Set a carpet image

You can display a 2D image of the plant as a background for the Time Way Planner view. This image is called a carpet image. By placing stations directly on their corresponding locations on the carpet, you can identify if there are barriers to the station flow in the plant. For example, if a worker must walk between Station 2 and Station 3, you can place these stations at their physical location on the carpet, thereby identifying that there is a barrier between these two stations that makes walking between them impossible.

Procedure

1. Add a 2D carpet image to the Time Way Planner view.

Select the plant BOP and click .

Select the image and click OK.

For best performance, the image size should not exceed 5 MB. Images larger than this can result in slow loading times.

2. Select one or more stations in the upper left of the view and drag them to the appropriate physical location on the image.

Depending on the size of the image that you insert, the stations can be very small. Use the zoom buttons to make selection easier.

3. Examine the position and flow of the stations to ensure that there are no obstacles and that the paths between the station are minimized.

4. Examine the operation’s color code to identify duplicate operations that are performed at multiple locations, conflict with other operations, or exceed the cycle time of station.

5. If necessary, modify the appearance of the Time Way Planner view.