• DocumentCode
    333102
  • Title

    AutoSchedTM AP by autosimulations

  • Author

    Phillips, Tyler

  • Author_Institution
    AutoSimulations Inc., Bountiful, UT, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    13-16 Dec 1998
  • Firstpage
    219
  • Abstract
    AutoSched AP (ASAP) takes the best of AutoSched and combines it with the power, flexibility, and speed of a brand new C++ based simulation engine, hence the name AP, or Advanced Processing. ASAP is a finite capacity planning and scheduling tool that helps you increase throughput, reduce in-process inventory, and increase equipment and personnel utilization. ASAP efficiently schedules all of the constraints in your factory, such as shift schedules, work setup rules, batching, preventative maintenance, machine efficiency, and operator skill classes. ASAP´s built-in task selection rules allow you to model how machines and personnel select tasks to increase factory performance. ASAP is able to model complex manufacturing processes, and then make model runs very quickly, facilitating its use for planning and scheduling of critical systems. Model output from ASAP includes extensive reports, Gantt charts, and utilization graphs. In addition to scheduling, ASAP can be used as a planning tool for capacity analysis. Simulation technology makes it possible for you to quickly and easily consider what if questions such as: what new equipment do we need to buy for producing the new product? Simply add the new equipment to the model, rerun it, and review the results. Effects of capital acquisitions, process changes, and changing product mixes can be evaluated in advance
  • Keywords
    C++ language; digital simulation; manufacturing data processing; manufacturing resources planning; scheduling; software reviews; ASAP; Advanced Processing; AutoSched AP; C++ based simulation engine; Gantt charts; autosimulations; batching; built-in task selection rules; capacity analysis; capital acquisitions; complex manufacturing processes; critical systems; factory performance; finite capacity planning; in-process inventory; machine efficiency; model output; model runs; operator skill classes; personnel; personnel utilization; planning tool; preventative maintenance; process changes; product mixes; scheduling tool; shift schedules; utilization graphs; work setup rules; Analytical models; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Job shop scheduling; Manufacturing processes; Personnel; Predictive models; Processor scheduling; Production facilities; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Simulation Conference Proceedings, 1998. Winter
  • Conference_Location
    Washington, DC
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5133-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/WSC.1998.744926
  • Filename
    744926