Production scheduling software for manufacturers
Production scheduling software puts every work order against the machines, people and hours you actually have, so you can see what will run late before it does. Praxa Tech builds scheduling into a custom ERP for manufacturers in Australia and New Zealand, set up around your own resources, routings and rules.
A whiteboard that is out of date by lunchtime.
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A whiteboard or a spreadsheet
Accurate at 7am, wrong by lunch, and only one person knows how to read it.
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Capacity nobody can see
The overload shows up when the job is already late.
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Steps in the wrong order
Assembly gets booked before the machining it depends on is done.
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Parts that aren't there
The job is on the schedule, the material is not on the shelf.
Your machines, your people, your rules.
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Scheduled by resource
Each machine, cell or person, with the hours they really have.
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Gates between steps
A step can't be scheduled before the one it depends on.
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Materials checked first
On hand, on order, committed and still to make, before the job is booked.
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One view for everyone
Office and floor looking at the same schedule, not their own copy.
Scheduling sits in the same system as your stock, purchasing and job costing. Accounting stays in Xero or MYOB.
Where to look next.
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Case study
Toomey NC
CNC machining. The whole business was running out of one man's head.
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Solution
Shop-floor time tracking
Clock on and off by job, and see where the hours went.
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Job costing
The real margin on every job, while it is still running.
What people ask first.
Is this built for a business our size?
It's built for manufacturers with roughly 5 to 50 staff, where a six-month implementation would hurt and a whiteboard no longer copes.
Can it handle subcontracted steps?
Yes. Made and bought parts are kept separate, including stock sitting with a subcontractor.
Can it schedule assembly as well as machining?
Yes. Assembly is a resource like any machine, and it waits for the steps it depends on.
Is scheduling sold on its own?
It is usually part of a wider custom system. Most builds come in under $35,000, fixed in writing before we start, with no per-user fees. See pricing.
See your floor in a real system.
Tell us your machines and your jobs and we'll build a working demo of your schedule, free, in 48 hours.