# How to Run Live Scheduling in Global Shop Solutions > Source: https://netray.co/erp-help/global-shop-solutions-how-to-run-live-scheduling > Publisher: Netray (netray.co), AI and integration engineering for ERP and manufacturing systems. > Section: ERP Help ## Short answer Live Scheduling in Global Shop Solutions builds a finite-capacity schedule from job routing operations against defined work centers, then presents it as a drag-and-drop board that shop supervisors adjust to reflect real shop floor priorities. Its accuracy depends on work centers, standard hours, and shop floor data collection all being kept current, since the schedule is only as good as the routing and capacity data feeding it. ## Kind how-to ## System small-erp ## Erp Global Shop Solutions (GSS ERP) ## Module Scheduling / Live Scheduling ## Query how to run live scheduling in Global Shop Solutions ## Alternate Queries - Global Shop Solutions scheduling board setup - GSS live scheduling not updating - Global Shop Solutions finite capacity scheduling how to - Global Shop Solutions work center scheduling ## Applies To Global Shop Solutions ERP, used by job shops and make-to-order manufacturers running the Scheduling and Shop Floor Data Collection (SFDC) modules. ## Steps ### Set up and run Live Scheduling in Global Shop Solutions **Items:** Confirm every work center used by active jobs is defined with accurate available hours per day or shift, since Live Scheduling calculates finite capacity against these hours. Verify job routings list operations in the correct sequence with realistic standard setup and run times - a routing with missing or estimated-only times will schedule unrealistically. Open the Live Scheduling board and review jobs already loaded against each work center; unscheduled or newly released jobs typically need to be added or sequenced manually the first time they appear. Set priority rules or manually sequence jobs on the board to reflect real shop priorities - due date, customer priority, or a rush order that needs to jump the queue. Publish or save the schedule so it is visible to shop floor supervisors and, if integrated, reflected on shop floor displays. As Shop Floor Data Collection (SFDC) clock-in and clock-out transactions post through the day, confirm the schedule reflects actual progress rather than only the plan, since a stale schedule undermines trust in the board quickly. Re-run or refresh the schedule after any material shortage, machine downtime, or rush order insertion that changes work center loading, rather than leaving supervisors to work off a board that no longer matches reality. Review work center utilization and late-job reports regularly to catch chronic overloading of a specific resource before it becomes a recurring bottleneck. ## Sections ### Why the schedule is only as good as the routing data **Body:** Live Scheduling is a finite-capacity engine - it sequences jobs against real work center hours rather than assuming infinite capacity, which is what makes it useful for a shop that is actually capacity constrained. But that also means its output is only as trustworthy as the routing standard times and work center hours behind it. A part with a wildly optimistic standard run time will make the schedule look feasible on paper while the shop floor quietly falls behind. Shops that skip periodically reviewing standard times against actual SFDC clock data tend to see the scheduling board drift out of sync with reality over months, even if the initial setup was accurate. ### Keeping the board synced with the shop floor **Body:** The scheduling board's value drops fast if supervisors stop trusting it, and the most common reason for that is the board not reflecting what actually happened on the floor - a job that finished early or late, a machine down for repair, or a rush order inserted without updating the load on the affected work center. Tying the schedule refresh to real SFDC transactions, rather than treating scheduling as a once-a-day static plan, keeps the board close enough to reality that supervisors will actually use it instead of falling back to a whiteboard or spreadsheet. ### Handling rush orders and downtime **Body:** A rush order or unplanned machine downtime both change work center loading in ways the original schedule did not anticipate. Re-sequencing the board after either event, rather than leaving the old plan in place, is what keeps Live Scheduling a genuinely useful capacity tool instead of a snapshot that stops matching the shop within a day. ## Pitfalls - Letting routing standard times go stale, so the finite-capacity schedule looks feasible while actual throughput does not match it. - Treating the scheduling board as a one-time setup instead of refreshing it against real SFDC clock data as jobs progress. - Not updating work center available hours after a shift change or added overtime, leaving capacity understated or overstated. - Inserting a rush order onto the board without re-sequencing the rest of that work center's queue, silently pushing other due dates out. - Ignoring chronic overload on one work center shown in utilization reports, instead of addressing the underlying capacity constraint. ## Ai Angle ERPray grounded on Global Shop Solutions routing, work center, and SFDC clock data can flag which standard times have drifted furthest from actual run times, so a scheduling analyst can prioritize fixing the routings that are quietly distorting the Live Scheduling board instead of reviewing every part's standard times on a fixed cycle. ## Faq ### Why does the Live Scheduling board look feasible but the shop is still falling behind? **Answer:** This usually means routing standard times are optimistic compared to actual run times captured through SFDC. The finite-capacity schedule is only as accurate as the standards feeding it, so reviewing standards against actual clock data is the first place to look. ### How often should the schedule be refreshed? **Answer:** Ideally continuously as SFDC transactions post, and explicitly after any rush order, material shortage, or unplanned downtime that changes work center loading, rather than treating it as a once-a-day static plan. ### Does Live Scheduling account for machine downtime automatically? **Answer:** Not automatically - unplanned downtime needs to be reflected in the work center's available hours or the affected jobs manually re-sequenced, or the board will keep showing capacity that does not actually exist. ### What is the most common reason supervisors stop trusting the scheduling board? **Answer:** The board drifting out of sync with what actually happened on the floor, usually because it was not refreshed after a rush order, downtime event, or because underlying standard times were never corrected against real SFDC data. ## Search terms Global Shop Solutions live scheduling, GSS scheduling board setup, Global Shop Solutions work center hours, finite capacity scheduling job shop, GSS shop floor data collection, Global Shop Solutions SFDC, GSS scheduling not updating, Global Shop Solutions ERP scheduling module --- Talk to an engineer: https://netray.co/contact?intent=erp_ai | Machine catalog: https://netray.co/agent/catalog.json