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Production planning and delivery coordination: principles and terminology

The path from approved submittal to delivered bundle, the planning terms used on it, how the AFS shop queue orders work, and the safety boundary this module keeps.

You will be able to: Name the steps an order passes through, define release, lead time, constraint, queue, float and critical path, explain the six-week look-ahead and make-ready, and state where planning stops and rigging or securement decisions begin.

11 min · 10 slides · 9 questions

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From approved order to delivered bundle

An order is a promise with a date on it, and production planning is making sure nothing blocks that promise.

AFS's order timeline has nine steps, from received to delivered.

AFS sends the customer a notice at six steps of the order timeline.

From approved submittal to installed flashingVertical flow: Approved submittal, Release, then AFS's nine order steps in order: Order received, Acknowledged, In the queue, Cutting, Forming, Quality check, Ready, Shipped, Delivered, then Install. A bell marks the six steps that send the customer a notice: Order received, In the queue, Cutting, Ready, Shipped, Delivered. A separate strip shows the three Shop View card states Queued, Bending now, Finished.Approved submittalReleaseAFS order timeline, nine stepsOrder receivednoticeAcknowledgedIn the queuenoticeCuttingnoticeFormingQuality checkReadynoticeShippednoticeDeliverednoticeInstallShop View card, a separate shop screenQueuedBending nowFinishedOne button per card, as the job moves on

A vertical flow in boxes: Approved submittal, Release, then AFS's nine order steps (Order received, Acknowledged, In the queue, Cutting, Forming, Quality check, Ready, Shipped, Delivered), then Install. A bell marks the six steps that send the customer a notice: Order received, In the queue, Cutting, Ready, Shipped and Delivered. A strip underneath shows the Shop View card states Queued, Bending now and Finished.

Blue boxes are steps outside AFS; red boxes are AFS's order timeline. The customer is told at six of the nine steps. The Shop View strip is a separate screen the shop uses, with one button per card.

Sources

  • AFS order timeline: the nine steps an order moves through and the six that send the customer a notice - Architectural Flashing Supply

Glossary

Release for fabrication
In this course, the decision that approved drawings and confirmed dimensions let the shop start work on an order. It is a decision first and a date second.
Lead time
The time a supplier needs to deliver an input, such as material or information, after it is requested. Confirming it is the first make-ready step in the Last Planner system.
Constraint
Anything that stands in the way of a task being ready to do, such as missing material, information, labor or an approval (Lean Construction Institute).
Critical path
The longest continuous sequence of activities in a schedule, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office. A delay to an activity on it moves the end date.
Total float
The time an activity can slip before its delay affects the project end date, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office. Critical activities have the least amount of float.
Free float
The time an activity can be delayed without affecting any successor activity, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
Look-ahead plan
In the Last Planner system, the list of activities to be worked on over the upcoming six weeks, updated weekly while the constraints that threaten reliable work are studied.
Takt time
The available production time divided by customer demand, as the Lean Enterprise Institute defines it. A general idea, not an AFS measurement.
Changeover
Switching production from one product or part number to another, as the Lean Enterprise Institute defines it. A general idea, not an AFS measurement.