Production running late, and what a board really costs

a distribution board order is late, and the bench takes longer than planned.

You are

Luis Ortega, Assembly Lead at Aurora Components.

The situation

a distribution board order is late, and the bench takes longer than planned.

Why production is late, and what a board really costs, sit in work orders, job cards, BOMs and stock. Here you ask.

Step by step

Each step as it looks in the demo installation, on Aurora Components (Demo).

  1. Open Dynocortex → Chats and ask

    "Which work orders are behind, and why?"

    Production running late, and what a board really costs, step 1: Open Dynocortex → Chats and ask:

  2. Ask

    "How long does a distribution board really take us, and what does it cost against the BOM?"

    Production running late, and what a board really costs, step 2: Ask:

  3. Ask

    "Which batch had trouble in testing, and what happened?"

    Production running late, and what a board really costs, step 3: Ask:

  4. Ask

    "Do we have the panels for the next board orders?"

    Production running late, and what a board really costs, step 4: Ask:

What a good answer contains

  • The work order still in process past its planned end: its materials issued, its assembly not finished.
  • Job cards over the routing's times, and the re-timed BOM.
  • The batch whose tests waited a morning for the test rig (a controller fault), and the batch where panels failed and passed after rework.
  • 12-way distribution panels (DEMO-PNL-12) nearly gone, so the next board orders need them bought: a job for Nina, the buyer.

What the full product does beyond the demo

The Executive tells the assembly lead each morning which work orders are at risk, and drafts the purchase for the parts they're short of.

Answers are worded afresh each time, so yours will read differently. The demo company is made up, and its data goes back to the start every night.

Try it on the demo company

Try Dynocortex More scenarios