Managing Display of Systems in the Process Gantt Chart

You can display systems in different views of the Process Gantt chart to have a better view of the systems, product flows, and cycle times.

This task shows you how to:

See Also
About the Process Gantt Chart
About Cycle Time Management

Display Systems According to Product Flow

You can display the flow between the systems.

  1. Right-click the root object of the Process Gantt chart.
  2. In the context menu, select Flow View.

The full product flow and time constraints between operations are displayed.

Display Systems in Parallel

You can display systems at zero begin time. Aligning systems in parallel is useful to see how they are balanced.

  1. Right-click the root object of the Process Gantt chart.
  2. In the context menu, select System View.

The system instances are displayed as if they begin at 0 sec. Time constraints between operations are displayed.

Display Systems According to Cycle Time

You can display the product flow of the systems according to the defined cycle time.

  1. Select Me > Preferences > App Preferences > Simulation > Digital Manufacturing Apps Common Services > Manufacturing Planning Apps Common Services > Process Gantt.
  2. Select the Display product flow on cycle time option.
  3. Right-click the root object of the Process Gantt Chart and select Flow View.

The systems are displayed according to the cycle time: for example, the second system begins at the end of the first system cycle time. Time constraints between operations are displayed.

Display Wrapped Objects Exceeding the Cycle Time

You can display wrapped objects of operations exceeding the cycle time when the Process Gantt chart is in the System View mode.

  1. Select Me > Preferences > App Preferences > Simulation > Digital Manufacturing Apps Common Services > Manufacturing Planning Apps Common Services > Process Gantt.
  2. Select the Display wrap mode in system view option.
  3. Right-click the root or system node of the Process Gantt Chart and select System View.

The wrapped objects are displayed exceeding the cycle time are visible. The precedence constraint and product flow links arrows are not shown for the wrapped objects as they are already shown in their respective operation time bars.