Global Rules
Running Time Lock
Last Updated: March 7, 2025The Running Time Lock secures your production plan’s upcoming work to prevent last-minute alterations. For example, you can set the Running Time Lock for the next four hours, during which the scheduled tasks within that timeframe will remain fixed and won’t be changed, moved, or switched. To use the Running Time Lock feature: This feature...
Consider the Materials
Last Updated: February 20, 2025Checking warehouse materials before planning production prevents delays by ensuring your production has what it needs to start. This step avoids wasting time and resources on halted jobs. Consider the materials is a feature that instructs Arcturus, SkyPlanner’s AI, to consider the materials and resources available in the storage. To activate it, you only have to...
Allow moving jobs to other more appropriate workstations
Last Updated: March 7, 2025Opting for this option allows the AI to flexibly choose from various workstations for task completion based on your inputs about where each job can be done. You can assign specific tasks to suitable resources, and SkyPlanner’s AI will then select the optimal workstation, considering the current production flow. Moreover, by defining efficiency ratings for each workstation,...
Workstage dependencies
Last Updated: February 18, 2025A process step may require the completion (or a certain degree of it) of a preceding step before it can begin, although this isn’t always necessary. SkyPlanner offers a customizable option, allowing companies to specify whether such dependencies exist between their internal job tasks. This enables tailored workflow management based on the unique needs of each...
Dynamic priorities
Last Updated: March 7, 2025Dynamic priorities are at the core of SkyPlanner, enhancing AI-assisted production planning. You thus direct the AI with your wishes. This feature allows you to set priorities for different customers, tasks, and orders, and the AI intelligently considers them in the work schedule. You can favor key customers, plan urgent or time-consuming tasks as a priority,...