Volume Factor

The minimum and maximum volumes you can define (in liters) for each individual process and tank resource are taken into consideration when resources are allocated to batches, when check schedule runs, and when you apply various other scheduling functions.

Because batch quantities may be expressed as weights or using non-standard volume units, quantities are converted to volumes. The volume of a process or tank batch (in liters) is defined as the batch quantity (in another unit) multiplied by the volume factor. In the following example, Infor Production Scheduling would check a resource's maximum and minimum volumes against 30,000.

 

Batch Quantity	Volume Factor	Batch Volume
30,000 kg	1.1 liter/kg	33,000 liters

You only need to enter a volume factor when there are resource-dependent (that is, product-independent) minimum and maximum volumes. You can enter a volume factor for each individual product for both tank and process batches on the Products window.