Operations may change over time at your factory, so their cycle times are likely to change as well. You might also not be totally sure about how long each process takes beforehand. Batch time update is a useful feature that allows mass updates of the operations' time by considering the data that has been collected over a certain period of time. Learn how to manage this tool by following the steps below.
In order to perform a "Batch time Update", you should follow the following steps:
1. Through the "Operations" Panel (1), select the subpanel "Batch time update" (2).
2. In the image provided, several fields have been marked. Detailed explanations for each of these marked fields are provided below.
Calculate average time per unit for all operations in this filter (1): this is useful if you want to know the average time of a certain set of operations that you specified by using the filters;
Period to analyze (2): Refers to the time interval of operations whose data you want to consider to perform the cycle time update;
Add filters (3): Allow you to specify the batch time update to a specific product, operation or a section.
Operations list (4): where you can take a look at the operations that respect the filters, along with some extra information about them.
3. You now have three different options to update the cycle times, as displayed on the image below:
The options in box (1) refer to calculating the average time per unit for all operations respecting the filters. Afterwards, you can use the calculated time to define the new cycle time for operations. Here you can also define the date from which the new time will become effective. After filling in the previous fields, you must click on change, and the cycle times will be updated.
Alternatively, you can also use the blue boxes (2) and go through operations individually to change the cycle times individually.
The third option you have is to use the change all (3) button. This will change the operations' cycle time for the new duration displayed on the column at the right for all operations that respect the filters you selected. Operations with a new duration of 00H00 won't be changed.
Note: The calculated time refers to a single unit; if you insert a different quantity, the new time must be changed proportionally.
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