Shop floor & inventory

How to schedule cutlists on CNC machines

Scheduling cutlists on CNC means the issued work is queued on the machine and the material movement is part of the same plan. Spectr schedules cutlists onto CNC machines and tells forklift operators which containers to deliver and when.

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Key facts

A printed queue on the cabinet is a schedule that cannot see a GC date change.
Material not at the machine is idle spindle time.
Priority should come from project phases, not from whoever is loudest.
Completing the cut should update the product, not only the operator’s day.

How shops handle this

Only schedule issued cutlists
Unissued work on a CNC is how you cut the wrong revision.
Sequence by site need
West elevation due Friday beats an easy nest that can wait.
Stage containers to the workstation
The schedule should create a delivery, not a scavenger hunt.
Show the live queue on a dashboard
So the next job is visible without a standup.

Common questions

Does Spectr nest the sheet?

Spectr works with nesting software. It owns the cutlist identity and the machine schedule around it.

Multiple machines?

Then you need one queue people trust, not three whiteboards.

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