AAOM Handbook

Quantity

• One Routine Operating Schedule for each Productive Unit defined within a Business Structure.

Quality

The Routine Operating Schedule shall be drawn from the parameters of the Operating Master Schedule. It shall specify, as appropriate to the type of process; • the sequencing and timing of activities with critical dependencies • for single line processes (i.e. those with a single entry and exit point, such as a typical crushing circuit), the occurrence of operating and downtime, • for multi-line processes (i.e. those with a multiple independent entry and exit points, such as a typical haulage fleet), the number of operating and down units (e.g. trucks), and • the key operating parameters that must be targeted in the development of the Execution Schedule (availability/uptime hours, utilisation/operating hours, rate).

The critical dependencies in a Routine Operating Schedule shall be presented in the form of a Gantt chart - refer to example in Appendix 1.

Operating/down times and/or number of operating units, and key operating parameters shall be presented in the form of a table - refer to example in Appendix 1.

Time

At each forecasting cycle.

After any change to the Production or Service strategies for a process is made.

Resources

Specification of frequency distributions is the accountability of the role identified in the configured flowchart.

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Operational Planning: Set Operating Master Schedule

Updated: August 2018

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