Time way planning overview

Using the Time Way Plan view you can identify where in the physical product (line) an operation is performed (the execution position) and whether predecessors and successors of an operation are done at the same location or at a different location. Using time way planning, you can identify where long walk times occur and optimize the sequence of operations to reduce these. You can visualize a station as a physical layout with a length and a width. A station has a direction (left to right or right to left) and each operation is represented as a row inside the station. You can display a 2D image of the product as a background for the station.

The general process for performing time way planning is:

1. Assign the execution positions in the product BOP (bill of process).

2. Allocate operations from the product BOP to stations in the plant BOP. You can do this using line balancing.

3. Open the plant BOP in the Time Way Plan view.

4. Visualize the operations in the station according to their sequence and execution position. The length of the operations is determined by the allocated time of each operation, the cycle time of the station, and the length of the station.