M2M Basic Scheduling vs. Advanced Scheduling
The below table summarizes the differences between basic scheduling and advanced scheduling in M2M.
| Basic Scheduling | Advanced Scheduling | |
|---|---|---|
| Drag and Drop functionality for scheduling jobs within work centers | ✔ | ✔ |
| Whiteboard Scheduling | ||
| Infinite Planning | ✔ | ✔ |
| Finite Planning is only available for users that have Advanced Planning. | ✔ | |
| Automatic handling of Precedence Constraint | ✔ | ✔ |
| Automatic handling of Materials Constraint | ✔ | |
| Automatic handling of Capacity Constraint | ✔ | |
| Automatically plans Material and Capacity Constraints | ✔ | |
| Uses M2M Production Calendar | ✔ | |
| Uses Base Calendar (More robust calendar) | ✔ | |
| Allows Calendar Variations | ✔ | |
| Allows Calendar Queries | ✔ | |
| Automatic prevention of material shortages | ✔ | |
| One-Step prioritizing, sequencing, and scheduling of job operations across work centers within Material and Capacity constraints | ✔ | |
| Manual prioritizing, sequencing, and scheduling of job operations across work centers | ✔ | |
| Real-Time sharing with common M2M ERP/SCM database | ✔ | ✔ |
| Capable-to-Promise functionality | ✔ | |
| Automatic Load Balancing | ||
| Displays results in graphical format on the screen or printed for distribution on the shop floor | ✔ | ✔ |
| Buffer Management | ✔ | |