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Update product structure operation planned times (PRODTIMEUPDATE)

The Update product structure operation planned times (PRODTIMEUPDATE) application is an extension of the Product structure planned time deviations (PRODTIMEDEV) application. It is used by production planners to further narrow down deviations between planned time and average time for Operations (OPR), and adjust those Operations (OPR) to a more accurate planned time.

Application synergy
  1. Product structure planned time deviations (PRODTIMEDEV) application - Identify deviations in total planned time of all Operations (OPR) and the average production time for Product structures (KIT).

  2. Update product structure operation planned times (PRODTIMEUPDATE) application - View all Operations (OPR) for a selected Product (ART) with a structure. Adjust the planned time for Operations (OPR) based on the devitaions, specified by the user.

Simplified workflow

Situation: Deviations in planned and average production time has been found in the Product structure planned time deviations (PRODTIMEDEV) application. The planner opens the Update product structure operation planned times (PRODTIMEUPDATE) application to inspect the deviations and adjust accordingly.

  1. Selects product.

  2. Uses the fields in the header to adjust the deviation scope.

  3. Identifies red arrows for Operations (OPR) with longer duration than the planned time, and green arrows for Operations (OPR) with shorter duration than the planned time.

  4. Selects the appropriate action in the Actions column:

    1. Edit product structure operation to manually adjust planned times.

    2. Set product structure operation times to average.

  5. Updates the structure which contains the Operations (OPR) with the Update structure button.

Overview
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  1. Header

  2. List

Header

The Header is used to select a Product (ART) with a Product structure (KITART) of type/class K, KA, KS or KM. These Products structures (KITART) contains Operations (OPR). The Operations' (OPR) setup, run and cleanup time is then displayed in the columns of the list.

The Header is further used to define what a deviation in planned time is, noted with either a green or red arrow.

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Field

Icon

Description

Product

  • View_details_icon_PBM.jpg

  • kit.svg

  • triangle-down-arrow.svg

Displays the name of the selected Product (ART). The product contains a Product structure (KITART) of type/class K, KA, KS or KM.

Icon descriptions
  • To open the Product (ART) application, and view and edit details of the product, click the View icon.

  • To inspect the Product structure (KITART) by opening the application, click the Inspect product structure icon. Available once a Product (ART) has been selected.

  • To display the Operations (OPR) of a Product structure (KITART) in the list below, click the Down arrow icon and search for the product or select the Product (ART) from the list. Alternatively, click the field and type the Product name or Description of the Product (ART).

Work order operation quantity

From:

To:

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The Work order operation quantity field is used to set a range where only completed Work order operations (WOO), with a quantity within that range, are taken into account when calculating the average times.

This is to verify that the deviation analysis is according to the users preferences.

To adjust the value of the From or To field by one (1), click either the Up or Down icons.

To input a specific value, click either field, and type the required value.

Example scenario: The user wants the deviation analysis to differentiate between low quantity and high quantity productions.

Earliest completed at

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The date provided, in the Earliest completed at field, is used to adjust which completed Work order operations (WOO) are taken into account when calculating averages.

The date must be provided in the yyyy.MM.dd format, or click the Calendar icon to select a date.

Example: The date 2023.12.31 is set in the Earliest completed at field.

Result: All Operations (OPR) are still displayed in the list, but only completed Work order operations (WOO) after the provided date is used in the calculation of averages.

Last completed at

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The date provided, in the Last completed at field, is used to adjust which completed Work order operations (WOO) are taken into account when calculating averages.

The date must be provided in the yyyy.MM.dd format, or click the Calendar icon to select a date.

Example: The date 2023.12.31 is set in the Last completed at field.

Result: All Operations (OPR) are still displayed in the list, but only completed Work order operations (WOO) before the provided date is used in the calculation of averages.

Below planned time deviation

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Define a deviation (Red arrow icon or Green arrow icon) in planned and average time by deciding the below planned time percentage.

Example with a value set at 10%: If the average time is 10% or greater than the planned time for Planned run time , Planned setup time or Planned cleanup time a green arrow will be displayed. As this will indicate that the average time used is 10% or below the planned time.

Default value is 10%.

Note

Default value is 10%.

Changes to this field will be reverted back to the default value, if navigating from the application.

Above planned time deviation

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Define a deviation to display a Red arrow icon in planned and average time by deciding the above planned time percentage.

Example with a value set at 10%: If the average time is 10% or greater than the planned time for Planned run time, Planned setup time or Planned cleanup time , a Red arrow icon will be displayed. As this will indicate that the average time used is 10% or greater than the planned time.

Note

Default value is 10%.

Changes to this field will be reverted back to the default value, if navigating from the application.

Reset all filters

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To reset all filters, but keep the selected Product (ART), click the Reset all filters button.

List

Operations (OPR) included in the selected Product structure (KITART) will be displayed according to the selections made in the header.

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Detailed filtering options for the list
  • Search field - Click Search field and then press SPACEBAR. This will list all of the available fields to filter the list on. Either select the intended filter or use the UP and DOWN arrow keyboard keys to navigate to the necessary filter and press the ENTER key to apply the filter. A popup will appear with filter query expressions. The expressions can be inspected here. Once you select the expression another popup will follow where you can decide which operator option to use. There is an And, Or and OrderBy operator option available which enables you to add another field to the filter. When finished building your filter query, press the ENTER key and the filtered result is displayed in the list.

  • Filter builder icon - Click the Filter builder icon to open a popup where the user can select filters from the Standard filters area. Selected filters will be visible below the Search field. Active filters are marked orange, inactive are marked gray. The user can also Create custom filters by selecting Field, Operator and Value in the Create custom filters area, and then pressing the Save filter button. Saved filters will be available from the My saved filters area. Click the intended saved filter to add it below the Search field.

  • Column settings icon - To select the information displayed, click on the Column settings icon and hover over Columns. Then select the intended columns. The selection of data can be exported to Excel via the Export to excel option in the Column settings. The Reset to default view is also useful in resetting column width and placement. A description of the columns are listed in the table below.

Important icons and buttons

Icon/button

Function

Description

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Indicates that the operation takes longer time than the planned time, according to the parameters in the header.

For all columns partially named "Average", the Green arrow and Red arrow icons indicates a deviation from planned time set on the Operations (OPR).

What specifies a deviation, is user defined by the selection(s) made in the header.

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Indicates that the operation takes less time than the planned time according to the parameters in the header.

Edit_product_structure_operation_icon.png

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Edited.png

To edit the Planned run time, Planned setup time and/or Planned cleanup time, click the Edit product structure operation icon.

Note that once clicked, the fields in the related columns are editable.

To save or cancel changes, click the Save or the Cancel icons. These icons are only available once changes have been made.

Note that the font color of fields with saved changes will be marked with blue. Along with the addition of the Edited icon.

Located in the Actions column.

Allows manual editing of the fields located in the columns:

  • Planned run time

  • Planned setup time

  • Planned cleanup time

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To set the Planned run time, Planned setup time and Planned cleanup time to the average time used, click the Set product structure operation times to average icon.

Note that the font color of updated fields will be changed to blue. Along with the addition of the Edited icon.

Located in the Actions column.

Updates the following columns with the average time used:

  • Planned run time

  • Planned setup time

  • Planned cleanup time

update_structure_undo_changes.png

If changes have been made to any columns with planned time, click the Update structure to update the Product structure (KITART) with the new Operation (OPR) times.

To cancel any changes, click the Undo changes button.

Located in the Footer of the application.

Column

Icon

Description

Sequence number

Displays the Operation (OPR) sequence number which is defined when designing the parts and operations in the Product structure (KITART) application.

Name

View_details_icon_PBM.jpg

Displays the name of the Product (ART) selected in the Product field in the Header. The product contains a Product structure (KITART) of type/class K, KA, KS or KM.

Completed work order operations

Displays the number of times the listed Operation (OPR) has been run and completed as a Work order operation (WOO), included in a Production work order (PWO) according to the filtering in the Header area.

Average total time

Displays the sum of the values in the columns; Average run time, Average setup time and Average cleanup time.

Planned total time

Displays the sum of the values in the columns; Planned run time, Planned setup time and Planned cleanup time.

The individual values are defined when setting up the Operation (OPR), in the Processing area in Operation (OPR) application.

Average run time

Displays the average run time of the Operation (OPR) in completed Work order operations (WOO).

Shortest run time

Displays the shortest run time of the Operation (OPR) in completed Work order operations (WOO).

Longest run time

Displays the longest run time of the Operation (OPR) in completed Work order operations (WOO).

Planned run time

Planned run time for the Operation (OPR) displayed in the HH:MM format. Note in the Operation (OPR) application, the Planned run time is setup in decimal hours HH.MM.

Average setup time

Displays the average setup time of the Operation (OPR) in completed Work order operations (WOO).

Shortest setup time

Displays the shortest setup time of the Operation (OPR) in completed Work order operations (WOO).

Longest setup time

Displays the longest setup time of the Operation (OPR) in completed Work order operations (WOO).

Planned setup time

Planned setup time for the Operation (OPR) displayed in the HH:MM format. Note in the Operation (OPR) application, the Planned setup time is defined in decimal hours HH.MM.

Average cleanup time

Displays the average cleanup time of the Operation (OPR) in completed Work order operations (WOO).

Shortest cleanup time

Displays the shortest cleanup time of the Operation (OPR) in completed Work order operations (WOO).

Longest cleanup time

Displays the longest cleanup time of the Operation (OPR) in completed Work order operations (WOO).

Planned cleanup time

Planned cleanup time for the Operation (OPR) displayed in the HH:MM format. Note in the Operation (OPR) application, the Planned setup time is defined in decimal hours HH.MM.

Actions

Edit_product_structure_operation_icon.png

Allows manual editing of the fields located in the columns:

  • Planned run time

  • Planned setup time

  • Planned cleanup time

To edit the Planned run time, Planned setup time and/or Planned cleanup time, click the Edit product structure operation icon.

Note that once clicked, the fields in the related columns are editable.

Set_product_structure_operation_times_to_average_icon.png

Updates the following columns with the average time used:

  • Planned run time

  • Planned setup time

  • Planned cleanup time

To set the Planned run time, Planned setup time and Planned cleanup time to the average time used, click the Set product structure operation times to average icon.

Note that the font color of updated fields will be changed to blue. Along with the addition of the Edited icon.