ipolog 4 Workspace: Rack Planogram

One core principle of ipolog 4 is the rack-based placement of load carriers. The focus here is on proximity to the assembly line and the shortest worker routes. From the available material data, ipolog 4 automatically calculates and optimizes the container placement within the racks. This placement can be managed with the Rack Planogram:

The Rack Planogram filters out the material view from a huge information quantity and shows you which material is stored where in the rack. This allows you to individually plan and optimize the material placement of a station.

At first, this view is empty. Select the rack or a material area directly in the layout or via 3D view by clicking on it and it will show up in the Rack Planogram window:

You can also add multiple areas or racks by holding down CTRL and clicking on the according areas or racks.

The material in the rack, or the rack itself, can be processed in the Rack Planogram:

[1] includes all editing options that relate to the material on the shelves. “Push box groups together” can be used to push the material on a shelf to the right or left, “Relayout this shelf” can be used to redistribute the material on the shelf or “Create Blocking Group” can be used to block a shelf.

[2] includes general options relating to the shelf and the containers on the shelf. You can open the Rack Instance Editor via “Open rack instance editor”. Shelves can be edited via the Rack Instance Editor - more information here. A detailed explanation of how to operate the Rack Instance Editor can be found here:

Create and publish racks in Rack Editor

“Show Material List” displays details of the material on the rack, ‘View Rack in 3D’ calls up the rack in the 3D view and ‘Rotate all selected boxes in this rack by 90°’ rotates all selected containers on the rack by 90°.

Information about the rack itself is summarized under [3] - you can also define your own name for the rack here. Here you will also find the option to display the Outside Corner associated with the material area.

Containers can be easily moved within a shelf, to another shelf or across areas using drag & drop. Simply hold down the left mouse button when the coursor is above a material and move it to the desired shelf. The color of the container corresponds to the color selected in the Material Provisioning Editor.

If a container is to be moved from one shelf to another shelf that is located on a different station area, the corresponding shelves or station areas must first be selected with CTRL + left-click.

Controls

as of v4.4.7:

Left mouse button: Select an element with a single click. You can also cancel multi-select the same way. Hold down CTRL and click on several elements to select them in the 3D view. Hold down CTRL and click on an already selected element to deselect it again in the 3D view.
Right mouse button: Holding down the right mouse button allows you to move the image section.
Scroll wheel: Scrolling with the scroll wheel zooms the view in the direction of the mouse pointer or away from it.