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December 2024 #16305 Page #90
Following the Flow with JAX-UC By Richard Pedde
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he flow of lumber through the plant is the lifeblood of a component manufacturing business, so taking steps to protect and improve that flow is essential for keeping your business healthy. This is an objective we took to heart when creating our JAX system.
With JAX, The Wood Retriever, a shop floor organizer, and the JAX-Universal Compiler (JAXUC), we have a complete material management system that will track your inventory in real time. The knowledge you gain will allow you to continuously optimize your plant operations. For example, the Bunk Manager screen displays the entire bunk-to-saw material flow and yields better inventory management, optimized cutting, and control over material substitutions. The Bunk Manager can display 33 color-coded SKUs that are available for lumber picking. The fastest moving items are positioned close to one of the three lumber conveyors that service the saws. If a plant stocks more than 33 SKUs, bunks of the least-used materials can be stocked outside of JAX, near either end of the gantry line, so that they may be swapped into and out of JAX without disrupting JAX from picking in other safety-curtained zones. In addition, the Bunk Manager screen shows the status of the saw shop, with quantities On Hand, In JAX, and Required. The diagram shows the following example for jobs in the queue: •
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Job 241388 is the next to be picked, needing 12’ 2x4 #1 SYP o On Hand:
5664
o In JAX:
91
o Required:
24
Job 241388 was picked, using 7 18’ 2x4s and 8 2x10s o This job is on the conveyor from JAX to the ALS saw.
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