Comparison of Scheduling Technology

 

Scheduling Methods	Systems			Philosophies
Features and Functions	FCS	ERP	TOC	6 Sigma	Lean
Actual cost per operation & WO	yes	no	no	no	no
Actual move time per operation	yes	no	no	no	no
Actual queue by   operation by WO	yes	no	no	no	no
Bill of Materials (BoM)	yes	yes	no	no	no
Customer number	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Cycle time per operation & WO	yes	no	no	no	no
Days Early/Late by work order	yes	no	no	no	no
Detailed work center   to-do report	yes	no	no	no	no
Dynamic Simulation based	yes	no	no	no	no
Dynamic WO priority management	yes	no	no	no	no
Variable capacity   conditions	yes	no	no	no	no
Multiple resource   constraints	yes	no	no	no	no
Operation Start &   Finish Times	yes	no	no	no	no
Percent utilization by work center	yes	no	no	no	no
Predictable feasible results	yes	no	no	no	no
Preliminary WO priority management	yes	yes	yes	no	no
Q-ratio report by   work order	yes	no	no	no	no
Quantity	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Release date option by date/time	yes	no	no	no	no
Resources required	yes	yes	yes	?	?
Routing number	yes	yes	yes	?	?
Sequence Number	yes	yes	yes	no	no
Setup minimization	yes	no	no	no	no
Standard setup time	yes	yes	yes	?	?
Supports Data collection	yes	yes	no	no	no
Supports management performance   analysis	yes	no	no	no	no
Supports Order tracking	yes	yes	no	no	no
Supports WIP status	yes	no	no	no	no
Unit of measure	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Variable move time options	yes	no	no	no	no
WC Backlog Conditions	yes	no	no	no	no
WC capacity requirements over time	yes	no	no	no	no
WC Queue Hours	yes	no	no	no	no
What-if Report   comparison	yes	no	no	no	no
WO early/late report	yes	no	no	no	no
Work Center	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Work Center to-do Report	yes	no	no	no	no
Work Order number	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Quantity units	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Predictable Delivery Dates	yes	no	no	no	no
Supports Tactical Management	yes	no	limited	limited	limited
User definable strategic management	yes	no	no	no	limited
Allows user defined   reports and graphs	yes	no	no	no	limited

Please advise IPPSA if any data you believe is not valid.

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 Written by Bill Kirchmier 12/04/2012.