Facility management

The Facility Management area defines the following for facilities:

For lines: First/last facilities. Optionally with process number dependency
For plants, products, areas or function units (Fu): Counting facilities. For function units (Fu) optionally with process number dependency.
For function units (Fu), working positions (Wp) or tool positions (Tp): Divisor and predecessor/successor of this facility.

Prerequisites

Administration: Admin role
The Configuration tab is open. Configuration tab

Procedure

Select the Facility Management section from the section drop-down list options .

The Facility Management section opens.

The facilities available for selection can be found in the Master Data Management > Facilities module.

Search facilities

Facilities can be searched for using the search field. The list displays facilities that contain the search expression.

Prerequisites

Administration: Admin role
The Facility Management section is open. Facility management area

Procedure

Enter a facility or parts of it in the search field.

All facilities containing the search expression are displayed.

Define first and last facilities of a line

First and last facilities describe specific counting points at the beginning and end of a line. Especially the last facilities are crucial to calculate several line KPIs. These facilities must also be counting facilities.

Prerequisites

Administration: Admin role
The Facility Management section is open. Facility management area
A line is selected. Search lines

Procedure

To add or edit first facilities, click next to First Facilities.

The Edit Facilities dialog opens.
Activate the checkboxes of the desired first facilities in the facility tree.

The facilities are added.
To add process numbers for a facility, click in the row of the facility. (Conditions for specific machines, parts of a process, individual first and last facility)

The Facility Filter opens.
Filter by process numbers.
Select process number.
Click Apply.

The process numbers are added.
Click Apply.

The first facilities are saved.
To add or edit last facilities, click next to Last Facilities.

The Edit Facilities dialog opens.
Repeat steps 2 to 8.
Click Save.

First and last facilities are added.

Managing a stand-alone facility

Stand-alone facilities are not connected to other facilities in a line and do not have predecessors or successors. They are especially useful for facilities that handle feed parts without being part of the main line process.

Prerequisites

Administration: Admin role
The Facility Management section is open. Facility management area

Procedure

Select a function unit (Fu), working position (Wp) or tool position (Tp) in the facility tree.
To define a facility as stand-alone without a predecessor and successor, activate Stand-Alone Facility Without Predecessors/Successors.
Click Save.

Your changes have been saved.

Define the predecessor and successor of a facility

Predecessors and successors represent links between facilities within a line. They are important especially to detect root cause facilities in Line loss impact durations report and to show the correct order in every KPI report shown by facility. Predecessors and successors can be configured on alternate routes or in parallel.

Prerequisites

Administration: Admin role
The Facility Management section is open. Facility management area

Procedure

Select a function unit (Fu), working position (Wp) or tool position (Tp) in the facility tree.
To select a predecessor, click next to Predecessors.

The Edit facilities dialog opens.
Activate the checkbox of the desired predecessor in the facility tree.
Click .

The facility is added.
Click Accept.

The predecessor facility is saved.
To create type-independent routes, activate Alternative Routes.
To select a successor, click next to Successors.

The Edit facilities dialog opens.
Perform steps 2 to 6 for the successor.
Click Save.

Predecessors and successors are added.

Alternative routes are to be used if these routes depend on the type to be processed and are not used alternately due to a longer processing time.

Predecessor or successor can only be defined at one location level (function unit, working position or tool position) of each facility.

Click on the predecessor or successor to display the properties of the facility clicked on.

Manage counting facilities

Counting facilities count the produced parts. First and last facilities of a line are always predefined as counting facilities. Other plants, products, areas or function units (Fu) can be defined as counting facilities.

Prerequisites

Administration: Admin role
The Facility Management section is open. Facility management area

Procedure

Select a plant, product, area or function unit (Fu) in the facility tree.
To add a counting facility, click Edit.

The Edit facilities dialog opens.
Activate the checkbox of the desired counting facility in the facility tree.
Click .

The facility is added.
To add process numbers for the facility, click in the row of the facility.

The Facility Filter opens.

The Facility Filter is only available for function units (Fu).
Filter by process numbers.
Select process number.
Click .

The process numbers are added automatically.
Click Accept.

The counting facility is added to the table of counting facilities.
To delete a counting facility, activate the checkbox of the counting facility.
Click Delete.

The counting facility is removed from the table of counting facilities.
Click Save.

The counting facilities are saved.

Define the divisor of a function unit, working position or tool position

Specifying a divisor increases the target cycle time for parallel facilities. The divisor shows the distribution of a function unit, a working position or a tool position in the overall line network.

Prerequisites

Administration: Admin role
The Facility Management section is open. Facility management area

Procedure

Select a function unit (Fu), working position (Wp) or tool position (Tp) in the facility tree.
Enter a value in Divisor.
Click Save.

The changed divisor is saved.

If, for example, there are two identical parallel processes on two facilities, a divisor of 2 must be selected in each case.

However, if there are alternative routes (due to different types/processing), a divisor of 1 must be selected in each case.