Cetec ERP Scheduling Feature Facilitates Accurate Quoting

Cetec ERP has introduced a new scheduling feature that enables users to estimate static buffer time occurring before or after work is completed at a given work location.

For job shops, getting accurate time estimates for work orders helps to drive more accurate quoting, as well as completing jobs on time. Allowing a buffer time before or after a work location/station can ensure ample time is given on the work order, without impacting labor time, estimates or cost, according to the company.

The new field, called “Buffer,” can be managed in two ways: Defaults can be set from a table in the Data Maintenance page named “OrdlineStatus,” or they can be set manually/overridden in a part’s labor plan or order specific labor plan.

Previously, modeling a traveler/router’s schedule to include a buffer period occurring before or after work was completed at a work location took several steps. Users needed to create and utilize a separate “staging” work location, then place that staging work location in the labor plan itself, and finally set the time estimate on that staging location to be a static setup or outsource based time entry in order for the scheduling system to register the buffer.