Pit & Quarry, January 2016
AUTOMATION are profits down the road With this style of scheduling inventory levels become a problem that lead to re handling costs There is contamination risk in handling excess inventory and producers often experience shortfalls of certain products The result is that the operation is ultimately driven by daily sales demands forcing the operation to run extra hours of overtime to meet those demands Other producers will tour their plants and visually size up the stockpiles If a pile is low they switch to a different operating mode to produce more if a pile is high they cut back on production of that product This is a shortterm reactive approach that doesnt Program steps Step 1 Build an accurate simulation of a plant with stages modes for each stage blended products and measured rates Step 2 Enter the sales forecast with sales products and map products to production stockpiles and blends enter starting inventories Step 3 The program automatically solves for the highest revenue or profit while meeting required sales commitments and inventory constraints consider future sales f luctuations or allow for other activities such as plant maintenance A better but by no means ideal production scheduling method often used involves the use of Microsoft Excel spreadsheets where the producer enters possible production schedules against a sales forecast Using formulas in the spreadsheet if a cell turns red the plant has not made enough of that product and inventory shortfalls are expected The user must repeatedly enter different production hours until the amount of red cells is minimized These spreadsheet methods do not result in the optimum solution of production scheduling to a sales forecast Hurdles to accurate scheduling Operating a plant can be complicated Plant managers must decide which operating mode to use in running the plant what combination of products to make what hours the plant needs to run and more The operation cannot just produce the highest profit maker as this creates byproducts that must be sold at low prices or that are turned into NEW for 2015 Booth Number 1510 New Ball Bearing Idlers Inventory in Stock for Quick Delivery Interchangeable Idler Assemblies Maintenance Free Sealed Ball Bearings Custom Powder Coating Value Priced with CEMA C Performance Ratings C2000 Idlers New Design Competitive Pricing Quick Delivery Syntron Material Handling 2730 Hwy 145 South Saltillo Mississippi 38866 Phone 6628695711 Fax 6628697493 Toll Free 8003564898 orders@ syntronmh com www syntronmh com Call Today 8003564898 Inventory Available Today for Immediate Shipment The goal of the automation software is to attain the highest revenue while meeting required sales commitments and inventory constraints 26 PIT QUARRY January 2016 www pitandquarry com
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