Re: Manufacturing

[Daniel Riquelme <da...@gmail.com>]

How about using an overlap factor in the workeffort entity ?

On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 3:12 PM, Daniel Riquelme <da...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I'm not sure if that will solve my problem, I'll be more specific.
> I have a product that requires two tasks to get manufactured. The first
> task implies the use of Fixed Asset A, and the second task uses Fixed Asset
> B.
> Fixed Asset A has the capacity of cutting 10 tubes per hour, and the Fixed
> Asset B has the capacity of painting 100 tubes per hour.
> If I put this tasks in a production run the estimated total time will be
> the addition of time consumed by task 1 plus task 2. This is no ok because
> in the job shop we could use both Fixed Assets simultaneously. For large
> routings and large quantities the error in time is considerable.
> How do I tell OFBiz to overlap resources ?
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 2:19 PM, Jacopo Cappellato <
> jacopo.cappellato@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> If you need to get the estimated end date for each product produced then
>> what you really need is to create one separate production run for each
>> product you have to manufacture.
>>
>> Jacopo
>>
>>
>> On May 30, 2008, at 7:34 PM, Daniel Riquelme wrote:
>>
>>  Yes, but I won't get the correct fixed asset schedule or the correct
>>> estimated end date.
>>>
>>> On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 1:08 PM, Jacopo Cappellato <
>>> jacopo.cappellato@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>  If I am understaning what you are trying to do, I'd suggest to use the
>>>> new
>>>> "quick start all tasks" link in the production run screen.
>>>> Then you'll have a chance to put into warehouse (using the "stock in"
>>>> field) the quantity produced; you can submit the quantity in several
>>>> steps:
>>>> in this way all the tasks will stay open until you have manufactured all
>>>> the
>>>> products.
>>>>
>>>> Jacopo
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On May 30, 2008, at 6:20 PM, Daniel Riquelme wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I have a question regarding task sequencing.
>>>>
>>>>> I have a route with a couple of tasks associated with it.
>>>>> Every thing works fine when creating a production run of 1 unit, but
>>>>> when
>>>>> selecting a larger quantity, each task repeats itself to build the
>>>>> quantity
>>>>> selected, then the second task starts.
>>>>> Is this behaviour related to the formula I'm using ?
>>>>> If it's not, how can I get OFBiz to run the first task once and then
>>>>> the
>>>>> second, and repeat the whole process until the selected quantity gets
>>>>> manufactured ?
>>>>>
>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>> Daniel Riquelme
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>

Re: Manufacturing

[Daniel Riquelme <da...@gmail.com>]

Is it possible to define tasks to run in parallel for a production run ?

On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 1:17 PM, Daniel Riquelme <da...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> How about using an overlap factor in the workeffort entity ?
>
>
> On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 3:12 PM, Daniel Riquelme <
> daniel.riquelme@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure if that will solve my problem, I'll be more specific.
>> I have a product that requires two tasks to get manufactured. The first
>> task implies the use of Fixed Asset A, and the second task uses Fixed Asset
>> B.
>> Fixed Asset A has the capacity of cutting 10 tubes per hour, and the Fixed
>> Asset B has the capacity of painting 100 tubes per hour.
>> If I put this tasks in a production run the estimated total time will be
>> the addition of time consumed by task 1 plus task 2. This is no ok because
>> in the job shop we could use both Fixed Assets simultaneously. For large
>> routings and large quantities the error in time is considerable.
>> How do I tell OFBiz to overlap resources ?
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 2:19 PM, Jacopo Cappellato <
>> jacopo.cappellato@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> If you need to get the estimated end date for each product produced then
>>> what you really need is to create one separate production run for each
>>> product you have to manufacture.
>>>
>>> Jacopo
>>>
>>>
>>> On May 30, 2008, at 7:34 PM, Daniel Riquelme wrote:
>>>
>>>  Yes, but I won't get the correct fixed asset schedule or the correct
>>>> estimated end date.
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 1:08 PM, Jacopo Cappellato <
>>>> jacopo.cappellato@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  If I am understaning what you are trying to do, I'd suggest to use the
>>>>> new
>>>>> "quick start all tasks" link in the production run screen.
>>>>> Then you'll have a chance to put into warehouse (using the "stock in"
>>>>> field) the quantity produced; you can submit the quantity in several
>>>>> steps:
>>>>> in this way all the tasks will stay open until you have manufactured
>>>>> all the
>>>>> products.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jacopo
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On May 30, 2008, at 6:20 PM, Daniel Riquelme wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a question regarding task sequencing.
>>>>>
>>>>>> I have a route with a couple of tasks associated with it.
>>>>>> Every thing works fine when creating a production run of 1 unit, but
>>>>>> when
>>>>>> selecting a larger quantity, each task repeats itself to build the
>>>>>> quantity
>>>>>> selected, then the second task starts.
>>>>>> Is this behaviour related to the formula I'm using ?
>>>>>> If it's not, how can I get OFBiz to run the first task once and then
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> second, and repeat the whole process until the selected quantity gets
>>>>>> manufactured ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>>> Daniel Riquelme
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>
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