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planning and scheduling helps ensure that work can be performed at the
most productive stages of a project.
The most productive usually translates into lower costs and
faster overall project completion schedules.
For the shipyard, a build strategy that tries to maximize work
performed on unit and on block can result in significant cost savings.
These are far more productive stages of construction, while
on-board work is usually the least productive, cost-wise and
schedule-wise.
However,
in order for the most productive stages to be viable, all resources
need to be planned and scheduled in support of such a build strategy.
This means that facilities, labor resources and material
requirements need to be coordinated and be readily available at those
critical period of time where the more productive stages of
construction are possible. This
also means that all supporting information, such as engineering, needs
to be completed and be of high quality to minimize the potential for
costly rework and delays.
PERT-PAC
plans and manages work orders and the fundamental material
requirements, requisitions. The work orders and requisitions can be scheduled manually
using the system, but another method enables a baseline schedule plan
to be developed using Microsoft Project 2000 that can be linked
directly to the work orders and requisitions.
Resource
Planning:
PERT-PAC can develop manpower requirements for the baseline
plan as well as from the work orders down to each trade or work
center. Manpower loadings
can be produced for any selection of projects and/or work centers and
can be generated as planned or as forecast by the system to reflect
actual budget performance. PERT-PAC will summarize manpower
requirements on a daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly or yearly average.
Schedule Forecasting: PERT-PAC will
measure the impact of actual schedule performance (including estimates of progress) so
that work around plans can be developed quickly and painlessly. System links to WORK-PAC
draw upon actual work order schedule status to automatically update PERT-PAC for
schedule analysis. Actual and revised estimated material delivery status data also can be
transferred electronically from MAT-PAC for impact analysis.
Report Graphics: PERT-PAC will generate
various graphical reports: gantt and bar charts, resource requirements profiles,
expenditure curves and time-phased activity sequence diagrams.
Systems Integration: The system can electronically
define all work order schedules on WORK-PAC and the time-phased required delivery
dates for material managed by MAT-PAC. Microsoft
Project 2000 can be integrated directly with the PERCEPTION
database.
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PERCEPTION
Software Modules
ESTI-MATE
The bidding and estimating module. ESTI-MATE is the
tool to develop accurate and complete contract cost and pricing proposals.
MAT-PAC
The materials management module. MAT-PAC
accommodates the special needs of purchasing contract materials and stock supply.
PERT-PAC
The automated scheduling module. PERT-PAC
develops integrated engineering, purchasing and production schedules.
WORK-PAC
The labor and manpower management module. WORK-PAC
is the tool to improve management of work performance.
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