Defining Execution Paths
Execution Paths are used to determine what equipment will work together to satisfy an order. Execution Path is equivalent to SAP resource or route. Execution Paths allow equipment that may cross multiple physical production lines be used to produce various Products through different Production Units. Therefore, Production Units from other Departments and Production Lines can be used in these paths. Multiple Paths can be set up on a single Production Line for product to flow through.
Each Execution Path is customized based on:
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The Units that will be set up for Production Counting.
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Determine if Production Line Reporting will be used.
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The type of Schedule Control used.
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If Process Orders can be split and filled on multiple Production Units at the same time.
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The paths that products can flow through the Production Units. A path must be built for each potential fixed route that a product can take.
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What Production Units are used to track Production Counting against the Production Schedule.
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The Raw Material Inputs, the type of Product and the specific valid statuses of that Product that can feed from other Production Units into a specific Unit.
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The Products that are valid to run on a specific path allowing units to be bypassed for specific products.
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The allowable Schedule Status Transitions that can be used on a specific path.
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The Schedule Alarm Types used to set up alarming for specific Schedule quantities.
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Customized Schedule fields that can be used to display, track or calculate special values for a Schedule.
NOTE: There are Production Unit Properties defined for each Production Unit that provides default values for many of the Execution Path settings. Set up for Unit specific Production and Efficiency and other settings can be overridden for a specific Execution Path.