Before you start to configure the Shift Planner

Shift Planner uses OEE Coaches Master data for:

• Machines
• Shifts
• Teams

Make sure, all the individual SHIFTS, TEAMS and MACHINES you want to use in your Shift Plan are defined in OEE Coach.

Steps to configure a Shift Plan

In the main-screen just follow the 4 main options:

Step 0: OEE Coach Master Data

In OEE Coach you already defined your shifts: e.g. Early, Late, Night including its duration and start time.

Step 1: Define Generic Shift Template(s)

In the Shift Planner you will start to define the generic shift patterns as templates, that will be used on your machines: e.g. [Day Shift], [2 Shifts], [3 Shifts]. A generic shift template can be assigned to any machine as a as a default shift-pattern.

Step 2: Create Machine – Teams template

Each machine can now be assigned a specific shift pattern. Machine A could run in a 3 Shift service while machine B is running in a 2 shifts service. With the machine and its potential shifts know, we also tell the Planner here which Teams might be available for this machine. This will now serve as a default template for our actual planning later.

Step 3: Fill Calendar

In step 3, we ‘stamp’ the default Machine-Shift-Team template into the calendar; we now schedule the most likely to happen planning of which team will be in what shift at what machine and WHEN. Specific exceptions (bank holidays, team swaps etc.) are now being made to create the final plan as to be executed.

Step 4: View Actual Shift Plan

To quickly view machine schedules, (shift plans in the calendar) we have the fourth option in the main screen.

This is the schedule that will be actually performed.

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