Units

About Production Profiles

For each production unit for which you have created a Production Unit, you will need to identify all the products it produces and information about those products, such as the maximum sustained rate of production and the amount of profit one of those products yields. The combination of data about a product and the corresponding production unit is the production profile for that production unit.

Details

In terms of the Production Loss Analysis data model, one Production Unit will be linked to one or more Production Profiles, as shown in the following image. Each Production Profile is linked to a single Product representing the product that the production unit produces. In addition, each Production Profile is linked to one or more Production Plans representing the planned production for that production unit and product combination. The image shows these relationships. The arrows represent relationship families, and the boxes represent entity families. The Production Profile family is outlined in red.

One Unit Producing Multiple Products

Each production unit can produce more than one product. For example, in a water-bottling facility, a single production unit might be responsible for producing both bottles and labels. A production unit will have one production profile for each product it produces. In other words, if a production unit produces two products, that production unit will have two production profiles.

Consider the following image, where a single production unit, Unit A, produces multiple products: Bottles and Labels. You can see that each production unit and product combination has its own production profile (outlined in red).

  • For Unit A's bottle production, the production profile indicates that Unit A is capable of producing 5000 bottles per day, where each bottle yields a $5.00 profit.
  • For Unit A's label production, the production profile indicates that Unit A is capable of producing 8000 labels per day, where each label yields a $2.00 profit.

You can also see that for each combination of a production unit, production profile, and product, multiple production plans exist.

Multiple Units Producing the Same Product

Multiple production units can produce the same product. For example, in a facility that produces water bottles, bottle labels, and bottle caps, the water bottles might be produced by multiple production units. This ensures that if one production unit fails, some water bottles will continue to be produced by the other production unit.

A single product can be produced by more than one production unit. Consider the following image, which shows the product Bottles being produced by two production units, Unit A and Unit B. You can see that each production unit and product combination has its own production profile (outlined in red).

  • For Unit A, the production profile indicates that Unit A is capable of producing 5000 bottles per day, where each bottle yields a $5.00 profit.
  • For Unit B, the production profile indicates that Unit B is capable of producing 4000 bottles per day, where each bottle yields a $5.00 profit.

You can also see that for each combination of a production unit, production profile, and product, multiple production plans exist.

About Margin

Product margin, or the amount of profit that a product unit yields, may change over time. Suppose that a company produces bottled water. If consumers buy more bottled water versus soft drinks, the profit that a single bottle yields will increase. To represent the current margin, you might want to modify the margin value in the Production Profile that defines the production of bottled water for the particular unit.

The margin that you specify for a Production Profile is used in Production Losses of the Production Data record that is associated with the Production Profile.

How a Profile Margin affects Production Losses

Suppose that the margin value of a margin ID defined for a Production Profile is 5.00 and that this margin ID is used in a Production Loss. If you now modify the margin value from 5.00 to 6.00, the margin value of any existing Production Losses that use this margin ID will not be updated. If, however, you now create a Production Loss that uses this margin ID, its margin value will be stored as 6.00.

Access a Production Unit

Procedure

  1. Access the Units workspace.
  2. In the Name column, select the Production Unit you want to access.

    The Definition section appears, displaying the details of the selected Production Unit.

    Note: As needed, you can modify the values in the available fields, and then select to save your changes.

Access the Reference Documents in a Production Unit

Procedure

  1. Access the Production Unit to which you want to link a reference document.
  2. In the Definition section, select , and then select Reference documents.

    The Reference Documents subsection of the Definition section appears, displaying a list of Reference Documents linked to the current Production Unit.

    Tip: For more information, refer to the Reference Documents section of the documentation.

Access a Production Profile

Procedure

  1. Access the Production Unit for which you want to view the details of an associated Production Profile.
  2. Select the Production Profile tab.

    The Production Profile section appears.

  3. In the left pane of the Production Profile section, select the Production Profile whose details you want to view.

    The datasheet for the selected Production Profile appears in the Definition subsection, displaying the details of the Production Profile.

    Note: As needed, you can modify the values in the available fields, and then select to save your changes.

Access the Reference Documents in a Production Profile

Procedure

  1. Access the Production Profile to which you want to link a reference document.
  2. In the upper right-corner of the Definition subsection, select , and then select Reference documents.

    The Reference Documents subsection of the Definition subsection appears, displaying a list of Reference Documents linked to the current Production Profile.

    Tip: For more information, refer to the Reference Documents section of the documentation.

Add a Production Unit

Procedure

  1. Access the Units workspace.
  2. Select .

    The Definition section appears.

  3. In the Definition section, enter values in the available fields.
    Note: When linking an asset to the unit, the list of assets is limited to those with the same site assignment as the unit.
  4. Select .

    The Production Unit is saved.

Add a Production Profile

Before You Begin

Procedure

  1. Access the Production Unit to which you want to add a Production Profile.
  2. Select the Production Profile tab.

    The Definition subsection appears.

  3. In the Production Profile section, select .

    The Production Profile datasheet appears.

  4. As needed, enter values in the available fields.
  5. Select .

    The Production Profile datasheet is saved.

    The Warning window appears, asking you to add a margin value, which is required to calculate production losses.

    The Margins datasheet appears.

  6. Enter a Margin ID and Margin Value in the corresponding columns.
  7. In the Default (Yes/No) column, select Yes or No.
    Note: Only one Margin can be set as the default.
  8. Select .

    The Production Profile is added to the Production Unit.

Results

The Production Profile is saved and linked to the:

  • Production Unit that was accessed.
  • Product that was selected in the Product field.
  • OPC Tag that was selected in the OPC Tag ID field.
Note: A row is added to the list in the Production Profile section, displaying the ID of the new Production Profile.

Assign Event Codes to a Production Unit

Procedure

  1. Access the Production Unit to which you want to assign Production Event Codes.
  2. Select the Event Codes tab.

    A list of all Production Event Codes appears with check boxes.

  3. Select the check boxes next to the Production Event Codes that you want to assign to the Production Unit.
    Note: For Production Units created before upgrading to V4.3.0.6.0, the check boxes are automatically selected. If you do not want to assign a Production Event Code to the Production Unit, clear the check box next to that Production Event Code. You cannot, however, clear the check box next to a Production Event Code that is used in a Production Event.
  4. Select .

    The Production Event Codes whose check boxes you selected are assigned to the Production Unit.

Results

When you create a Production Event for this Production Unit, in the Production Event Code field, only the Production Event Codes that are assigned to the Production Unit appear.

Configure the PLA Service Policy

Procedure

  1. Access the PLA Service policy.
  2. In the left pane, select Design.

    The Design workspace appears.

  3. In the canvas, select the DataSource node.

    The Properties window for the DataSource node appears.

  4. In the Properties window, in the Value box, specify the name of the database where you are configuring the PLA Service policy.
  5. Create a new policy instance, and then, in the OPC Tag box, specify the name of the OPC tag that will create the production data for Production Profiles.

  6. Next to the User box, select .

    The Search window appears.

    1. Search for the user MIJOB.

      The search result for the user MIJOB appears.

    2. Select MIJOB, and then select OK.

      The user is added to the policy instance.

  7. On the right side of the Instances pane, above the grid, select .

    The policy instance is activated.

  8. On the Instances pane, select .

    The policy instance is saved.

Delete a Production Unit

About This Task

Important: A Production Unit cannot be deleted if it is linked to a Production Profile or an Asset.

Procedure

  1. Access the Units workspace.
  2. In the Units workspace, select the row of the Production Unit that you want to delete.

    The row is highlighted.

  3. Select .

    The Delete Product Unit(s) dialog box appears, asking if you really want to delete the selected Production Units.

  4. Select Yes.

    The selected Production Units are deleted, and the updated list of Production Units appears in the Units workspace.

Delete a Production Profile

Procedure

  1. Access the Production Unit from which you want to delete a Production Profile.
  2. Select the Production Profile section.

    The Production Profile section appears.

  3. In the Production Profile section, select the Production Profile that you want to delete.
  4. Select .

    The Delete Production Profile(s) dialog box appears, asking if you really want to delete the selected Production Profile.

  5. Select Yes.

    The selected Production Profile is deleted. The updated list of Production Profiles appears in the Production Profile section.

    Note: You cannot delete a Production Profile that is linked to a Production Plan.