The PC-Topp.NET Articles page has been enhanced with new article specific settings for set-up waste and run waste. These allow PC-Topp to calculate an order’s target quantity to be produced on the corrugator (i.e. the ordered quantity plus the expected waste) more precisely.
The options for defining set-up waste and run waste of orders for a specific article are similar to those for the article speed settings. (It applies to both speed and waste settings that order specific settings override article specific and machine specific settings.)
- Production History Data
PC-Topp uses production history data for calculating article specific speed and waste under the following conditions: - In the Article Configuration the article history is enabled,
- There is production history data available for this article,
- There are no article specific settings.
Using history data for calculating the orders’ speed and target quantity offers significant advantages: - Differences in the production of individual articles are allowed for.
- Corrugator Scheduling gets more precise because it can take real production data into account.
- Article Specific Settings
If there is no history data available for the article PC-Topp checks whether this option is set. It can be used for difficult articles to enter speed and waste figures derived from practical experience. - Machine Specific Settings
If there are neither history data nor article specific settings for the article then PC-Topp falls back on the machine specific settings. (Machine specific waste is defined under “Calculation of Target Quantity” on the Machine Settings page.)