Bespoke workshop planning system

The current manufacturing planning system is not fit for purpose and consumes significant time and resource to correct and create manual shop floor plans. Shop floor scheduling is carried out based on treating operators as a resource with different capability levels. The current system does not support this approach. A further problem is that the planning system breaks a single operation down into multiple operations which if adopted means that operators have to start and stop an operation then transfer to another job, and then back again. This is operationally inefficient and impractical. A planning solution is required which can integrate into other business systems.
The Project – MultiLab require a bespoke workshop planning system which can integrate with other systems, with the following key requirements:
• Planning system to cover all workshop activities.
• Planning system should be capable of back-scheduling and also forward scheduling.
• System to plan activities using operators as the resource to be planned, treating each operator as a resource with different capabilities
• Once system is available, the Planner will assign a skill level to each operation on a job by job basis (Preparation may be done on a Pareto basis, pre-planning common jobs).
• The planning system will then be required to assign an operator based on availability and skill level to meet required completion date.
• The planning system should be able to produce monthly, weekly and daily production schedules.
• The planning system should be capable of creating an updated production schedule on demand.