Production Lines

About Production Lines

A Production Line has the following attributes:

• Name
• User Reference
• Description
• Ramp Up Percentage
  The Ramp Up Percentage is the percentage of the Target Rate the Line must operate at (for the Ramp Up Span) to trigger the end of the Ramp Up Duration. This value is entered for the Line (via Production Lines) or for a Product assigned to the Line.  If assigned for a Product assigned to the Line, this value will override any value entered against the Line.
• Ramp Up Span
  The Ramp Up Span is the duration for which the Line must operate at (above the Target Rate) to trigger the end of the Ramp Up Duration.  This value is entered for the Line (via Production Lines) or for a Product assigned to the Line.  If entered to a Product assigned to the Line, this value will override any value entered against the Line.
• Sync Activity Schedule
  Sync Activity Schedule is used to determine whether Activities are tightly synchronised across all Line Areas.  If Sync Activity Schedule is ticked then any change made to an Activity in one Line Area will be propagated to all Line Areas.  If Sync Activity Schedule is not ticked then once a schedule is imported then changes can be made to an Activity in one Line Area that are not propagated to other Line Areas.
• Filter Down Time
  When Filter Down Time is turned on the Down Time Event list will only display Down Time that occurred during a Production Activity.

About Line Routes

A Line Route has the following attributes:

• Name
• User Reference
• Description
• Count Line Area
  If set, this Line Area's count will be displayed as the production performance value for all line areas belonging to this Line Route, in the Factory Client application.  If not set then each individual line areas' production count will be displayed.  
• Rate Line Area
  As above, but not currently used.

Products can also be assigned to the Line Route.  Products assigned to the Line Route have the following attributes:

• Packaging Factor
  Number of items within a package.
• Packaging Type
  The name of the package eg. Pack or Inners.
• Design Rate
  The Design Rate is the maximum possible rate of production for the Product on this Line Route.
• Target Rate
  The Target Rate is the expected rate that the Line will be operated at.  This value is entered for Products assigned to the Line.
• Items Per
  Period used for the Design Rate and Target Rate.
• Count Multiplier
  The multiplier for the Count Sensor eg. If the count multiplier is 1.5 then the count will increment by 1.5 each time the Count Sensor increments by 1.
• Ramp Up Percentage
  The Ramp Up Percentage is the percentage of the Target Rate the Line must operate at (for the Ramp Up Span) to trigger the end of the Ramp Up Duration. This value is entered for the Line (via Production Lines) or for a Product assigned to the Line.  If assigned for a Product assigned to the Line, this value will override any value entered against the Line.
• Ramp Up Span
  The Ramp Up Span is the duration for which the Line must operate at (above the Target Rate) to trigger the end of the Ramp Up Duration.  This value is entered for the Line (via Production Lines) or for a Product assigned to the Line.  If entered to a Product assigned to the Line, this value will override any value entered against the Line.
• Production Notes
  Any notes related to the Product.