Capacity Management

Course Description

Overview:

ProfitKey’s Capacity Management Course is a comprehensive, two-day hands-on seminar covering the following subjects:

  • Concepts of capacity management embraced by ProfitKey;
  • Specifics of database setup for scheduling;
  • Use of ProfitKey reports and screens to identify and manage production bottlenecks, order and shop floor status;
  • Manage load and capacity;
  • Techniques for order scheduling and rescheduling;
  • Guidelines for implementing capacity management in your shop

Who should Attend:

Managers or Specialists who will use the ProfitKey system to schedule or have the need to know how PKI scheduling functions can impact business results.

Location:

Salem, New Hampshire Classroom.

Optional on-site training available at ProfitKey’s standard on-site rate provided that proper training facilities are available at customer site.

Major Topics Covered:

Cost:

$900.00 per person; 2-day hands-on comprehensive seminar

Class Schedule

Day 1

Introduction 8:30 - 8:45
Scheduling and Common Sense Concepts
  • Finite, Infinite
 8:45 - 9:45
Break 9:45 - 10:00
Database Consideration
  • Scheduling Variables
  • How to set up work centers
  • Global switches
 10:00 - 12:00
Lunch 12:00 - 1:00
Database Considerations (continued) 1:00 - 2:00
Order Scheduling
  • Use of availability check
 2:00 - 3:00
Break 3:00 - 3:15
Rescheduling 3:15 - 5:30
  • Dispatching an order (work center or plant-wide)
  • Off-loading operations
  

 

Day 2

Order and Shop Monitoring
  • Use of key reports, such as Work Center Dispatch
  • Work Center Capacity
  • Work Center Bottlenecks
 8:30 - 10:30
Break 10:30 - 10:45
Capacity Management Process
  • Setting up a management system to use PKI tools
  
Lunch 12:00 - 1:00
25 Key Factors Affecting Scheduling 1:00 - 3:00
Break 3:00 - 3:15
Key Factors (continued) 3:15 - 4:00
RRM Query
  • Efficiency Report Demonstration
 4:00 - 5:30