Finite Capacity Scheduling

The Preactor range of products from Preactor can be compared to an electronic version of the traditional planning board whereby cards representing operations to manufacture a product are allocated to resources by placing them in slots representing time periods or "buckets" of time for each resource.

Preactor has been developed with the user in mind. Where possible all actions are carried out using the mouse under the Windows Environment. Sequencing of work can be carried out using the automatic features available but Preactor allows the user to override the computer generated schedule by moving operations around in the sequence and from one resource to another. Urgent orders can be changed in priority, critical jobs locked into position and many schedules tried and compared before decisions are made. Shift patterns can be altered, overtime allocated and the effect of breakdowns quickly assessed.

Data from different scheduling runs can be seen in the form of Gantt charts, plots and textual reports. Work-to-lists for each resource, route cards for each batch and other information can be generated in user defined formats

A Family of Scheduling Solutions

There are five levels of Preactor which can be selected according to your application and the budget available. All versions have the same interactive features but the 'scheduling engine' used by Preactor to generate the schedule is different.

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