Assign an entity to an operation

You must assign at least one entity to an operation.

You must also set the estimated production rate for each entity assigned to an operation.

Note: The estimated production rate must be greater than 0. An entry of 0 will cause an error.

The estimated production rate is used with the batch size to schedule an entity while creating a work order from a process. The required finish date is assigned to the jobs in the last operation and then the estimated production rate, batch size, and work order quantity are used to determine the start time of a job. The same process runs until all jobs get a start and finish date. If an operation is the first operation in a process, the batch size specifies the initial amount that is sent to an entity if there is more than one entity in the operation. For additional information about batch size, see Understand batches and lots for OEE and estimated times.

Assign an entity to a operation

1. Select the operation and go to the Entity tab.

2. Do one of the following:

   • Right-click on the Entity tab and on the context menu click New.

   • On the ribbon, go to the Current View tab and click New Entity.

   A new entity entry is added in the Entity tab.

   

3. In the Properties window, complete the following settings:

   Entity

   Click the Browse button to locate the entity that you want to assign to the operation.

   Estimated Production Rate

   The estimated production rate for this job. It defines the estimated production rate of entity usage required by this operation to produce a single batch of the item on this entity. You also set the production rate UOM that can be in hours/batch, minutes/batch, and seconds/batch, or batches/hour, batches/minute, and batches/second format.

   The estimated production rate must be greater than 0. An entry of 0 will cause an error.

   Estimated Labor Rate

   The estimated number of labor hours required to produce a single batch of the item in the selected entity.

   Estimated Entity Setup Hours

   The estimated number of hours for setting up the entity.

   Estimated Entity Teardown Hours

   The estimated number of hours required to tear down this entity after a production run.

   Estimated Fixed Labor Hours

   The estimated number of fixed labor hours required to produce a single batch of the item in the selected entity. This fixed rate is the work required that does not depend on the number of batches.

   Estimated Transfer Time

   The estimated number of hours required to move the produced items from the selected entity to the next entity.

   Batch Size

   The batch size. The batch size defines the number of production units in a single batch for this item, based on the company standards. For additional information about batch size, see Understand batches and lots for OEE and estimated times.

   Initial Production% Required

   The percentage of the initial quantity of material that will be allocated to this entity for a production to run.

   The total percentage for all entities assigned to the first operation should be equal to 100%. A value of 25 in this field means 25%.

4. Save the changes.