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Jun 11, 2009 at 01:06 PM

Block Planning and Setup Matrix in PPDS optimizer

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Hi all,

Has anybody worked with Block Planning and Setup Matrix in PPDS optimizer. We have a situation with us in which we are doing block planning. After converting the SNP orders to PPDS orders we are running PPDS optimizer in order to get the optimized sequence of orders so that the setup time should be minimum.

What optimizer is doing:

1. It is first finding the optimized sequence irrespective of the block.

2. Then it is putting these orders in the blocks in the same optimized sequence.

This is creating a problem as this is creating gaps in the blocks.

eg:

Products: P1 ,P2 =Green; P3,P4: Yellow

Blocks: Green1 -> Yellow1 -> Green2 -> Yellow2

Optimized sequence: P1-> P3 -> P4 ->P2

Orders put into Blocks now: Green1 (P1) -> Yellow1 (P3,P4) -> Green2 (P2) -> Yellow2

This is proper according to the optimized sequence, but the issue is I have plenty of space left in Green1 Block where the P2 could have come in.

How can I do it.

Is there any way I can restrict the optimizer to find an optimized sequence within the blocks instead of first finding the optimized sequence and then putting it in the blocks.

Can I select certain products in the DS board and run optimizer for this or is it that it will run for the resource only.

Thanx!

Sarvesh