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Re: Planning and finite capacity in manufacturing - Odoo

 

Maybe read this?:
https://www.odoo.com/event/OpenDays-2014-5/track/MRP-Improvements--31


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2014-06-06 12:09 GMT+02:00 Alejandro Santana <alejandrosantana@xxxxxxxxx>:

> Hi, we are being consulted on the same subject.
> So far, standard Odoo MRP is quite weak in this aspect and not
> reality-ready for many manufacturing companies.
>
> Talking with both companies and University proffessors, and with
> experience from previous jobs in industry, we are in the process of
> detecting actual needs (in the long run).
>
> Yet to do a complete deep analysis, I summarize here just some points we
> were told or thought about:
> - One of the things is, precisely the need to plan with a given finite
> capacity...
> - but also to simulate different plannings according to different
> parameters, such as:
>   _- fastest route,
>   _- cheapest route (operator cost, extra hours cost, machine consumption),
>   _- balance load among different machines or try to avoid starting a
> machine,
>   _- balance (or maximize or minimize) machine total working hours
> (depending on each machine policy),
>   _- optimize electric consumption if more than one machine can produce a
> piece but have different power consumption,...) and then choose one,
> discard the rest.
> - take into account calendar availability (scheduled maintenance work,
> weekends, each worker vacations or other duties, official holidays (levels:
> country, state, city, company),...),
> - be able to tweak the calculated planning (here would help a complete
> Gantt chart, not the existing limited one),
> - be able to deal with the fact that sometimes 1 operator can operate more
> than one machine simultaneously,
> - be able to recompute just the remaining part of a planning if some
> changes happen (machine breaks, for example)
> - be able to relate each worker to different machines he/she can operate,
> - parametric bill of materials: kind of template bill of materials, with
> some parameters in parents that change their children values and so on
> (super useful also for quotations of complex products which vary in some
> parametes (think x, y, z, rounding radius, surface polishing level,...)),
> - ...
>
> Were also asked about the posibility to export/import data to/from Arena,
> Simio or others.
> As we see, manufacturing is a very complex world and there is a lot of
> work to be done, but a lot can be achieved.
>
>
>
>
>
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> <alejandrosantana@xxxxxxxxx>
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> www.anubia.es
>
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> 2014-06-06 7:04 GMT+02:00 Siddique Momin <siddiqmomin@xxxxxxxxx>:
>
> Hi Pierre,
>>
>> I think finite capacity can be achieved by complete MPS in picture
>> considering the capacity and time cycle for the work centers. I have worked
>> on this aspect and achieved to certain level through MPS based on following
>> points in Odoo..
>>
>> 1. Work center time cycle (weekly time for availability)
>> 2. Work center capacity and time of pre, in process and after production
>> 3. Managing the scheduling based on MTS and MTO based on the requirement.
>>
>> This gives me the actual loading of the WC to be run with and also
>> flexibility to check alternate routing for availability run of the
>> production orders in case one line is packed with capacity.
>>
>> Let me know if you need more details.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Sid
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 12:50 AM, Pierre Gault <
>> pierre.gault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello community,
>>>
>>> We are facing a growing demand of planning and finite capacity
>>> management in manufacturing. Many customers needs to plan their
>>> manufacturing delays before confirming manufacturing orders. More over,
>>> finite capacity management seems to be lacking in Odoo and it looks
>>> impossible to really plan a production considering several manufacturing
>>> orders in the same workcenter.
>>>
>>> Do you know about future projects that would improve this part of Odoo
>>> MRP? Are you facing the same kind of demand regarding your customers?
>>> In our side, we would be happy to contribute to this and share our
>>> experience with the community and interested contributors.
>>>
>>>
>>> Pierre Gault
>>>
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