Labr Trak Dispatching

If you are researching Labr Trak Dispatching you are in the right place. The subject is Smart Dispatching with Shop-Trak.

Dispatching is quite simply informing each person who performs some operation in the manufacturing process what they should be working on. The business benefit is synchronizing the work performed on the shop floor with the way it was planned to be done in the office. Work should be dispatched based upon delivery commitments, resource availability and priorities. If not, the shop gets managed by the squeaky wheel principle, which is based upon who is making the most noise. Such companies suffer the painful realities of producing parts that are not readily needed, while missing those that are. This often results in lost time, missed deliveries, overtime, mistakes, multiple setups and the list goes on.

Dispatching should tell the worker what they should work on and in what order. Those manufacturers that use planning and scheduling systems stand to gain the most as those systems do what it is practically impossible for humans to do. That being to accurately determine a highly attainable schedule that meets customer delivery requirements, when those requirements are constantly impacted by new orders, changing requirements, productivity fluctuations, lost time, etc.

For those manufacturers who do not schedule, then it is to provide a constantly evolving list of work that is available for the worker to work on, which is being passed to them from other places in the shop. This should help the worker to determine what job to process based upon delivery dates.

Further, dispatching should allow the worker to alter the dispatch to fit the needs of their manufacturing function or equipment. That means allowing each person to arrange the information to fit their needs. It should also allow the worker (or any manager, customer service person, etc.) to see status information, so they can easily see if an operation was missed, if parts are missing and the status of the job, etc.

Shop-Trak was created to provide accurate and reliable dispatch information to workers on the shop floor whether your company uses SyteLine's planning and scheduling system or not. It allows each worker to tailor the display to their unique needs so they have the information that is most useful to them. The result is execution that matches planning, which improves delivery times, shortens lead-times, improves quality, reduces setups and allows companies to realize and increase profits, improve cash flow, sending more to the bottom line.