Workflow

This workflow describes the process for comparing actual production to planned production to uncover any minor or major factors causing loss in production.

Blue text in a shape indicates that a description is provided for that step in the following sections. For more information, refer to the topic Interpreting the Workflow Diagrams.

Persona: Solution Administrator

Define the event codes that are used to categorize the reasons for production losses and events.

Persona: Solution Administrator

Define the type of commodities produced and offered for sale.

Persona: Solution Administrator

Define the type of production unit that represents the manufacturing processes.

Persona: Solution Administrator

Define what and how much each unit is capable of producing.

Persona: Solution Administrator

Create Templated Plans for a Production Unit that may then be used to create actual production plans using a simplified wizard in the main application.

Persona: Analyst

Create a production plan by specifying the duration of the plan, how many products will be produced, how much of each product will be produced, and during which periods the products will or will not be produced.

Persona: Analyst

Enter the quantity of production for each of the products that was scheduled to be produced in a selected production period. Production Data entry can also be "automated" such that the production quantity is read into the Production Actual value from an OPC-compliant host system.

Persona: Analyst

In cases where the Production Actual value is less than the Planned Production value an Unaccounted Loss will be created for the delta. Reconcile production losses to assign codes (e.g., OEE, Event, and Impact) and Production Events to account for the production losses.

Persona: Analyst

Define a production event that causes shutdown, slowdown, or failure of production to meet the defined specification.

Persona: Analyst

Identify the cause of an event and assign that event to an asset.

Persona: Analyst

Other APM Workflows provide production data from: RCA, Bad Actors Charts, and Metrics and Scorecards.

Persona: Analyst

See the RCA workflow.

Persona: Solution Administrator

OPC Integration can be used to provide actual production data.

Go to the Integrate with M2M Data Source workflow.

Persona: Analyst

Create Production Events and send email notification using Policy Designer. Once the event has been created, the PLA user will be able to enter the remaining details addressing why the event occurred.

Go to the Policy Designer: Design Policy workflow.