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 Control: Immediate Feedback
One of the keys to running a profitable job is collecting actual costs throughout the job. Encompix Labor Tracking and Collection offers a range of possibilities from bar code readers and data collection devices, to online employee time cards with concurrent job allocations. Shop Floor tracking records, labor (both direct and indirect), material and scrap. The sooner management receives feedback from the shop floor, the faster it can respond to changes. Immediate and complete visibility of the project plan and job progress tells you if your project is on target to make a profit at any point in the job.

Shop Floor Data Collection
The Encompix Shop Floor Data Collection system is designed to improve and simplify the collection time and quantity. It reduces the clerical effort needed to input time data, while providing accurate real time job status and cost tracking.

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 elapsed time for the operation is calculated and posted to the job. Supervisory control allows for the checking of a transaction before it is posted to the job. Management reporting is based on real-time data, without the delays associated with manual time cards.