Series: EXA Manufacturing Operations Series: Part 1Business Operations
EP 01. The Idle Five-Axis Machine and the Mirage in the Conference Room
Four days before a precision machining factory’s first production shipment, production control manager Martin investigates the gap between high reported utilization and a machine standing idle. Reconnecting schedules for equipment and a metrology room shared by multiple orders, he judges which promises can be kept and which must be changed.
- Business
- Manufacturing Operations
- Production Scheduling