The Scheduler is designed from the ground up to support the needs of the modern supply chain. Scheduling and distribution functions are integrated in the production-planning software, making the entire production-distribution chain visible to the end user; from shop floor to shipment schedule.

Scheduler Benefits:

• Tracking of many products and production activities.
• Increased facility utilization from improved flow of materials.
• Improved inventory position by better lot sizing.
• Faster and more reliable production scheduling.
• Create a schedule almost immediately with the Scheduler’s ability to encode rates, initiate changeover times, create multi-level BOMs, enable routing, and employ capacity constraints.
• Rule-based and manual changes allow a scheduler to respond to last minute emergencies or force particular activities into the schedule.

The Scheduler also offers the same powerful reporting capabilities you’ve seen in our other Arkieva modules. Creating a new report is as easy as making a few selections and clicking a button; add a graph, export to Excel, or simply save the report for later.

Technical Capabilities:

• Planning grid display: Intuitive production activities display with click and drag capability to move activities around the grid.
• Any schedule change immediately creates soft pegs that update available-to-promise, violation, and inventory displays.
• Inventory problem board: Color coded display to highlight shortages or targets exceeded.
• Product availability report: Day-by-day inventory positions of all products along with the ups and downs in the inventory.
• What-if scenarios: Ability to save scenarios and answer what-if questions.
• Maintains a continuous time-production schedule.
• Synchronizes activities to maintain smooth material flow.
• Facilitates the modification of the production schedule to reflect changes in production yield, equipment availability, order acquisition, etc.
• Evaluates the impact of proposed changes in production capability (e.g., shutdown, manpower change) before committing.
• Provides alerts when transactional data about the production process diverges from the schedule.
• Provides schedule visibility to interested parties other than the scheduler, such as the production supervisor or CSR.
• Supports both process and discrete manufacturing.

Scheduling Documents

• DRP (Distribution requirements planning): In conjunction with inputs from other planning processes, helps calculate how much product to move between the different nodes.
• Production Schedule: Arkieva scheduling planning tool.
• Replenishment Planner: A multi-echelon planning solution that ensures that the right quantity and mix of products are shipped to the right location, at the right time.