Management wants to create a load board for our quality department, so that they can see what we spend our time on and if we are worth keeping around. Lol so do you guys have to do something like this? If so how do you go about reporting? They have been trying to estimate how long it will take to create a program and measure parts based on size
So, building a timer to determine how long it take YOU to program a part is one thing, building a timer to determine how others of varying skill levels should take writing a program is another. I recommend utilizing Excel and being able to adapt it to base programming off:
#of features/patterned?
#hits per feature/patterned?
#of alignments/patterned?
#of datum features/patterned?
Complexity level 1-10 (time buffer options, if 10 then apply 3x normal scale, if 1 then .5x normal scale)
There's a host of variables here, if I recall, I had about 40 lines of information I utilized to complie a sketch/print and generate an estimated programming time. For myself I got it within about 10% on 15 or so projects before I gave up performing the 30-60min of review and just started writting programs as it was for my own bennefit and not something the company was asking me for.
So, building a timer to determine how long it take YOU to program a part is one thing, building a timer to determine how others of varying skill levels should take writing a program is another. I recommend utilizing Excel and being able to adapt it to base programming off:
#of features/patterned?
#hits per feature/patterned?
#of alignments/patterned?
#of datum features/patterned?
Complexity level 1-10 (time buffer options, if 10 then apply 3x normal scale, if 1 then .5x normal scale)
There's a host of variables here, if I recall, I had about 40 lines of information I utilized to complie a sketch/print and generate an estimated programming time. For myself I got it within about 10% on 15 or so projects before I gave up performing the 30-60min of review and just started writting programs as it was for my own bennefit and not something the company was asking me for.
