Purpose -
To provide a bi-directional interface between
Exact Macola's Shop Order module and Preactor's finite
capacity graphical scheduling system
Macola to
Preactor
- Reading information from Exact Macola's
Shop Floor, Inventory and Purchasing modules and creating a schedule in
Preactor:
Shop Order Status
Shop Order Operation Status
Previously locked scheduled dates and times
Operation Description
Operation start and due dates
Order Pegging
Scheduled department and work center
Planned labor, setup and machines hours
Queue days
FCS Start date and time, and end date and time
Can create resources, resource groups and
secondary constraints:
Depts/ Depts & Work Centers / Machines
Depts & Work Centers / Machines
Depts & Work Centers
Calculate earliest start date based on material
availability
Scheduling of outside processing
Each operation of the shop order is shown on the
schedule in it's assigned resources
The quantity remaining to be produced is shown
on the schedule
Process hours from the operations can be added
to the schedule to provide a buffer between
scheduled operations
Preactor to
Macola
- Update information in Exact Macola's shop
order module:
Shop order header start and due date
Operation start and due dates
FCS start date and time, and end date and time
Locked operation status
Dispatch priority
Supported
Versions - Macola Progression 7.x (SQL Only)
and Macola ES