Process steps

A process step is a part of one main product in a specific stage. The process step:

Lists inflow products that feed into the stage to which the process step belongs and describes which resources are used to make (and to store) a specific product.
Enables batch scheduling by providing information related to: methods, batch sizes (minimum, maximum and standard quantity), and factors such as rate, standing time, inflow duration, filling duration, minimum standing time, initial rate, filling level, buffer time and changeover criteria.
Result in a number of by-products.

Note: Alternative process steps provide different ways of producing the same main product. For example, different product compositions and different factory routings.

You can select one process step in the Process Steps overview window by selecting Products > Process Steps. To view the process steps that provide inflow to and receive outflow from your selection, you can click the Inflow or Outflow option. Search results are displayed in the order of the product flow.

You can use these tabs in the Process Step Entry window:

General: To specify the general information about the process step.
Constraints: To define the restrictions and specifications for the process step.
Resource Groups: To select the resource groups for the process step.
Inflow Products: To define inflow products.
By-products: To define by-products of this process step.
Resource claim: To update any existing resource claims.
Utility claim: To update an existing utility claims.
Transition: To define changeover by defining transition matrices and transition rules.
Custom fields: To specify the value for the custom field.
Product variants: To specify the product variants of the process step. The Product variants tab is only visible for the process steps with coupled stages.

In the Process Steps window, you can:

Lock or unlock a process step using the Lock or Unlock option.
Note: These options are available only if the users is assigned to the role of a Modeler.
Modify a process step that is unlocked using the Edit option.
Create a copy of the process step even if the process step is locked using the Copy option.
Print a process step report using the Print option.
Delete a process step that is unlocked using the Delete option.

Note: These options are available only if the users is assigned to the role of Modeler.