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<p> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">To operate a machining shop is tough competition today. Fortunately, technology can help. From experience learned from lessons, there is a necessary trump to succeed as a good shop, Computerized Production Scheduling.&nbsp; </span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Before the advent of computers, our production scheduling could be a time consuming task. Conventional cost accounting provided after-the-fact information, only when it was too late to do anything about a particular job. </span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">A Smart Quick shop-floor scheduling system is in use. It is capable of both forward and backward scheduling. PCs allowed schedulers to make use of software to essentially automate manual scheduling. While software sped up scheduling, they did little to change the fundamental approach. And it may also indicate that reducing times by modifying fixtures or increasing speeds and feeds may be necessary.</span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, our machining shops who hope to compete today and survive tomorrow have to keep on top of numeric control technology.</span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Nadia</span></span></p>