WHY nMetric?
How It’s Different
Complex, high-mix manufacturing environments are, by their nature, chaotic. nMetric embraces this constant change and the need for a real-time, dynamic scheduling. Additionally, by using utilizing resources attributes to schedule tasks makes the scheduling adjustments in response to change either automatic or easily accomplished manually. The following are the fundamental differences between the nMetric solution and other similar software offerings.
What Others Do:
What nMetric Does:
Provides snapshots of current and ideal future activity at various times
Dynamically replicates the reality and change of high-mix environments for real-time virtual visibility, proactive intervention and quick response
Assigns tasks to individual resources
Dynamically replicates the reality and change of high-mix environments for real-time virtual visibility, proactive intervention and quick response
Provides power-user schedule visibility
Provides the entire organization with schedule visibility
- Role-based access to functionality
- Universal view-only access
Tracks task completion
Provides real-time/near real-time updates including:
- Task status update (starts, partial and full completion)
- Notes
- Change in resource availability (downtime or overtime)
- Dynamically reschedules tasks and changes occur
Sequences queues to resources
Automatically recalculates scheduled resource demand in real time, resulting in immediate visibility of the impact on:
- Other tasks in the production routing
- Potential late order completions
- Resource over-utilization
Allows manual drag-and-drop schedule management, adjusting the schedule to maintain dependent task scheduling requirements immediately
Uses algorithms to attempt optimization using fixed criteria
Uses probability and heuristics to balance multiple criteria and priorities to manage the entire environment for on-time Smart Job completion
Third-party alert generation
Real-time, system-wide, event-based alerts and email notifications
Captive ERP add-on modules
Real-time bilateral integration with any ERP, legacy system or database