To access windows for creating product synchronizations: To access windows for creating product synchronizations:Select the Graphical Line Designer from the Flow menu.
The Select window displays.
In the Line field, select the assembly line you want to view on the workbench.
In the Time Unit of Measure field, select the unit of measure you are using for routing calculations.
Your choices are hour, minute, or second.
In the Precision field, select a value for the number of decimal places you want to display in routing calculations.
Your choices are 1, 2, 3, 4. For example, if you enter 2 - two decimal places display.
Select a Calculate Option for calculating the Current Total Cycle Time. This value displays on the workbench. Your choices are:
Automatic - Current Total Cycle Time is automatically calculated every time there is a change or update.
Deferred - Current Total Cycle Time calculation is only initiated manually, when you select Calculate on the workbench.
Choose OK.
The Graphical Line Designer displays.
In the initial view, the Item Routing tree tab is selected and the tree hierarchy is collapsed. The two tree tabs located to the left of the tree hierarchy allow you to toggle between the Item Routings and Template Routings views on the right pane.
The Item Routings tab displays the routings for all items assigned to the line designated. In the initial view the right pane is blank, when you select an item, the graphical network displays.
The View By list box is used to select the way you want to view data in the tree.
The Current Total Cycle Time field displays for this item. It is calculated automatically every time you change tabs, add entities on the routing, or change items. See: Calculating Total Product Cycle Time
The Line Rate value defaults from the line definition.
In the Item Routing node, you can search for routings using the Search Results node, or view all the routings in the All Routings node.
In the View By list box, select to view data in the tree by Item, Product Family, or Common Routing.
If you choose product family and the items are assigned to a product family, the product family displays in between the line and item.
If you want to find a specific record, or range of records, select the Search Results node and right-click with your mouse to display the pull-down menu.
Select Search to display the Search Items window.
Enter search criteria; you can search by item, category, planner, or any combination of these values.
Choose OK to display the results of your query under the Search Results node.
To display information in the right pane, select a node detail on the tree.
The graphical network displays a view of the line operation network in the first window tab, Line Operation.
You can add, change, delete, or move the icons in the graphical network. See: Creating the Graphical Network
Select the Line Operation Tree tab.
Left-click with your mouse to select a node detail on the tree hierarchy.
In the right pane the top level of the routing for this item displays.
Expand the items on the routing to display the operations in the routing.
You can change the tree format to one of three styles. See: Workbench Toolbars The icons in the tree will change to match those on the toolbar for the three entities. The last node at the bottom of the tree is named Unassigned Events. This a place holder for all the events that are on the routing but are not assigned to any line operation. For example, an event may be unassigned because you defined processes first, and have not assigned the events to the operations.
You can add, change, delete, or move the icons in the tree. See: Modifying the Line Operation Tree and Process Tree
The code and description are listed for each line operation and event.
The toolbar enables you to view the line operations and events on the routing by current, future and current, or all events. You can also see the times associated with each line operation and event.
Select the Process tab.
The graphical network displays a view of the process.
You can add, change, delete, or move the icons in the graphical network. See: Creating the Graphical Network
Select the Process Tree tab.
Select a node detail on the tree hierarchy, and left-click with your mouse.
In the right pane the top level of the routing for this item displays.
Expand the items on this routing to display the processes in the routing.
You can change the tree format to one of three styles. See: Workbench Toolbars The icons in the tree will change to match those on the toolbar for the three entities.
The last node at the bottom of the tree is named Unassigned Events. This a place holder for all the events that are on the routing but are not assigned to any process. For example, an event may be unassigned because you defined the operations first, and have not assigned the events to the processes.
You can add, change, delete, or move the icons in the tree. See: Modifying the Line Operation Tree and Process Tree
The code and description are listed for each process and event.
The toolbar has an option that enables you to see the times associated with each process and event.