In a job shop environment where job times, resources, etc. are almost random, the only suggestion that I could make is to view the backlog and estimate the resources and times to complete the job. Those estimates can then be used in scheduling. Depending on the types of...
Actually, my question isn't relative to the routing structure, yet the STD time associated with the operation itself. Perhaps my question wasn't worded very well. If we had 20 products that were similar in nature, but varied in operation time from 4 hours to 5 hours, would putting a SINGLE...
Given a variety of products that are similar in their routing, but may have slight differences, what 'precision' is required for each product in the group of items for their run-time? Obviously, the group of products, if given ONE standard time for the group, will lose visibility to cost...