| # Automated Queue Time Compression (tisfc1103s000) Use this session to evenly remove the queue time from all the operations of a production order that are not yet completed. In this way, you could meet a production order's modified delivery date or start date. Queue time compression is supported for forward planning methods as well as for backward planning methods. After you have selected a production order to compress in the Production Planning (tisfc0110m000) session, you can adjust the following options: Target Start Date and Target Finish Date Queue Compression Method Targeted Compression % Include Operations at Critical W/C Related topics Production orders - functional overview Queue time compression To determine on order dates Production Order An order to produce a specified quantity of an item on a specified delivery date. Related topics Production orders - functional overview Order Status The status of the production order. Related topics Production order status Item The item that is produced by the production order. Description The item's description that is produced by the production order. Operation The first operation of the production order that has not been reported as completed. This operation's start date is the date in the Operation Start Date field. Move Start Date The earliest date that the last operation that is not yet reported as completed can be completed, plus the queue time. Related topics To determine on order dates Queue time compression Operation The last operation of the production order that has not been reported as completed. This operation's finish date is the date in the Move Start Date field. Target Finish Date The date that you want to complete production after the compression process. Note Depending on your selection in the Queue Compression Method field, you may not reach the target. Queue Compression Method The method which LN uses to evenly remove slack from the operations' queue times. Note The operations should not yet reported as completed. Targeted Compression % The maximum or actual value by which queue time is reduced. If you chose the Best Fit method: The maximum value by which the queue time is reduced If you chose the Targeted Percent method: The actual value by which the queue time is reduced Include Operations at Critical W/C If this check box is selected, the queue times of bottleneck work centers are compressed when you run this session. Note You can define a work center as critical in master planning in the Work Centers (tirou0101m000) session. Planning Method When you use this session to remove slack from queue times, LN replans the order dates using the method in this field. Allowed values Possible values Item Safety Time The time that you can add to the normal lead time to protect delivery of goods against fluctuations in the lead time so that an order can be completed before the order's real need date. Prod. Start Date The date you plan to start work on the production order. Related topics To determine on order dates Extra Lead Time Time reserved for extra activities that are necessary to fully complete a planned order. Enterprise Planning treats the extra lead time in the same way as the safety time: the order must be delivered earlier based on the extra lead time. The extra lead time is expressed in days or in hours. Req Delivery Dt The date the customer wants the production order to be delivered. Related topics To determine on order dates [H] The total queue time of the production order. Planned Delivery The Planned Delivery Date for the production order. After you have compressed the queue times (if you use the Best Fit method and Forward planning), LN will alter this date. Related topics To determine on order dates [H] The estimated number of hours required to complete the production order, including planned queue time. Confirmed Dlv Dt The Confirmed Delivery for the production order. After you have compressed the queue times (if you use the Best Fit method and Forward planning), LN will alter this date. Related topics To determine on order dates Setup Remaining As of Run The total setup time of the production order as a percentage of the total run time of the order. Inbound Lead Time The time interval between the arrival of the items and the actual storage in the warehouse. Outbound Lead Time The time interval between taking the items out of the warehouse and the departure of the carrier on which the items are placed. Inbound Lead Time The unit that is used to specify the physical quantity time. Outbound Lead Time The unit that is used to specify the physical quantity time. Including Queue Times in Hours The queue times in a production order can be expressed in hours as well as in days. If this check box is selected, only the queue times that are expressed in hours are included the queue time compression. Including Queue Times in Days The queue times in a production order can be expressed in hours as well as in days. If this check box is selected, only the queue times that are expressed in days are included the queue time compression. Including Queue Times in Hours The total of the production order's queue times that are expressed in hours. Including Queue Times in Days The total of the production order's queue times that are expressed in days. Compress Queue Time Click to remove the slack time evenly from all the operations. Related topics Queue time compression |