Process Engineering

Process engineering defines the assembly process for end items.

Process engineering includes processes such as these:

  • Defining and assigning the operations to line stations

  • Linking flattened assembly parts to operations

  • Defining assignments and performing line balancing

  • Defining and assigning line rules to line segments

Buffers and line stations

Start Manufacturing > Work Centers (tirou0101m000).

Use this session to create buffers. Each line segment must start with a buffer. At the buffer, the orders wait to be processed and can be rescheduled so that they are carried out in a different sequence.

Next, In the Station Type field, create stations of type Buffer or Line Station.

Assembly Lines

Start Manufacturing > Assembly Control > Assembly Lines (tiasl1530m000).

Use this session to create an assembly line.

You can view which line segments belong to the assembly line in the Assembly Line - Line Segments (tiasl1541m000) session. You can view which lines stations belong to the assembly line in the Line Segment - Stations (tiasl1550m000) session.