Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Scheduler Users Guide - Manual (Page 79)

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If you accidentally hide a resource that should be visible, simply right-click in the
resource area of the view and select the Unhide menu option to cause the Hidden Rows
dialog to appear. Select the resource you want to add to the current view and click the
Unhide button. This will display the resource in the current view. Once you have created
your new Named View (Fabrication), you’ll need to save the fcs file, which contains the
information on the Named Views.
Having created the Fabrication view, you’ll now want to create the Assembly view. You
should start with the Default Gantt view, which you can recall by selecting the View >
Named Views > Default Gantt menu option. When recalling this view, you might notice
that your newly created view is also included as an option on the menu. Repeat the above
process to create the new Assembly view. You can retain these settings by saving the fcs
file.
Unallocate and reallocate orders
For now, we’ll look at how you can
generate a schedule manually. First, we’ll
clear all jobs from our planning board by
using the Sequence > Unallocate All
Orders menu option. This action places all
the operations back into the Unallocated
Jobs window. Click on this window or use
the View > Unallocated Orders menu option to bring the window to the front. Now
locate the set of operations (four) that make up the order “Neck Post 1.” Click on the first
entry (actually, you can click on any of the four) to highlight it. Right-click and select the
Sequence > Forward option, as shown. This places all four of the operations on the
planning board.
Next, select the “SSD Blue 2” order and repeat the scheduling process. If you look at the
planning board now, you will notice that, in addition to scheduling this order, FactoryTalk
Scheduler also scheduled the “SSD Blue Finished Frame 1” order. This additional order
was scheduled because Operation 10, Assembly and Pack SSD Blue, of the “SSD Blue 2”
order requires an SSD Blue Finished Frame for each item in the order. The “SSD Blue 2”
order is for nine, and there were only six component items in stock at the start of the
planning horizon. Thus, FactoryTalk Scheduler searched the unallocated jobs to find an
order that would produce the required component item and scheduled that order as well so
that the final SSD Blue order could be completed. You could continue to build a schedule
in this manner or, at any time, choose one of the automatic sequencing options to
complete the scheduling process.