Tips for Scheduling Production in Your Machine Shop

Scheduling is the art of planning your activities so that you can achieve your goals and priorities in the time that you have available. When it’s done effectively, it helps you understand what you can realistically achieve with your time. Why is it a big deal on the shop floor? As technology and automation are being implemented, it forces you to be faster. So you have to be efficient. Paul Van Metre joins us in this episode of MakingChips to share how ProShop can help your shop become more efficient. Because if you aren’t being efficient, you aren’t making enough chips. BAM!

Segments

• [2:42] Why scheduling is important on the shop floor
• [5:39] Make sure you come see MakingChips at IMTS!
• [6:37] What’s happening in our lives and businesses
• [8:52] Paul Van Metre is back on the show
• [13:05] Tips for make your setups better
• [16:33] The secret to great scheduling is accurate estimations
• [23:31] How expediting impacts your scheduling in ProShop
• [25:08] Setup reliability is key to proper scheduling
• [26:38] Why Paul believes expediters are unnecessary 
• [28:23] Consistently monitor and update your setup and run times
• [31:00] ProShop’s pre-processing checklist 
• [33:42] Why fully automated scheduling isn’t realistic
• [36:14] How Dave Hannah saw improvements with ProShop scheduling

Resources mentioned on this episode

• Register for IMTS 2022!
• ThomasNet
• ProShop ERP
• Paul Van Metre
• High QA
• G Zero CNC Machining 

Connect With MakingChips

• www.MakingChips.com
• On Facebook
• On LinkedIn
• On Instagram
• On Twitter
• On YouTube