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Scheduling
Down to the Minute
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Milestones Professional and Simplicity
support scheduling down to the minute. This makes all kinds of
applications possible. This article discusses some of the
possibilities, including:
Lab Machine
Schedule
The schedule below
is that of a computer lab. People can sign up to use the computers
in the lab for their projects. The schedule is used to show who will
be using each machine at any given time.
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| Production
Process Mapping |
| The Machine Cycle
Schedule below show processes involved in production of a component. |
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Machine
Cycle Schedule - Milestones Professional 2008 |
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Machine
Cycle Schedule.mls (Milestones Simplicity) |
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Job Shop
Schedule |
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In the schedule
below, product batches are color-coded, showing their flow and resource
utilization through the shop floor. |
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Download this schedule |
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Job
Shop Schedule - Milestones Professional 2008 |
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Job
Shop Schedule.mls - Milestones Simplicity |
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Seconds,
Nanoseconds and beyond |
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While Milestones
Professional and Simplicity's lowest level of detail is one minute, that doesn't
prevent you from scheduling in seconds, nanoseconds or any other unit of
time. Just use minutes as your level of detail and set the schedule
up to reflect whatever time unit you need. As far as the software is
concerned you are using minutes, while in reality your scheduling can be
done in 10ths of a minute, seconds, tenths of a second, or even
nanoseconds.
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The schedule below is set up as a 600
minute schedule, but it appears to be a 6 second schedule. The
symbol date format and date heading are set to display 10ths of a minute. |
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Seconds
Schedule - Milestones Professional 2008 |
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Seconds Schedule.mls
- Milestones Simplicity |
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Tips for
working with minutes, hours and seconds |
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Here are some tips
you'll find useful when working on a schedule which uses hours, minutes or
seconds: |
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Turn on
hourly and minute detail. By default, schedules use daily
detail. This is convenient for schedules with a time frame of
weeks, months or years, but if your schedule is for a couple days or
less, like any of the above examples, you will want to turn on
Hourly and minute detail. Turn it on by choosing the Dates
tab, in the Start and End Dates section choose the Full
Dialog icon. In the Schedule Details dialog box
choose the Hourly/Minute tab |
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"snap to minute" option is a great way to make
Milestones Professional or Simplicity display only the minute increments you
want. For example, if you only want detail down to every 30
minutes, set the "snap to" increment to 30. That
way, when you add or move a symbol, you'll find it a snap to get a
milestone symbol where you want it. Choose the Tools tab, in
the Program Options section choose Dates. Under
Symbol Placement choose the appropriate "Snap" to Minute
Increment. |
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Symbol
date format. If you want
the time to be displayed along with the milestone symbols, there are
many minute and hourly options to choose from:
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Minute Only |
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Hour and Minute 24
Hour Format |
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Hour and Minute 12
Hour Format |
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Hour Only |
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Minute from Start
of Schedule |
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Minute from Start
of Schedule as NN.NN |
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Choose the Dates tab in
the Date Related Settings section choose Set Symbol
Date Format. |
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