Automatic Line Balancing
Enhanced Functionalities
- Merge Tool Capability
- ALB instantiate tools in the respective stations. If a tool is required
by two different processes in one workplace, the software should instantiate
only one single tool.
- Merge Part Bins
- Two new enhanced logistics planning modes are:
- No duplicate part bins for identical processes
- No duplicate part bins for same parts
- Enable Standard Processes
- This allows to create non-value-adding processes.
- Rotate Part Bins by 90˚
- This rotate the part bin groups of the selected station or material area
by 90˚.
- Edit Name of Shelves
- This allows to edit the name and number of the shelf.
- Change in Default Settings
- This changes the default settings of some of the options in the ALB
customization.
- Show User Defined Attributes
- This feature allows to see user defined attributes in Process List,
Balancing List View, and Workplace view.
- Reorder Columns
- This feature allows to Sort\Re-Order the columns (attributes) by drag
and drop to different position and later those columns can be seen in the
same position when it is loaded again in ALB Process List, Balancing List,
and Workplace View.
- Free Placement of Part Bins
- The feature provides the following abilities.
- Place the part bins anywhere in the material area or outside corner
when opening a new or old balancing, when moving processes within and
across stations and when moving part bins within and across stations.
- New function to automatically rearrange part bins and shelves in
material area.
- Mark inconsistent material areas and snap of part bins or shelves.