Choose the planning model that matches your production reality
RunMark uses one connected workflow, but the planning details change by industry. Compare the scheduling constraints, operating focus, and traceability needs for your product mix.
Available industries
Pipe extrusion scheduling
Constraint-aware production scheduling for pipe extrusion
Schedule HDPE and PVC pipe by approved line, line rate, the changeover minutes you enter for die, resin, and SDR changes, and due date—then label from the same run.
Best fit teams
Production managers balancing pressure pipe, conduit, and specialty runs across a mixed line fleet.
Schedulers replacing a workbook or whiteboard that only one person fully understands.
Planning focus
Diameter and SDR capability: A 2-inch conduit order and an 18-inch SDR 11 pressure-pipe order cannot be treated as interchangeable hours. Match each SKU to lines with the right extruder, downstream sizing, cooling, haul-off, and cut or coil capability.
Resin and color sequence: Switching HDPE grades, PVC compounds, or colors takes purge and setup time that depends on what ran before. Enter those minutes for each product pair on a line and RunMark reserves them before the run; it does not know about grades, colors, or regrind on its own.
How RunMark is used differently
Line capability: Set which pipe products each line can run and the speed for each. Make each diameter, SDR, or resin variant its own product when line fit or speed differs.
Throughput: Use line- and SKU-specific output rates in pounds/hour or a consistently converted production quantity.
Changeovers: Enter setup minutes for each product-to-product switch on a line—resin, color, SDR, diameter, die, or downstream changes. The optimizer reserves that time before each run.
Production scheduling for profile extrusion complexity
Plan profile extrusion by approved line, demonstrated line speed, the changeover minutes you enter for tooling, color, and resin changes, and due dates—with connected run labels.
Best fit teams
Schedulers coordinating many lower-volume profile SKUs across shared tooling and calibration assets.
Production and operations managers handling color, resin, surface-finish, and packaging changes through the week.
Planning focus
Profile family and tooling: A line may have enough hours but lack the correct die, calibrator, embossing, or downstream equipment. Add a profile to a line’s capability list only where the actual tool and line pairing is valid; RunMark does not track tools or profile families on their own.
Cooling and calibration: Feet/minute is often limited downstream, not by nominal extruder output. Store the demonstrated rate for the line/profile combination rather than relying on a motor or screw rating.
How RunMark is used differently
Line capability: Map each profile or family to the lines and downstream cells that can actually hold tolerance and finish.
Throughput: Plan using demonstrated feet/minute by profile and line, including cooling and calibration limits.
Changeovers: Enter setup minutes for each profile-to-profile switch—die, calibrator, color, resin, coextrusion, print, cut, or packaging. The optimizer reserves that time before each run.
Floor-ready scheduling for tube and conduit extrusion
Schedule tube and conduit by approved line, footage-based throughput, the changeover minutes you enter between diameter, wall, and packaging products, and delivery date.
Best fit teams
Production schedulers mixing conduit, irrigation tube, industrial tubing, or custom products on shared lines.
Plant and operations managers balancing coils, straight lengths, reels, bundles, print requirements, and rush orders.
Planning focus
Diameter and wall envelope: Line eligibility depends on extruder output, tooling range, sizing, cooling, haul-off, and cut or coiling equipment—not simply open hours.
Material behavior: PVC, PE, PP, flexible compounds, reinforcement, or coextrusion can change purge requirements, stable speed, cooling demand, and approved equipment.
How RunMark is used differently
Line capability: Set which tube and conduit products each line can run and the speed for each. Make each diameter, wall, material, or packaging combination its own product when line fit or speed differs.
Throughput: Use a consistent footage/hour or weight/hour rate appropriate to the product and line.
Changeovers: Enter setup minutes for each product-to-product switch—die/pin, material, color or stripe, print, cut/coiler, or packaging. The optimizer reserves that time before each run.
Schedule bottles and containers by machine capability, containers per hour, the changeover minutes you enter for mold, resin, and color changes, shifts, and due dates—then label cases from the same run.
Best fit teams
Production managers running a handful of blow molding machines with molds that mostly stay with one machine.
Schedulers juggling resin and color changes across HDPE, PP, or PET containers in a spreadsheet.
Planning focus
Machine and mold fit: A container can only run on machines that take its mold, head tooling, and trimming setup. Make that eligibility explicit per product rather than keeping it in the scheduler’s head.
Output per hour: Real output depends on cycle time and cavitation for each container on each machine. Enter the demonstrated containers per hour for each machine/product pair instead of one plant-wide rate.
How RunMark is used differently
Machine capability: Set which containers each machine can run. Each machine is a line in RunMark.
Throughput: Use containers per hour for each machine and product, worked out from your own cycle time and cavitation.
Changeovers: Enter setup minutes for each product-to-product switch on a machine—mold, resin, or color. The optimizer reserves that time before each run.
Schedule thermoformed trays, clamshells, and parts by line capability, output rate, the changeover minutes you enter for tool, material, and gauge changes, shifts, and due dates—with labels from the same run.
Best fit teams
Production managers running roll-fed or inline thermoforming lines who schedule in a spreadsheet today.
Schedulers balancing tool, material, and gauge changes across a few forming lines.
Planning focus
Line and tool fit: A part can only run on lines whose forming area, depth of draw, and trim station suit its tool. Record that eligibility per part.
Output per hour: Output depends on cycles per minute and cavities for each part on each line. Enter the demonstrated parts per hour for each line/part pair.
How RunMark is used differently
Line capability: Set which parts each forming line—or inline extrusion-and-forming line—can run.
Throughput: Use parts per hour for each line and part, worked out from your own cycle rate and cavitation.
Changeovers: Enter setup minutes for each part-to-part switch—tool, material, or gauge. The optimizer reserves that time before each run.
