Queue

The Queue macro will queue selected orders or operations (depending on the componentType). This is part of the Dairy and Batch module

Example parameter configuration

Parameter descriptions

(* = configuration required)

componentType
Specify the type of object to queue on. Values are operation or order depending on whether the user want to queue on selected operations or orders, respectively. Default is operation.

maxSolutionsToExamine
The maximum number of solutions to examine. Must be an integer larger than 0. Default is 20.

maxSolutionsToFind
The maximum number of solutions to find. Must be an integer larger than 0. Default is 10.

runCip
Whether or not to use CIP. Default is false.

schedulingDirection
If left blank it will depend on the selected operation whether the shcedulingDirection will be forward or backward. The 1st queuing operation is found and if this is a producing operation the schedullingDirection is forward from the producing queuing operation. If the 1st queuing operation is consuming the scheduling operation will be backward from the consuming queuing operation.

If = forward the schedulingDirection will be forward.
If = backward the schedulingDirection will be backward.

threadsToUse
To speed up the calculations you may enter the number of threads to use when calculating. As a rule of thumb set this to the number of CPUs on your PC.