Grid.
Production Order
Maintenance
View and maintain all
order details
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QAD Planning and Scheduling Workbenches: MSW/PSW
Click For Next Point
Tying It Together
Months-Weeks-Days
Master Scheduling
Days
Day-Shift-Intervals
Production Scheduling
Release To shop Floor
Execution
Master Schedule Workbench (MSW)
Production Scheduling Workbench (PSW)
Component Available Check (CAC)
Create a master
schedule balanced
to Supply /Demand
/Resources
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Maximize production
efficiency through
schedule
optimization
Release to
production with
verification of
available materials
Avoid costly downtime
Reduce costly expedites
Reduce late customer shipments
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Customer: Cascade Engineering
– Multi-business manufacturer (automotive,
commercial truck & bus, solid waste &
recycling, home & office)
– Leading provider of engineered plastics
systems and components (plus growing
number of sustainability-focused products
and services)
– Headquartered in Grand Rapids, MI, USA
– 7 Manufacturing Facilities in NA
– 1 Manufacturing Facility in Europe
– QAD 2008 SE, repetitive
Pain Points
– Capacity visibility
– Schedule changes
Live
– Two plants; first plant live: April 10, 2011
– Roll out to 4 plants in next 4 months
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Customer: Superior Essex
– A global leader in the design and
manufacture of copper and aluminum
round and rectangular magnet wire used in
motors and transformers
– Headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
– 2008 SE, discrete
Pain Points
– No master scheduling process in place
– Limited to no capacity visibility
– Homegrown scheduling system
Live
– First plant: February 10, 2012
– Roll out to 5 more plants in next 6 months
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New Workbench
Enhancements
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QAD Planning and Scheduling Workbenches: MSW/PSW
1. EAM Order Visualization
• Business Scenario: Maintenance department
needs to schedule maintenance for a
machine/line. Might impact production plan.
• Planner Objective: Understanding of
maintenance plans ahead of time allowing
Planner to communicate with maintenance
department to schedule best date/time for
maintenance with minimal impact on production
plan, where possible.
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QAD Planning and Scheduling Workbenches: MSW/PSW
Visualize EAM Orders
EAM Orders
Created
• No WB
visualization
• No
consumption
of WB
capacity
EAM Orders
Scheduled
• Visualization
on WB
• No impact
to capacity
on WB
Maintenance
work starts
• No change
on WB
Order Closed
• Scheduler
can see work
is complete
and see
history if
desired
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QAD Planning and Scheduling Workbenches: MSW/PSW
EAM Detail | Summary - Details
Repair Tech
Schedules
(firms) EAM
order
WB alerts
scheduler
request for
acceptance
Scheduler
reviews EAM
Repair Order
Scheduler
speaks with
Repair Tech if
there is a
conflict
Repair Tech
makes changes
to order as
needed
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QAD Planning and Scheduling Workbenches: MSW/PSW
EAM Detail | Date/Time
I can see the planned
start and end time and
estimated down time
impact
If this is not acceptable, I
can speak with
Maintenance Dept. to
reschedule it!
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QAD Planning and Scheduling Workbenches: MSW/PSW
EAM Detail|Resource Relationships
I can visualize the
relationship of the
production line to the work
centers.
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QAD Planning and Scheduling Workbenches: MSW/PSW
2. Co-\By-Product Support
• Business Scenario: Process generates more than
one product - examples:
- Injection molding
- Metal stamping
• Planner Objective: Manage the various products
as a joint structure.
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QAD Planning and Scheduling Workbenches: MSW/PSW
2. Co-\By-Product Support
• Solution:
- Integration of existing standard co-\by-product
capabilities into MSW/PSW
- ….with additional benefit that co\by functionality can
now also be leveraged in repetitive environments when
using the workbenches
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QAD Planning and Scheduling Workbenches: MSW/PSW
2. Co-\By-Product Support
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QAD Planning and Scheduling Workbenches: MSW/PSW
3. Product Structure Filter
• Business Scenario: Customer increases demand
for end item already scheduled for particular due
date; multiple BOM levels
- Causes schedule increase for end item
- May require increase of one or more lower assembly
schedules to meet short-term demand increase
• Planner Objective: Quickly gauge impact of
demand increase/change across all BOM levels
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QAD Planning and Scheduling Workbenches: MSW/PSW
3. Product Structure Filter
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QAD Planning and Scheduling Workbenches: MSW/PSW
Availability and Documentation
• Workbenches – General:
- eB2.1 SP4 and Up, add-on
- 2010.1EE+, core
• Availability – New Enhancements
- 2012 EE except for co\by
- EE Package – target: mid-April
- SE Package – target: mid/end of May
• Documentation
- Install, user and training guides
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Vision/Strategy
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QAD Planning and Scheduling Workbenches: MSW/PSW
Vision
Load-Leveling
ConstraintBased Master
Scheduler
Material
Plan
Finite Capacity
Production
Scheduler
Material
Requirements
Planning
Master
Scheduling
Workbench
Master
Schedule
Production
Scheduling
Workbench
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QAD Planning and Scheduling Workbenches: MSW/PSW
Business Drivers
• Are tied to the goals of the Master Scheduler
being:
- Create a level schedule
• Level by Volume and Mix - Load, Setup, other
- Meet customer delivery expectations
• Make to Order, Make to stock, Manage Backlog
- Business Interests
• Manage Inventory, (Safety Stock, Seasonal, Customer
service levels, Buffer)
• Manage Number of Setups
• Customer/Item Priorities
• Reduce expediting, overtime, etc.
• Other
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Planning / Scheduling
MPS Leveling Calculation
Volume
Calculates a level loaded (constraint
based) Master Production Schedule over
a user defined period of time for a site or
group of production lines.
Demand
Level Production
Time
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QAD Planning and Scheduling Workbenches: MSW/PSW
Vision
Load-Leveling
ConstraintBased Master
Scheduler
Material
Plan
Finite Capacity
Production
Scheduler
Material
Requirements
Planning
Master
Scheduling
Workbench
Master
Schedule
Production
Scheduling
Workbench
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QAD Planning and Scheduling Workbenches: MSW/PSW
Contact Information
• Carianne Nieuwstraten
- Phone: 503-236-0025
- E-mail: czn@qad.com
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