Optional properties for production frequency

• Production Reset Option

  The appropriate production reset option for production.

  For a production frequency, prediction of the request time for the first sample may take into consideration production counts from previous jobs within the context of the active QM specification. This option determines when the production counts from previous jobs will be reset to 0. The choices are:

  • Never

    Always use all applicable context records matching the context of the QM specification. In certain cases, this will be more than one record.

  • The job changes

    When a new job is run on an entity, all applicable context records are set to 0.

  • Main item produced changes

    When a new job is started on an entity that is producing a different item from the previous item run on the entity, all applicable context records are set to 0.

  • Shift changes on entity

    At the completion of a shift change, all applicable context records are set to 0. This will impact the sample request times for samples based on the current job.

• Production: Value and Units

  The number of units produced that will trigger the creation of a sample.

• Future Sample Generation: Value and Unit

  The time interval for the MES middleware maintenance service to predict future samples for this frequency. When samples are generated for a specific time in the future, it does not matter whether the sample request time falls beyond the current shift’s end or not. If this field is empty, the MES middleware maintenance service predicts future samples up to the end of the current shift.

For more information about using the production type sample plan frequency, refer to Determine frequency type production count.