Scheduling Exercise

Forecast work hours

o Crew supervisor forecasts the crew’s available hours
as the first step in the advance scheduling process
o This happens at the beginning of the last shift for the
period already in progress
o Near the end of the work week, the scheduler takes
a Crew Work Hours Availability Forecast Worksheet
to the crew supervisor
o The Crew Work Hours Availability Forecast Worksheet
involves the crew supervisor in deciding how much
work his crew should be able to accomplish during
the next week
 Assignment 1
o Read the section about forecasting work
hours
o Prepare a short presentation on a single
flipchart explaining the principles of
forecasting work hours
o Complete Assignment 1
 Crew availability forecast
Crew Supervisor
A Crew B Jones

Carry-
Craft # Paid Leave Train Misc over Avail
Mech 1 x 40 = 40 5 35

Welder 1 x 40 = 40 5 35

Machinist x 40 =

Painter 1 x 40 = 40 20 20

Tech 1 x 40 = 40 5 35

Helper 1 x 40 = 40 40

Totals 5 x 40 = 200 20 15 165

 Assignment 2

o Complete Assignment 2
 Crew availability forecast
Crew Supervisor
C Crew J Field

Carry-
Craft # Paid Leave Train Misc over Avail
Mech 3 x 40 = 120 3 10 107

Welder 2 x 40 = 80 20 2 20 38

Machinist 2 x 40 = 80 2 10 68

Painter x 40 =

Tech 3 x 40 = 120 3 10 107

Helper 5 x 40 = 200 30 5 30 135

Totals 15 x 40 = 600 20 30 15 80 455

Assignment 3 – Sorting WOs
o Read the section on sorting work orders
o Complete Assignment 3
Assignment 4 – Sorting WOs
o Complete Assignment 4
 Sorting Work Orders

01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13

Priority & total work hours

12 04 02 07 11 05 03 06 10 08 01 13 09

PM first in every priority group

12 04 02 05
05 07 11 03 06 10 08 01 13 09

Work on same system together

12 04 06
06 02 05 09
09 07 11 03 10 13
13 08 01
Assignment 5 – Sorting WOs

o Complete Assignment 5
 Sorting Work Orders

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44

Priority & total work hours

35 36 28 41 42 21 30 24 33 25 37 34 38 39 26 27 31 32 43 40 22 23 29 44

PM first in every priority group

35 36 28 41 42 21 30 24 37
37 27
27 33 25 34 38 39 26 31 32 43 40 22 23 29 44

Work on same system together

35 36 29
29 28 41 37
37 33
33 34
34 39
39 26
26 23
23 42 40
40 21 30 27
27 24 25 38 44
44 31 32 43 22
 Allocating Work Orders
o Allocate task to the workforce in the predetermined
order
o If there are not sufficient work orders left:
o Work persons down – let a higher qualified person do lower
level work
o Schedule only part of the job (rest runs over to next week)
o Do not schedule at all due to insufficient resources

o Stop when
o No backlog left to be scheduled
o Not enough work hours available
o The right level of work hours not available