About Transition Rules

Transition matrices and transition rules specify the product sequence-specific durations of changeover times between two batches on an individual resource.

Transition rules are simpler than transition matrices and, in many cases, will be sufficient. Each rule allows you to assign one value that can be applied to similar or identical product batches on the same resource, and another value that can be applied to different batches on the same resource. A changeover rule is applied by comparing the values in one field of a particular entity for two batches.

After transition matrices and transition rules are created, they need to be assigned to resources and then to process steps. It is a three-step process.

Changeover criterion refers to changeover characteristics for both transition matrices and transition rules and is entered in each product's process step.

Automatic scheduling functions recalculate the sequence dependent changeover times after each modification.