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The Scheduling Backlog Report highlights specific areas in your shop that need attention. This report complements the schedule by quickly identifying production bottlenecks, allowing you to make proactive decisions and adjustments.
This can be defined as the total amount of work scheduled in a shift within a specific department vs the amount of work you have told the system you can work based on the details within your Shift Setup (see Fulcrum Shop Setup page for details on how to set up your shifts)
Hours Allotted Within the Specific Shift × Number of Active Equipment During the Shift
This is the total duration of the operations scheduled against this shift within this department that are on time.
This is the total duration of the operations scheduled against this shift within this department that is late
Fulcrum will show you a breakdown by shift of how often certain equipment is being utilized. Hover over the shift to see how many hours are scheduled against a specific piece of equipment.
You want to identify the bottlenecks within your production process. The main indication of a bottleneck is the amount of late hours within a shift/department vs the amount of on-time hours.
In the example below, the Assembly department shows an excess of scheduled late hours from November 4th–8th. This means that during this period, most work flowing through that department will not meet its deadline.
Fulcrum will determine both what is late and what is expected to be late based on the Scheduled End date of the final operation of the job and the Production Due Date of the job.