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Tier 4 · Advanced Fabrication and Manufacturing

Production scheduling and traceability

How a fabrication shop orders its work and keeps records that say what each part came from: the AFS job ladder and shop queue, mill test reports and origin rules, paint batches, delivery days on the shop clock, and the defects that break the chain.

4 lessons · about 42 min · 11 diagrams · 4 videos

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  1. Lesson 1 · 12 min · 12 slides · 8 questions

    Production scheduling and traceability: principles and terminology

    What scheduling decides and what traceability answers, the AFS job ladder and shop queue, heat numbers and mill test reports, the records that follow an AFS job, and the safety rules a rush never changes.

    You will be able to: Define production scheduling, the queue, work in process, flow time, rush and traceability; name the records that follow a job from request to signed delivery; and state the safety duties no schedule changes.

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  2. Lesson 2 · 11 min · 11 slides · 8 questions

    Production scheduling and traceability: materials, standards and design constraints

    What a mill test report carries and how an owner checks it, the federal origin rules that reach from the melt to the coating, paint batches and direction on prepainted metal, storage time as a constraint, and the AFS limits that shape a run.

    You will be able to: Identify the documents and rules that make traceability a contract requirement (mill test reports, origin rules, coating batches), and the storage and shop limits that constrain a schedule.

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  3. Lesson 3 · 9 min · 10 slides · 6 questions

    Production scheduling and traceability: methods and worked application

    A job packet for one order, worked examples of the AFS queue order, Little's Law, the next business day on the shop's clock and pieces for a run, then the inspection points that keep a job traceable.

    You will be able to: Build a job packet and apply the AFS queue, delivery-day and piece-count rules to a realistic job, recording assumptions, units and inspection points.

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  4. Lesson 4 · 10 min · 10 slides · 6 questions

    Production scheduling and traceability: defects, verification and case study

    Mixed paint batches, a wrong revision, heat identity lost at cutting on a job that requires it, an unconfirmed machine send, a delivery booked a day late and storage stain: what each looks like, how it is corrected, and the evidence that proves it.

    You will be able to: Diagnose a scheduling or traceability defect, choose a correction and document the evidence for review.

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Practical task

Prepare a documented job packet for a prepainted coping and drip edge order on a building with two visible elevations: sequence it against other work, book its delivery day, plan its pieces and batches, list the records that follow it, and analyse one injected defect.

Hand in

  • A decision rationale: where the job sits in the shop queue and why (rush and its source, queue position, due date, arrival), and the delivery day and window worked out on the shop clock, with the finish time and its time zone
  • A marked-up sketch of the two elevations showing which batch goes on which plane, where the batch changes (a corner, joint or shadow line) and the install direction
  • Material and measurement assumptions: run lengths in inches, pieces per run against the standard and maximum piece lengths, any splice lap, each value labelled with its owner (AFS limit, manufacturer value or illustrative)
  • A traceability checklist: the records AFS keeps for the job, and the documents the buyer must request separately, such as mill test reports or origin certification if a federal origin rule applies
  • A defect analysis of one injected fault (mixed batches, a wrong revision or a wrong delivery day): what was found, the rule it breaks with its source, the correction, and the evidence that proves it

Rubric

CriterionMeets the standard when
SequenceThe queue position follows the AFS rule in order: rush (with its source), queue position, due date, arrival; rush is never inferred from a date or a note.
Delivery dayThe day is the next business day after the finish, worked out in Central time with weekends skipped, and the window is stated.
Pieces and unitsPieces per run are correct with units, the standard and maximum lengths are not confused, and any lap is labelled illustrative or sourced.
Batches and directionEach visible plane holds one batch, any change sits at a corner, joint or shadow line, arrows run one way, and the decision is made at procurement.
RecordsThe checklist separates AFS records (approval, machine profile number, finish, delivery, signature) from documents the buyer requests (mill test reports, origin).
Defect analysisThe defect is documented with evidence (photos, records, signatures), the rule and its source, the correction and how it was verified.
SafetyThe packet notes that staged bundles keep aisles clear and stacks stable (29 CFR 1910.176) and that a rush never changes lockout/tagout duties (29 CFR 1910.147).

Module quiz

10 questions drawn from a bank of 28; a new set each attempt. Pass mark 80%.

1. Which two sources can set rush on an AFS job?
2. Which three quantities does Little's Law relate?
3. In the five-job example, which job does the AFS rule put first?
4. Under 2 CFR 184.3, which manufacturing processes must take place in the United States for an iron or steel product?
5. Under Iowa DOT I.M. 565, what are recorded heat numbers on main members checked against?
6. Where does rush change the order of AFS work?
7. What does a mill test report document?
8. What does ECCA say about small colour differences between production batches?
9. In what order does an AFS job climb its stages?
10. At what stage does ECCA say a decision to use more than one batch on a facade belongs?