Fast React Keywords: Important Notions

Fast React Keywords: Important Notions

Line Capacity

How many minutes are available in every hour of each line (calculated by the number of workers multiplied by 60 minutes)

Line based on 28 workers’, Hourly Capacity in single line

=28*60=1680 minutes. You remember that you will make plan based on garments SAM which is also the value stands in minute.

There are 2 ways of setting the capacity.

1) Fixed Capacity – Most Suitable for line producing same product over the year. Small industry, like producing T-Shirt over the year in same floor can use same configuration, no need adjustment.

2) Flexible Capacity – applicable for line configurations that changes based on the product type. More for factories with a bigger product mix.

Critical Path

This is a list of events which must happen for the order to begin e.g. Sample approved and order fabric. This does not include production operations (also known as Time & Action). Before start bulk production each event needs to complete on time.

Event name

The name of the critical path event:

Sample approval

Sewing thread in house

Fabric in house

PP Meeting

Trial Run complete

Lead time

In fast react, lead time is the time line of any event need to complete determiner.

Ex: If sample approval is required 10 days before bulk cut, 10 is Lead time of this event. which is also call offset.

Relative to

This is the point in the plan that we use to count from when applying lead times in critical path e.g. start cut, first output date

Target (Event Complete) Date= Relative to + lead time (or offset)

Executive

Individual responsible to manage each segment, like low level planning, CPM, high level planning management.

Expected Date
When event target date is not achievable, possible completion date can be entered. Example: Fabric receive target date is 5 January. However, due to supplier delay fabric will be received on 7 January. This date need to enter on Expected date so that all relevant personnel get the latest update.
Retained Date
Agreed target date. This date is manually saved once target dates are agreed with relevant stakeholders. Retained date is required when target date is generated based on production plan.

Group

You can separate production lines into groups for easier reporting and visibility e.g. separation could be by product type, woven lines, knit types, location and production method etc

Learning curves

An allowance that can be set in the plan to reduce output over the first few days of a new style/ order (also called start up allowances or style change allowances).During changeover new product like T-Shirt to Hoody need to consider Efficiency trend 30%,45%,50%,55% day 1,day2,day2 day4 sequentially. Fastreact has pre-build and also modifiable learning curve parameters in which Efficiency trend and output can be adjusted.

Planning board

The tool within Fastreact which enables you to have visual status of your orders

Line

This is the row name or line name in a group on your planning board

Product

Style: T-shirt, Jacket, hoody, Pants, Leggings

Product type

Style type e.g. basic polo shirt, 5 pockets western jean etc

Product type efficiency

The percentage of which a particular product type is able to be made on a certain line

SAM

Standard Allowed Minutes per garment (how long it takes to produce 1 garment in that operation). This is the same as SMV also.

Standing time

It is the time in days an order takes to pass through each required operation e.g. if we cut 3 days before we start to embroider then the cutting standing time is 3 days.

Timetables

Critical path is specific to a certain situation e.g. Nike new order with 90 lead time will have certain events whereas an Adidas repeat order with a 30-day lead time will have different events and executives. This are the list of events need to perform before start the production

Throughput days

Time taken from first feeding a sewing garment into a line to first feeding garment out of a sewing line.

User defined fields

Any extra information you may require which Fastreact does not originally have relating to orders or products. These can be text or numeric e.g. Buyer PO number, season etc

WIP

Work in Progress e.g. the amount of work in progress is calculated by the amount completed less the amount produced by the previous operation e.g.  Cut 2000 pieces but only sewn 1500 pieces the WIP at sewing is 500 pieces. This is related to standing time because if we set a standing time of 3 days and my target is to produce 500 pieces per day it is the same as saying i have a WIP level of 500 pieces x 3 days

Fast Tracking
Changing the Default offset days.

Transport method

Road / Sea / Air

Status of order

Confirmed, Projection, Forecast

Efficiency

It measures the target per day as computed by the system to make it more realistic

4 types of Efficiencies:

Product Type Efficiency

Order Efficiency

Strip Efficiency and

Learning Curve Efficiency