3.2 Process Planning and Optimization - shifting processes

As in the previous task 3.1, activate all workers in the Filter Set and activate and calculate all products.

Now open the Worker Gantt.

In the Worker Gantt, all processes, i.e. work processes, pick processes of the materials as well as the resulting walking distances (calculated and dynamically adjusted by ipolog!) are displayed for all workers in the cycle sequence. You can find more information about the Worker Gantt here.

First, make sure that all settings in the cycle options in the Worker Gantt match the illustrations below.

Tip:

With "Auto-Recalculate", the worker routes are recalculated with every process change. The function "Move Material With AVOs" should be activated so that the material is moved with the corresponding work step. If you then want to recalculate the worker routes, this is done via "Recalculate".

The Worker Gantt shows that the workers_right @ Station_13 cannot complete the specified processes in the specified cycle time. The Seals door process group is causing the worker to be overloaded. Move this process to the workers_right @ Station_14 to relieve the worker at Station_13. Make sure that the process for both products must be moved to the start of the cycle of workers_right @ Station_14 in order to comply with the shoring sequence.

Grab the whole process with the mouse and move it to the beginning of the process you want to drag it in front of. Make sure that a black bar appears in front of the process group before you release it there and dock it.

After the process has been moved, you will see directly that the process swap means that no more paths are displayed. Before you recalculate them, proceed in the same way for the second product and move the entire process group to Station_14.

After the processes have been completely moved, recalculate the routes with "Recalculate".

Tip:

You can also recalculate the walking distances per worker and product by clicking on the circular arrows below the workers.

Now make sure that the materials for the moved processes have also been automatically moved to ward 14 (right side).

Save your progress.