Introduction/Objective

The scope of the following training course is to give the user a general understanding of IMPACT Production and its specific functionalities.

After the training is completed, the user should be able to use IMPACT for Rough and Fine-planning Precast elements. In the following chapters, we will explore the meaning of rough and fine planning as well as their corresponding functionalities.

Before we can start, it is important to understand the different types of software that we will use in the process. In parenthesis, you will find the abbreviations that will be used for each software in the training.

IMPACT PROJECT MANAGER (PM): The main tool for our precast project. Every Precast Project is created in the Project Manager separately with its own properties and values. The Project Manager is mainly used for the Rough Planning phase, model visibility, Gantt charts, Transport Planning, Communication between users and much more.

IMPACT RESOURCE MANAGER (RM): It is the main tool for the production planners and top-level management. The Resource Manager enables a complete overview of all your projects and planning resources in one tool. It incorporates the Cast, Transport and Stack modules and allows the users to set up their Production settings. A complete overview of production in Bar Charts, Controls, Disorders, Rejections, Storage Locations, and much more in a very insightful tool.

IMPACT CAST PLANNER (CP): Available through the Project and the Resource Manager in full 3D. This is the tool where you can fine-plan your precast elements. This module has many key functionalities such as performing quality controls, printing reports/labels, exporting files to factory machines and much more.

IMPACT STACK/TRANSPORT PLANNER (SP/TP): Available through the Project and the Resource Manager in full 3D. This is the tool where you can manage all of your factory logistics concerning stack and transport planning.

IMPACT GO (GO): It is the IMPACT mobile app and is considered the “glue” between the factory and the main office. Q/A, production status handling, disorders/rejections and many more features are included in the application.

Process

Now that we have a basic understanding of the key software that will be used in this training, we have to also explain the process. In IMPACT, we separate the production planning of precast elements into 2 phases. The Rough and Fine planning. Every phase has its sub-processes that vary for every factory. In this training, we will follow a generic process that includes all the basic steps that need to be taken before the design is approved; until erected on the construction site. The following graph illustrates the 2 phases.

Elements in IMPACT

The last thing that we need to address in the introduction chapter is how the IMPACT database handles Precast Concrete elements. IMPACT, without data, is an empty database and therefore we need to create elements in order to be able to work with the different modules. Every element in IMPACT has a lot of properties and information that are handled uniquely in the database. The IMPACT database will sum all the properties and information from every unique element and that will give the user a full overview of the factory's workload.

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