Hello,
Can someone help us know, if constraint based scheduling can be done in Oracle WIP(Work in Progress) using the ASCP(Advanced Supply Chain Planning) module.
What i meant by constraint based scheduling is:
1) Can the work orders be scheduled based on the employees availability to operate on these ?
2) Also, if the employees can be assigned to the operations based on their skill level & calendar shift ?
Here are more details about our requirement:
Background:
We are currently working on a project that uses Oracle WIP to be able to create Work orders & Planned Orders for our Plan to Build business process flows. Work/Planned orders are being created solely based on the demand & forecast with out taking in consideration of resource constraints. We are able to create as many orders as we want for a given time. However, we knew this is impractical as we don't have infinite personnel & resources available to work on these orders.
Business Requirement:
What we would like to see happen is system able to schedule all the planned/work orders based on the resource (Employees & Work stations) availability.
i.e,
1. How many employees are available to complete these operations based on the skill level these operations require ?
2. At what calendar shifts these employees work so the operations can optimally be allocated based on their availability ?
3. What are the work stations/equipment needed for these operations and what are their capacity. Meaning at a given point of time maximum numbers of operations can be executed at a given work station to be able to reach ideal through put for the assembly line ?
4. What are the priorities for these work orders ?
We want system to take all these factors into consideration for scheduling the work orders and assigning the operations to the associates to be able to full fill the open demand and by maintaining optimal throughput for the assembly line all through the process.
Ask:
Can someone please shed us some light if the planned & work orders can be scheduled based on these resource constraints using Oracle ASCP? Also if the operations can be assigned to employees based on the work order schedule & employee availability ?
Thanks,
NC.