Beyond the drag ‘n drop planning board, we also provide an invaluable tool known as Rapid-Mode. This tool can be used in conjunction, or as a replacement to the drag and drop method of allocating work to employees.
Rapid-Mode allows you to create vertical teams in your workshop, and then automatically allocate work to these teams using a ‘best fit’ approach.
An example of its usage is in a shop where there are multiple lanes, one for small fast-track work, and another for medium to large-sized work. You can create your own rapid-mode rules quite easily, which will determine to whom the work is automatically allocated to. The rules you create consist of each workshop process (ie. Strip, Repair, Prime, etc), and which technician should be performing the work. There is no limit to the number of rules that you can create.
For each task in the Rapid-Mode rule, you can nominate up to two technicians.
When selecting the Rapid-Mode tool to automatically allocate a job, it will determine the next ‘gap’ available for each employee in the rule based on task size. Not only will it adjust the task size based on each employee’s efficiency, but it will also check to see whether choosing an alternate employee will result in a faster turn-around.
This process may sound complex on paper, but when in use, it is very simple to use, and can save hours of time. Larger volume facilities will especially appreciate this feature!
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