Creating Solver Settings - Objectives Tab

  1. Open the Solver dialog box by selecting Schedule > Solver.
    Note:  If you have not selected batches before opening the Solver dialog box, you can still edit the settings. In this case, you only see a Close button instead of the Apply, Cancel, and OK buttons.
  2. To save a new configuration, click Save to the right of the Settings field and enter a configuration name in the dialog box, then click the OK button.
    • Select <new> to show the default settings.
    • To enable the CIP solver, select CIP in the type list. When you select this option; the CIP tab is displayed, where you can specify the CIP solver settings.
  3. Click the Objectives tab.
  4. In the objective weights section, you can specify the relative weights for the different solver objectives, for example, changeover and setup on time period.
  5. If you have enabled the CIP solver on the CIP tab, you can specify this information in the CIP objective section:
    • In the CIP usage field, specify the number of CIP batches on the scheduled resources. In case of multiple objectives, you must specify a high number, at least 10.000, and we recommend that you use a percentage of 1% for the improvement to the next better solution.
    • If you want the summed CIP duration instead of the number of batches to be minimized by the objective, select duration.
  6. Click the OK button to save your changes and close the window. Alternatively, continue populating tabs on this window.
Related topics
About the ILog Solver
Creating Solver Settings - CIP Tab
Objective Weights