Advanced Planning and Scheduling & Shop Floor Data Collection

Advanced Planning & Scheduling (APS)

The Encompix Advanced Planning and Scheduling module is based on Theory of Constraints (TOC) concepts eliminating the restrictions of older generation MRP-based scheduling systems.

One of your constraints might be the amount of space required for assembly. In other cases, you may have available machines to do the work, but no available operators. Encompix allows for multiple constraint management with a variety of scheduling options and analysis reports.

APS allows you to plan your production based on your business policies (customer priority, least slack time, reduced set-ups, order due date etc.). APS takes into account constraints such as capacity, materials, tooling and labor pool to determine the "best" possible schedule. You can run APS in simulation mode, with or without material constraints to see the effect of various scenarios before committing the production plan. The planning board display shows visually the capacity vs. load profile, and, with drag-and-drop features, allows the user to model changes interactively.

Shop Floor Data Collection

The Encompix Shop Floor Data Collection system is designed to improve and simplify the process of recording labor, material, and production data. With Shop Floor Data Collection, you can reduce the clerical effort needed to input labor, material movements, and quantity complete, while providing accurate, real-time job status and cost tracking.

The Encompix bar coded shop paperwork in conjunction with bar code readers enable production personnel to record both labor and material. Automating time collection eliminates the need to manually calculate time cards and separate out job time. The time is collected with the simple act of signing on to the system and logging on to the job. The labor transaction is then collected and posted to the job, becoming immediately available to the Encompix payroll module. Quantity complete, rework, and scrap data is also captured updating job status and costing in real-time, without the delays associated with manual time cards.

Shop Floor Data Collection Benefits

Management Benefits

• Equip your shop managers with real-time access to job status.
• Spot bottlenecks more quickly so that needed changes can be made.
• Access job costing data in real time.
• Accurately capture and track indirect labor.
• Establish shop floor shift start and stop times, and then monitor compliance.
• Manage engineering time against a project via job card reporting.
• Place multiple low-cost data collection units throughout your shop.

 Operating benefits

• Eliminate the daily input of time cards.
• Improve time-keeping accuracy.
• Reduce keyboard entry when “standardized” inputs, such as work centers, are scanned from a laminated template.
• Track labor to a job via an electronic job card with log-in/log-out capabilities.
• Record inventory transactions, cycle counts, and full physical inventory counts.
• Automate purchasing receipts and material issues to job orders.
• Eliminate double data entry via an interface with Encompix’s payroll module.