Batches Menu

The Batches menu contains the following options:

• Show Network: Displays the batches that are networked with the batch you have already selected.
• Product Flow: Displays the Product Flow window for a selected process batch.
• Selection Info: Displays the overview windows for the process batches, tank batches and the downtime batches based on the batch selected on Planning Boarding. In case a batch is not selected, an overview of all process batches in the work area is displayed.
• Orders: Displays the Orders overview window.
• Process Batches: Displays the Process Batches overview window.
• Tank Batches: Displays the Tank Batches overview window.
• Downtime: Displays the Downtime overview window.
• Create Inflow: Displays the Create inflow window. You can use this option to create batches for fulfilling the order.
• Create Outflow: Displays the Create Outflow window. You can use this window to create batches for multiple target products from a single source product. The window lists products from the selected batches. You can select the target products, target quantity and process steps from the list.
• Schedule Orders: Displays the Schedule Orders window.
• Delete: Allows you to delete the selected batches along with the inflow, from the schedule. Locked inflow batches or batches with surplus cannot be deleted unless you change the status or status attributes.
• Delete Inflow: Allows you to delete the inflow batches from the previous stages of one or more selected batches or orders. The selected batch or order is retained in the schedule.
• Delete Outflow: Allows you to delete the outflow batches of the selected batches. Surplus must be allowed for the selected batches.
• Reduce: Allows you to reduce the selected batch quantities according to the inflow shortage or outflow surplus.
• Connect Process Batch Inflow: Allows you to empty the tank batches into a single process batch.
• Connect Process Batch Outflow: Allows you to top up the existing tank batches from a single process batch with surplus.
• Connect Tank Batch Outflow: Allows you to perform these operations:
  • Select one tank batch with surplus and one or more downstream process batches.
  • Create flows between these batches.
• Disconnect Batches: Allows you to disconnect a tank batch from a downstream process batch for which an inflow is provided.
• Overwrite Status: Allows you to assign a status to one or more selected batches and/or orders and replace any previous settings. You can determine the items that are displayed in this submenu by selecting the show in menu check box when setting a status.
• Update Status Attributes : Allows you to modify the settings of status attributes that do not have default value.
• Modify Efficiency: Displays the Modify Efficiency window, if one or more batches from different resource groups are selected on Planning Board.