Hi Gents and Ladies.
I am looking for some advice.
I am going to be Managing an Instrumentation and Control Center for my company here in Dubai. The budget has been approved and now its time to get everything planed and have it running smoothly.
From a management point of view I would like to get advice on the following.
Should I treat each order as a mini project? Lot of components in instrumentation.
What would be the best way to keep track of orders and their status? (for eg. when we have all components for an instrumentation panel sub-assembly to get it assembled ready for other components and not wait till all parts arrive)
Any software recommendations for managing orders and work-flow?
I was thinking of using Excel as a Master Order Index and separate every order into individual components and sub assemblies like a Nested BOM with top level being the customer order no. And once the order is complete delete it from the incomplete sheet and move it to complete sheet to have a record. Not sure if this is the best way to go.
As you instrumentation engineers know there is a bucket load of components that go into just a simple instrumentation panel and most of the time each customer has their own specs so you have to buy most components.
I would love to use something like Microsoft project so that I can see the a work flowchart/load for the workshop employees, be able to give more realistic delivery dates on quotations and report what stage the job is at when the customer calls. Not sure if its an over kill.
Thanks in advance hope it makes sense. Any comments welcome.
I am looking for some advice.
I am going to be Managing an Instrumentation and Control Center for my company here in Dubai. The budget has been approved and now its time to get everything planed and have it running smoothly.
From a management point of view I would like to get advice on the following.
Should I treat each order as a mini project? Lot of components in instrumentation.
What would be the best way to keep track of orders and their status? (for eg. when we have all components for an instrumentation panel sub-assembly to get it assembled ready for other components and not wait till all parts arrive)
Any software recommendations for managing orders and work-flow?
I was thinking of using Excel as a Master Order Index and separate every order into individual components and sub assemblies like a Nested BOM with top level being the customer order no. And once the order is complete delete it from the incomplete sheet and move it to complete sheet to have a record. Not sure if this is the best way to go.
As you instrumentation engineers know there is a bucket load of components that go into just a simple instrumentation panel and most of the time each customer has their own specs so you have to buy most components.
I would love to use something like Microsoft project so that I can see the a work flowchart/load for the workshop employees, be able to give more realistic delivery dates on quotations and report what stage the job is at when the customer calls. Not sure if its an over kill.
Thanks in advance hope it makes sense. Any comments welcome.
