Epicor Scheduling

Kinetic ERP
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Hi,

I have the following scenario using Scheduling Factor Finish-To-Start and a production calendar of Monday - Friday 08:00 - 16:00.
Op 1 - 2 hours - Start 16/06/2025 08:00 - Due 16/06/2025 10:00
Op 2 - 2 hours - Start 16/06/2025 10:00 - Due 16/06/2025 12:00
Op 3 - 8 hours - Start 16/06/2025 12:00 - Due 17/06/2025 12:00
Op 4 - 1 hours - Start 17/06/2025 12:00 - Due 17/06/2025 13:00
Op 5 - 1 hours - Start 17/06/2025 13:00 - Due 17/06/2025 14:00

However, Op3 and Op4 can start after a batch of 2 have finished Op 2.

If I chage the Scheduling Factor to Start-To-Start and Send Ahead Type to Pieces and Send Ahead Offset to 2 then Op 4 will finish before Op 2 and Op 3 which doesn’t make sense.

Does anyone else tackle this type of production line problem?

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You will have to use Finish to Finish so the later operations don’t end ahead of earlier ones.

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I’ve tested various scenarios and got this working as expected.
I was hoping that Epicor might validate some inputs to prevent users from entering illogical sequences. Need to work out quite a bit either in excel or in your head before entering into Epicor.