Good morning,
I am doing some research on setting the production standard for an operation based on the machine it gets run on. I found this little thread about a similar goal:
I am just looking for some more information on how this should be implemented. We dont have operation standards at all. We set the standards during engineering when the engineer chooses the method, and the operations specific to that job.
We have a set of about 12 vertical mills, some are older and some are newer. I want to be able to set the production standard as 1 minute/pc, then, depending on which machine is scheduled the actual time would be higher or lower based on some machine factor. It doesn’t look like this is how Epicor is designed, so I have to figure out how to go from my goal, to what epicor wants to see.
A typical job for us is setup with operations, that require capabilities. The capability holds the actual resources that can perform the operation.
A screenshot of a typical job:
In this example the lathe operation takes 7 minutes per piece, with a 2 hour setup. But lets assume the machine they want to run this on is really old, and the setup will take longer, as will the cycle time.
How do I go from this, to having operation standards? I guess I don’t get the idea of operation standards as their own entities. Does this presume that you create an operation standard for each operation? Wouldn’t that get out of hand? Or do you setup standardized operation standards like 10 minutes per piece, 1 hour per piece, 10 piece per hour, etc…?
I am just doing research now, so no major task just yet. Can you help me understand the operation standards?
I don’t know if I have seen those before! We have them all set to 1. Does this mean that if we set one to 1.5, that it produces 50% more parts, or takes 50% more time? Similarly, if we set to 0.25, does that mean we make 1/4 of the parts, or it takes 1/4 of the time? Does anyone currently use these factors to good effect?
Thanks!
When I change the factors, where will I see the differences? For example, I am setting one resource to a factor of 2, meaning it takes twice as long. Our op standard on the job, is 10 min/pc, estimating 2.67 hours of time for 16 pieces. Where can I see that this will actually take 5.34 hours? Do I have to run global scheduling or something like that?
Yes, those values affect the schedule once the resource is determined. You might need to set the priority of that machine to make sure the schedule selects it. So, if you had two jobs for the same part in the system and the main resource is selected, it will show that it takes 2.67 hours. The other job would select the other resource and show that it will take 5.34 hours.
I like this approach way more. It is exactly what I needed!