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Free Scheduling Seminars

Free half day planning and scheduling seminars are available in the UK. They are run regularly in Huddersfield, Coventry and Chippenham and occasionally at other venues.

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Preactor Training Courses

The best way to explain how Preactor is structured is to say that it is the 'Excel of Production Scheduling'. It provides an environment to create a model or solution that meets the exact requirements of the application.

Just as a single spreadsheet is an 'instance' of Excel so a configuration is an instance of Preactor. Many configurations or data models may be created and used in Preactor using a single license.

The User Course is designed to give the user an understanding of the available functionality. It is like being taught what the buttons and options do in Excel, it does not teach how to create the spreadsheet or model that will solve a specific problem.

It starts with a simple make to order job shop model (the fixed model used in Preactor Lite and Preactor 100 FCS) then moves to a more complex assembly environment suitable for Preactor APS users.

Note that the course is not designed to teach how to plan or schedule but to teach experienced planners how to schedule with Preactor.

After completing the user course the user can then either attend the Configuration Course to show how to, in Preactor 200 FCS and higher versions, customize the configuration or model to meet their needs, or use the services of Preactor International to do it for them.

The User, Configuration and Preactor API courses include a Buffet Lunch on each day.

Preactor International offers a Starter Pack. This provides a package that includes the standard training courses as well as services to start the process of configuring Preactor for the solution that is required. Typically the Implementation Plan will start with a Design Workshop where together we will define the Design Framework for your Preactor system.

This will lead to a Preactor Work Plan and Customer Work Plan for the project.

Additional services can then be ordered as required to complete the implementation.

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User Course Part 1
The User Course is designed to give the user an understanding of the available functionality. It is like being taught what the buttons and options do in Excel; it does not teach how to create the spreadsheet or model that will solve a specific problem. It starts with a simple make to order job shop model then moves to a more complex assembly environment suitable for Preactor APS users. Note that the course is not designed to teach how to plan or schedule but to teach experienced planners how to schedule with Preactor. An agenda for the 3 day user course is as follows:-

Introduction to Preactor FCS systems
Loading Preactor with data
Scheduling and Schedule repair
Introduction to Preactor APS systems
Using the Preactor scheduling rules
Material Control Concepts

User Course Part 2

Modelling with Preactor
Hands-on workshops

Configuration Course
The Configuration Course is the starting point for those wishing to customise Preactor. Workshops show how to: make changes to the main configuration files (.prtdf and .prmdf) import and export data from and to other software programs and create Event Scripts which allow macro style customisation of events in Preactor.

Preactor Structure
Table Definition File (.Prtdf)
Menu Definition File (.Prmdf)
Modifying the Command Definition File (.Prcdf)
Integrating Preactor with other systems
Preactor Reports
Preactor Web Publisher
PrSpy
Preactor Communication Object
Preactor Viewers
License Site Manager
Compiling Configurations
Migrating from older versions
Preactor Event Script Processor
- For Events
- Actions
- Timed Events
- Transferring Event Scripts
- Debugging Event Scripts
- Example Scripts

Preactor API Course
Having completed the Configuration course, there is also the two day Application Programming Interface (API) Course which covers the following subjects:

Introduction
- Software Development Kit (SDK)
- Template Projects
Overview of Preactor Objects
Creating Custom Actions
- Setting up a Custom Action
Using the Preactor Object
- Data Manipulation
- Debugging, Logging and Error Handling
Using the Open Planning Board Objects
- Event based Rules
- Algorithmic Rules
Custom Windows
Deployment
Hands-on workshops

Attendees should have attended the Preactor Configuration course and have a good understanding of the Microsoft .NET Framework & API concepts.

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