Setup matrices
Important
This planning algorithm in the Community Edition respects the setup matrices, but does NOT do any effort to reduce the setup times and does NOT have all logic to handle the complexities of propagating setup changes. Your mileage will vary.
In the Enterprise Edition the more advanced solver will reduce the setup times by choosing smartly among different available alternate resources and by planning operationplans adjacent to others requiring the same setup.
A setup matrix defines the time and cost of setup conversions on a resource. Within a setup matrix rules are used to define the changeover cost and duration.
See Setup Matrices for a complete demo model using the setup matrix functionality.
To compute the time of a changeover the algorithm will evaluate all rules in sequence (in order of priority). For a rule to match the changeover between the original setup X to a new setup Y, two conditions need to be fulfilled:
- The original setup X must match with the fromsetup of the rule.If the fromsetup field is empty, it is considered a match.
- The new setup Y must match with the tosetup of the rule.If the tosetup field is empty, it is considered a match.
The wildcard characters * and ? can be used in the fromsetup and tosetup fields. As soon as a matching rule is found, it is applied and subsequent rules are not evaluated. If no matching rule is found, the changeover is not allowed.
For instance, consider a setup matrix with the following rules:
Priority |
From |
To |
Duration |
Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
*green |
*green |
0 |
10 |
2 |
*red |
*red |
0 |
10 |
3 |
*green |
*red |
1 day |
50 |
4 |
*green |
2 day |
50 |
|
5 |
3 day |
50 |
Based on this matrix:
A change from ‘lightgreen’ to ‘darkgreen’ takes no time, but costs 10. Rule 1 applies.
A change from ‘green’ to ‘black’ takes 2 days and costs 50. Rule 4 applies.
- A change from ‘red’ to ‘black’ takes 3 days and costs 50. Rule 5 applies.Without rule 5 this changeover would not be allowed.
Fields
Field |
Type |
Description |
|---|---|---|
name |
non-empty string |
Unique name of the setup matrix.
This is the key field and a required attribute.
|
rules |
list of setup matrix rules |
A read-only list of rules in this matrix. |
Setup rule
Within a setup matrix rules are used to define the changeover cost and duration.
The rules are evaluated in sequence, starting with the lowest priority number.
Field |
Type |
Description |
|---|---|---|
priority |
integer |
The priority of the rule.
This is the key field.
|
fromsetup |
string |
The previous setup.
If the field is empty the rules applies to any previous
setup value.
Wildcard characters are allowed in this string: * matches a sequence of characters, and ? matches a single character. |
tosetup |
string |
The new setup.
If the field is empty the rules applies to any new
setup value.
Wildcard characters are allowed in this string, similar
as in the fromsetup field.
|
duration |
timeperiod |
Duration of the changeover. |
cost |
double |
Cost of the changeover. |