GLOSSARY

Assembly job: In SkyPlanner, an assembly job involves the coordinated production of components for multiple orders from the same material, such as cutting pieces with a laser or painting them the same color. This functionality is ideal for companies using nesting software, like in the furniture manufacturing industry, optimizing the efficient use of resources and materials in production planning.

Bulldozer: The Bulldozer function in SkyPlanner pushes unstarted tasks forward, preventing them from falling behind schedule. It ensures tasks are always scheduled for the future. If a job has started, it cannot use this feature.

Capacity: The capacity refers to the maximum volume of work that a workstation or resource can handle during a specified time, such as a workday. It defines the limit of production or service that can be completed in a specified period under normal operating conditions.

Customer: A customer is a person, company, or organization that acquires products or services from another entity. A customer is the one who requests or purchases specific products or services.

Dynamic Priorities: Dynamic priorities are essential in SkyPlanner, allowing preferences to be set for clients, tasks, and orders. AI intelligently considers these in planning and prioritizing key clients and urgent tasks. This provides flexibility in managing multiple priority levels, ensuring an efficient production focus. You can manage them in Global Rules.

GANTT Timeline: It is a real-time visual representation of planned tasks and activities in a project or production process. SkyPlanner offers a user-friendly GANTT Timeline that facilitates visualization of processes within the company, improving management and decision-making.

GANTT View: This is a simplified representation of the GANTT Timeline for a specific work order. It shows only the start and end of production for that order, providing a quick and clear view of the production schedule for that task.

Global Rules: Global rules in SkyPlanner allow artificial intelligence to be directed according to the company's production needs. From switching to Just in Time to defining production priorities or considering the availability of materials. This functionality optimizes planning and operational performance. These rules apply to all reschedulable jobs.

Job Rules: They include rules for the order, the order item, and the process steps.

Just-in-time: Just-in-time (JIT) in the industry refers to a production approach that seeks to minimize inventory by keeping only the amount necessary to meet demand. SkyPlanner offers a function to schedule orders to finish just before the delivery date, reducing unnecessary storage.

Lead Time: Lead time is the total time from the request of a product to its final delivery to the customer. It includes production time, preparation, and transport, which are crucial for planning and customer satisfaction.

Material: Material generally refers to a resource that is either produced in-house or purchased from elsewhere, that then gets refined into a product or used as a part of a product's manufacturing process. This can include raw materials such as metals, plastics, or fabrics, as well as semi-finished or finished products that are integrated into the production process.

Minimum degree of manufacturing: Minimum Degree of Manufacturing in SkyPlanner is a smart functionality that optimizes production flow by allowing subsequent steps to commence once the preceding task reaches a predefined level of completion. For instance, if assembly is at 10% completion, packaging can begin, enhancing overall efficiency, reducing idle time, and ensuring optimal resource utilization.

Order: An order is a formal request by a client to perform a specific action, which may involve the manufacture of physical products, the execution of services, or the organization of tasks and events.

Order Item: An order item is a specific element within an order that specifies a product or service to be delivered or performed. It details its requirements to ensure precise and efficient execution.

Order Item rules: Just like the Order rules, these apply only to the order item of that order.

Order rules: These are the rules that will apply only to a specific order, like buffer days or order priority or if inform the AI that a specific job uses a JIT manufacturing type. This is ideal when using a hybrid manufacturing type.

Phase Line: A phase line is a visual red line on SkyPlanner's GANTT timeline that shows the sequential steps of an order or request. This facilitates understanding the tasks scheduled in an orderly manner, providing a clear guide on the steps to follow in the production process. 

Pieces per time: Indicates the number of units produced in a specific period. Time can be measured in hours, minutes or seconds.

Process Steps: Process steps are the procedures needed to manufacture or create a product or service. A specific process step can be performed at specific workstations that have the machinery or people capable of performing it. 

Product: A product is a good or service offered in the market intended to satisfy a need or desire of the consumer provided by a company. Unlike an order item, which specifies details of an individual order, a product is offered in a general way in the market.

Running time lock: The Running Time Lock is a feature in SkyPlanner that safeguards scheduled production tasks from last-minute alterations. For instance, you can set it for the next four hours, ensuring stability in scheduled tasks within that timeframe, minimizing disruptions, and allowing focused work without sudden changes.

Schedule: It is a detailed plan that assigns specific resources and times to complete tasks and processes within production, optimizing workflow and efficiency.

Scheduled Job: It is a task or activity planned within the software, which has an assigned schedule and is expected to be performed at a specific time according to the schedule.

Shift: A shift is a designated period during which a group of employees performs their work duties. It can span specific hours of the day and is crucial for efficient labor planning and organization in an industrial operation. You can manage shifts in Syplanner in Shift Scheduling.

Sick Leave: This is a situation when an employee is unable to work due to health issues. 

Subcontractor: Subcontracting is when a company hires another or an external provider to perform certain tasks, services, or processes on its behalf. It is common when the company lacks the capacity or resources to carry out certain activities internally. SkyPlanner allows them to be integrated into the production process. They act as independent workstations, being able to assign multiple tasks simultaneously. This facilitates planning and monitoring their workload, optimizing cooperation and resource utilization.

Sub-item: A sub item is a subdivision of a main item within an order. It details specific components or additional tasks necessary for the complete and precise execution of the main item. Simple examples of sub-items are the components to manufacture a bicycle like the wheels or the skeleton.

Teardown time: Teardown time is the interval between tasks, allowing for processes like paint drying or internal logistics. AI considers setup and teardown times in scheduling, optimizing job and machine allocation for minimal disruptions and maximum efficiency.

Fixed time Refers to the constant period required to complete a specific task or process in industrial production, regardless of the amount of work or production needed.

Time per piece: represents the amount of time required to manufacture an individual unit in production. 

Timer: This function within SkyPlanner allows employees to record their working times while administrators monitor workflow and production. It generates manufacturing data that is essential for historical data analysis.

Tool: A tool is a specific resource needed to perform tasks at a workstation, such as a mold. SkyPlanner optimizes tool management, ensuring that they are not simultaneously assigned to multiple tasks. In addition, the system allows managing tool maintenance and breakdowns, integrating them into the production plan to maximize operational efficiency.

Transaction: A transaction is the process of purchasing or ordering materials or products necessary to complete an order. These items are stored for later use. In SkyPlanner, transactions within the warehouse can be efficiently managed, ensuring timely supply and effective inventory management.

Unscheduled Job: This is a job that was not anticipated in the initial planning of Skyplanner, either because it emerged unexpectedly (it will appear as a draft within the GANTT schedule in blue, waiting to be accepted for scheduling) or a job that was already in scheduled in the GANTT Timeline but was removed. In the latter case, it can be rescheduled again if desired.

User: Any person registered within the personnel registry who has a username and password to access their personal account on SkyPlanner. Users may have the following roles:

• 1.- User: An employee with this role can only use the timer feature. They can log in and out of their work time during the day.
• 2.- Admin: This role permits employees to use most of SkyPlanner's features. However, an admin cannot access Global rules settings.
• 3.- Head User: This role grants access to all SkyPlanner features.

Warehouse: This function within SkyPlanner shows a listing of the materials and products inside the company's warehouse. With SkyPlanner, you can manage entries and exits and visualize transactions, facilitating more effective planning.

Workstation: A workstation is a specific production resource in SkyPlanner, such as a machine, a person, or any other necessary equipment, that handles its own scheduled work queue. Each station performs designated tasks one at a time, with daily capacities often based on the shifts assigned to the workers at that station, thus optimizing production flow and efficiency.

Workstation efficiencies: It is a section within global rules where you can range the efficiencies that can be given to the workstation. Here, artificial intelligence is informed that it can perform a job more optimally than another.