Process time allocation

Process time allocation

The time allocation concept is designed for process unit performance reporting, and the entity model supports KPI's such as OEE and Semi E10. The concept is that every process unit is always in one and only one process time group (state) in respect to KPI reporting. Switches between Time Groups are logged in a database table. Every ProcessTimeGroup (state) belongs to a ProcessTimeClass. Examples of Process Time classes are Production time, Scheduled downtime, unscheduled downtime and so on. 

Article based process time allocation

In the simplest form, process time allocation just considers process unit, state and and time. However, it is possible to introduce the article dimension into the time allocation. This way, one or more articles can be related to the periods, which makes a more detailed reporting considering the article produced possible. E.g. it is possible to report if the efficiency of a process unit is article dependent.