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AI agent for production planners

Load Leveling Agent

Smooth the load so no work center is over capacity and no order is late.

PlanningDecisionsSchedulingOperations
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Load Leveling Agent: what goes in, what the agent does and what you get

What it does

Some weeks the machine shop is buried and others it sits idle, because load is only seen when the jobs arrive. This agent reads the load by work center for the coming weeks and finds the peaks above capacity. It proposes moving jobs earlier or later within their lead times, or to another center that can run them. After each move it recalculates the load on every center and keeps going until no peak remains or no move is left. It checks that no job moves past its due date. The planner approves the changes. Edge case: a move that fixes one center but creates a new peak at the next is rejected and another move is tried.

How it works

Follow the arrows from top to bottom. The orange dashed arrow is the loop: when a check fails, the agent goes back and tries again.

Start and resultWhat it doesA check on its own workWaits for your OKGoes back and retries
Yes, continueYes, continueApprovedNoNo 1 STARTS WHEN Weekly load review 2 USES A TOOL Read load by work center and week 3 DOES Find weeks above capacity 4 DOES List jobs with float that could move 5 DOES Propose a move for the largest peak 6 CHECKS THE RESULT Does the move keep every center under capacity andevery job on time? If not: Reject the move and try the next job or center.Back to step 4. 7 USES A TOOL Recalculate load for all centers 8 CHECKS THE RESULT Is any peak still above capacity? If not: Propose the next move. Back to step 4. 9 YOU APPROVE Planner approves the changes 10 USES A TOOL Update the schedule 11 RESULT Load report and new schedule
Read the steps as a list
  1. Weekly load review
  2. Read load by work center and week
  3. Find weeks above capacity
  4. List jobs with float that could move
  5. Propose a move for the largest peak
  6. Does the move keep every center under capacity and every job on time?If not: Reject the move and try the next job or center. Back to step 4.
  7. Recalculate load for all centers
  8. Is any peak still above capacity?If not: Propose the next move. Back to step 4.
  9. Planner approves the changesThe agent waits here for your OK.
  10. Update the schedule
  11. Load report and new schedule

How it decides

It moves the job with the most float first and accepts a move only if no other center goes over capacity and no due date is missed.

  • Move jobs with the most float first
  • Never move a job past its due date
  • Allow alternate centers only if the routing is approved
  • Stop when no peak above 100 percent remains

Make it yours

Every agent is a starting point. You choose these settings for your own situation.

  • Capacity limit (default 100 percent)
  • Planning horizon (default 8 weeks)
  • Alternate centers allowed
  • Float rule

What keeps you in control

It always asks you first

  • Planner approves every schedule change

Hard limits

  • Never change due dates
  • Never move work without approval

It stops when

  • Done: no center is over capacity and no due date is missed
  • Stop: peaks remain after all possible moves and the planner decides on overtime or outsourcing

Set it up

We guide you through the set-up, step by step

Members get the full set-up guide for this agent. No technical skills needed: you copy, paste and upload.

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  • The agent then walks you through connecting your own data, one source at a time
  • A downloadable copy with the flow chart, the rules and the full guide
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An example run

What happensThe milling center is at 128 percent in week 24. The agent moves job 4410 one week earlier to week 23, where load is 71 percent. That raises week 23 to 98 percent. A second move of job 4415 to the alternate center drops week 24 to 99 percent. The planner approves both moves.

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