Consider Setup Time When Dispatching 

Use

Using various functions, you can do the following in the planning table for capacity leveling for the standard setup values and setup times for operations:

  • Change manually
  • Adjust automatically
  • Consider when dispatching/rescheduling

Which functions are available in which planning table is summarized in the following table (x = available):

 

 

Function

Planning Table (tabular form)

Planning table (tabular) with periodically continuous time scale

Capacity planning table

Manually change standard setup values

x

x

x

Setup time optimization

 

x

x

Adjust the setup time automatically

 

x

x

Dispatch at the best time for setup

 

x

x

 

Constraints

These functions are not available for capacity leveling in the process industry (PP-PI), that is, for capacity leveling of process orders and planned orders that refer to master recipes.