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Preactor International, PI, is an independent company
based in the UK. First formed in 1984 the company is one
of the fastest growing companies specializing in advanced
planning and scheduling software and, through its partnerships
with other software vendors and system suppliers, offers
implementation and software support all over the world.
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| The most common tool used by schedulers
is a simple planning board where work is allocated
to resources in time periods such as an hour, day
or week. However this is a static decision support
tool trying to cope with a dynamic problem. |
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| How long will the schedule last before a rush
order appears, re-work is required, operators report
sick, a machine breaks down, or demand does not
match the forecast? |
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| Each of these will blow a hole in
the production plan and the scheduler can spend
endless time re-assigning work, changing priorities
or altering process routes to meet promised delivery
dates. |
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