Enabling resources

An enabling resource is a secondary resource that require to be available during production or storage. However, enabling resource does not determine the rate, duration or lead-time. Examples include molds, tools, filters and a fork-lift.

You can use these tabs in the Resource Entry window:

• General: To specify the generic information related to the resources.
• Sharing: To specify the users who can utilize the selected resource for scheduling activity.
• Setup: To define standard setup time. Using transition matrices and transition rules, you can also define non-standard setup changeover time.
• Changeover: To define changeover times. You can also define variable changeover times using Transition Matrices and Transition Rules.
• Clean-in-place: To define CIP rules for the resource. If the CIP solver is enabled, these rules can be used by the solver to schedule CIP batches. You must create the corresponding CIP process step before defining a CIP rule. You can import and export CIP rules using interfaces.
• Availability: To specify the default availability of the resource for each time period in the selected timetable. Each time period has available and use default check boxes. The available check box is active, only if the use default is not selected. If the use default check box is selected, the time period determines the availability of the resource.
  Note: If, in the Time periods window, the capacity not available during this period by default check box is selected, the resource is not available. Time periods can overlap, the order in which the periods are sorted in a timetable determines the mutual priority. The topmost time period has highest priority and bottom most the lowest priority.
• Availability exceptions: To identify deviations from the default resource availability. For example, use this to specify a period of time during which the resource is not available. Exceptions have priority over the default availability. Exceptional periods may overlap. In that case, the topmost period is used to determine the resource availability.
• Resource claim: To define claims for resources in this tab, the resource must first be assigned to a resource group. A checkmark indicates that default claims are used. By default, the resource is claimed for the entire duration of the parent segment. If a process or tank batch is created, the related enabling batches are also created. The enabling batches are displayed in the planning board. The Select option is used to modify the selection of claimed enabling resource groups for the resource in the resource group selected currently. The selection is based on the node selected at level 1 in the tree view. The Selection window is displayed after you click the Select option. You cannot select an enabling resource group more than once.

  The enabling resource group acts as a choice group; the batches are allocated to a single resource from the group. If a new enabling resource group is selected, a default claim for the current resource group is also created. By default, the enabling resource group is not claimed during the batch segments. If an enabling resource group is not selected, the claim for the enabling resource group is cancelled. The resource participation in the resource group selected currently, no longer claims a resource from that enabling resource group during the batch segments.

• Utility claim: To define claims for utilities, however the resource must first be assigned to a resource group.
• Custom fields: To specify the value for the custom field.