New Release of SmartSched 32-Bit

JobTime Systems Announces Advanced Scheduling 32-bit Module

JobTime Systems, Inc.  announced that it has  released 32-bit version of SmartSched, which adds minute-based resolution to scheduling for manufacturing software.  This OCX (ActiveX) control can be added to any ERP/MRP system that can access the Microsoft NT/2000/9x platforms.    SmartSched adds advanced features and minute based resolution which significantly increases accuracy of scheduling capacity,  estimated finish dates, and purchasing  requirement dates. Visit the   SmartSched Page for additional information on Minute Based Resolution. 

The new 32-bit Version of SmartSched gives users a powerful "Data Consistency Check" feature.  This feature helps end-users and Resellers to be certain their existing Manufacturing data set is clean and ready for SmartSched and SmartBoard.  The Data Consistency feature is also explained in greater detail on the SmartSched Page.

But the most visible improvement in both SmartSched and SmartBoard products, is that now they can be called directly from host Manufacturing systems.  Both developers and IT knowledgeable end-users can seamlessly interface the SmartSched OCX controls into their home grown or off-the-shelf MRP/ERP systems.  By seamless integration, end users gain the feel of a fully integrated system, easier to use, and easier to train new users.

The new SmartSched 32-bit release is designed to work with any 32-bit compliant manufacturing system.  The new 32-bit version schedules at least twice as fast as the previous 16-bit versions of SmartSched.  Even at one-minute resolution, the 32-bit SmartSched add-on schedules as fast on one-minute resolution as the typical MRP/ERP systems can schedule when using a one-hour time-bucket resolution. 

SmartSched's new version continues to give users a expanded variety of scheduling rules, including a custom user-defined rule that can help express unique conditions at a given plant for scheduling purposes.  The scheduling rules include the well know critical ratio rule, as well as 12 additional industry standard rule such as due date and shortest processing time, among others.

User rules add more power to SmartSched.  As an example of the user-defined rule, Paul Wyman, founder of  JobTime Systems and Wyman Associates, pointed out that many people want to sequence their jobs according to a certain setup characteristic such as metallurgical code, shape, or color. The user can populate a existing, or add a new setup-code field with the operation's setup code, and use this field as the basis for the work center scheduling rule.  The user rule can simply be entered as "UserField1", where this is the name of the user-defined field in the operation and/or routing tables. Orders are sequenced to start on each machine according to the contents of the user defined field.    

The powerful SmartSched User-Defined Rule can also be formed from any field, populated by the end-user by a user-defined query, prior to scheduling.  For example: customer priority can be combined with the week number of the order due-date, plus the contents of the user defined route field.  This creates logical "time-fence" batches of work, within which the setup changeovers can be minimized, and assures that high customer priorities go first.

Established in 1983, JobTime Systems, Incorporated has over 20 years experience solving scheduling problems at many of the nation's large manufacturers. Using discrete-event simulation to model the flow of work through a shop, JobTime provides precision scheduling solutions at a cost that is affordable for businesses of every size.

For More Information Contact:

JobTime Systems, Inc.
P. O. Box 6100, San Mateo, CA 94403
Tel: (650) 570-7900
FAX: (650) 5707902
Internet: wymansoft@jobtime.com