We have an operation where parts are cured in an oven that uses fixed hours for the operation. We want to set up the oven as a resource with finite capacity according to the volume attribute of the parts going into the oven, rather than the quantity of parts.
For example, parts of varying sizes from several jobs are loaded in the oven and cured at the same time. One job may have parts of volume 0.1 m3 and another job has parts of volume 0.05 m3. The overall capacity for the oven is 2.0 m3, and objective is to maximize the oven load based on the sum of the volumes from the individual parts.
The UoM for the parts is Each, but we’d like to manage the oven capacity in terms of the volume or size of the parts that are put in the oven.
All our parts are set up with a net volume attribute that we hope can be used to manage the load capacity for the oven. This is our objective, but we’re open to other ways to achieve the same objective. Any advice?
What modules do you own? The functionality that you are looking for is Concurrent Capacity. I believe it is the Advanced Planning and Scheduling module that provides that functionality, but not 100% sure. If you do not own that module, I know of no other way to do what you are asking.
Great! You want to set up your oven Resource as having a Concurrent Capacity. I believe you said it is 2.0 m3. Then you need to have your material go through the operation as m3 for it to calculate correctly. I’m stuck on v8, so I can’t really help in figuring that part out as I forget how to set the UOM on an operation.
I think how likely you are to get Epicor to help you with this programmatically depends largely on how many variables you have in your manufacturing process.
Can all the parts that go into this oven theoretically go in at the same time? (Same temp/cook time/etc) or are there differences between parts?
Are the quantities these jobs are written in predictable, or do they change based on demand?
I get the sense from the OP that you want to jam as much into that 2.0 m3 before you turn the oven on, no matter how many parts or jobs that takes, as long as they fit and as long as they can all be processed together based on criteria.
The more variables involved, the more likely you are to need a custom solution.