We have a very condensed shutdown - something like 1600 work orders (with multiple tasks and resources) completed in 7 to 10 days. 24/7. Cost is about a million dollars a day to be down.
1st Question: Given all the time in the world to plan has anyone actually pulled off a nearly live actual/baseline plan so you can level as jobs come up or go off track. I think you'd have to be constantly updating it all day and night to have any value. If you have done it what type of resources for entering did you require?
2nd - Has anyone ever set-up unknown contractors as resources? I.e - Welder 1, Welder 2... Welder 50 to try and level or do you try and change it to Welder with 5000% units. What works better?
Thanks.
1st Question: Given all the time in the world to plan has anyone actually pulled off a nearly live actual/baseline plan so you can level as jobs come up or go off track. I think you'd have to be constantly updating it all day and night to have any value. If you have done it what type of resources for entering did you require?
2nd - Has anyone ever set-up unknown contractors as resources? I.e - Welder 1, Welder 2... Welder 50 to try and level or do you try and change it to Welder with 5000% units. What works better?
Thanks.