Automatic scheduling of production orders and operations can be initiated from the following sources
- As a default rule executed when a user manually create and plans a new production order
- Running macros like SortAndSchedule, Schedule and CreateProductionOrder.
- As an import option when orders are imported using e.g. the XML Integration, Direct SQL Integration import, etc.
- As a customized script/plugin which controls re-scheduling though the ROB-EX Scheduler API.
Supported planning strategy names
When a planning strategy needs to be selected, it will be specified as a string value, typically in a variable called planStrat, planStratName or schedulingStrategy
The available supported strategy names are listed below:
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
none |
ROB-EX schedules nothing, existing date and time for each operation is used. Operation start calendar is ignored if end calendar is specified. |
forward,materialcalendar,unlimited |
Standard ROB-EX forward from material date rule with unlimited capacity. |
forward,materialcalendar,limited |
Standard ROB-EX forward from material date rule with limited capacity. |
forward,now,unlimited |
Standard ROB-EX forward from NOW rule with unlimited capacity. |
forward,now,limited |
Standard ROB-EX forward from NOW rule with limited capacity. |
forward,lastinqueue,limited |
Standard ROB-EX forward from last operation rule. An operation is placed immediately after the last scheduled operation of the resource. |
backward,deliverycalendar,unlimited |
Standard ROB-EX backward from delivery date rule with unlimited capacity. |
backward,deliverycalendar,limited |
Standard ROB-EX backward from delivery date rule with limited capacity. |
Planning strategy modifiers
In addition to the planning strategy itself, then additional modifiers are supported using the special notation shown below. I.e. write the following
backward,deliverycalendar,limited[stayOnCurrentResource=true, ensureAfterNow=true]
to run the “Backward from delivery date with limited capacity” rule with the modifiers “Ensure operations planned after now” and “Stay on resource”.
The following modifiers are supported
| Modifier | Value(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|
| allowMoveResourceInGroup | true or false | Allow move to different resource within group. Read more here |
| allowSubOperationMove | true or false | Allow sub-operations to move to different resource. Read more here |
| campaignScheduling | true or false | Use Campaign scheduling options. Read more here |
| dependencyStrategy | SCHEDULE_ALL SCHEDULE_DIRECT_DEPENDENCIES RESPECT SKIP |
Options regarding external Dependencies. Read more here |
| ensureAfterNow | true or false | Ensure operations planned after now. Read more here |
| performTankSplit | true or false | Options related to IDS and DemandSatisfier macro. |
| scheduleStartedCompletedOperation | true or false | Schedule started operations (the “Completed” part as of 6.4 no longer supported). Read more here |
| stayOnCurrentResource | true or false | Stay on resource group. Read more here |
| useBOMConstraints | true or false | Respect BOM Constraints. Read more here |
| validateSchedulingAndShowWarnings | true or false | Show scheduling warnings. Read more here |
| minimizeLeadTime | true or false | Minimize lead time by ending the scheduling of each order with a bottleneck schedule in the opposite direction |
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