Business Excellence Consortium

Finite Capacity Scheduling (FCS)

Are you still having scheduling problems?

The BEC is offering a one-day seminar on Finite Capacity Scheduling (FCS). This seminar introduces management and operating personnel on selecting, implementing, and managing FCS. The seminar demonstrates how FCS efficiently manages production resources including primary machines and personnel plus secondary production resources including tools, maintenance, and special skills personnel, etc. to produce shorter cycle times, predictable deliveries and increase productivity. FCS interfaces with existing MRP/ERP or functions as a stand alone system. CEOs, COOs, CFO, VPs, Operational Executives, Directors, Material Mangers, Production Managers and Customer Service Managers should attend.

Seminar Content Includes:

• How FCS insures short cycle times and predictable delivery dates
• How FCS implements and executes management’s strategy
• How FCS interfaces with ERP to coordinate material & capacity
• Extended demonstration of FCS scheduling engine
• Demonstration of optimizing job days early/late to approach "zero"
• Detailed explanation of FCS methods
• Maintaining high on-time performance and short cycle times
• Coordinating FCS with Lean Manufacturing Technologies

Upon completion, you will be able to:

• Determine how FCS will benefit your company
• Understand how and why FCS schedules operations to the minute
• Understand what is required to implement FCS
• Understand how FCS delivers effective and feasible schedules
• Understand how FCS manages multiple simultaneous constraints
• Estimate approximate cost and time required to implement FCS