Creating a Time Analysis

This procedure shows the basic steps in creating a time analysis attached to an operation. The procedure selects the Universal Analyzing System (UAS) subsystem as an example. You perform similar UI actions when creating an analysis with other subsystems.

Note:

You can also create a time analysis without attaching it immediately to an operation, by opening Add > Content > Time Analysis. You may need to use the search field at the bottom of the panel.

Before you begin:
  • PPR open and the operation selected.
  • Review the description of UI functions in the Time Analysis Details dialog box, available by clicking the link in the Related Topics on this page.
  • By default, all of the attributes are visible in the Time Analysis dialog box and in Preferences, Manufacturing Planning, Time-Motion Study, General tab. You can now select to clear these options to hide them in the Time Analysis sheet.
  1. Click Create Time Analysis .
  2. Click a PPR Operation from the data tree.


    This opens Time Analysis Dialog Box.
  3. In the Time Analysis dialog box, provide a Title and Description as required, select Universal Analyzing System (UAS) (example we use) in the Subsystem list, and click OK.

    Tip: Name the title and description per your site standards to enable other users to efficiently locate and identify the analysis.

  4. In the resulting Universal Analyzing System (UAS) Time Analysis dialog box, double-click the first cell in the worksheet Code column and then enter AA1. This is a manual entry of a datacard code.
    If the entry is valid, it updates the applicable cells in the row with that datacard code.
  5. Again in the worksheet Code column, select the second cell row, and then click Data Card to see the datacards.
    A list window appears next to the icon. Select UAS_Table, UAS_Table Logistics or Universal Analyzing System (UAS) to show the datacards.
  6. In the Data Card dialog box, from the list next to AA, click 2. This is a UI entry of a datacard code.
    The entry updates the applicable cells in the row.
    Note: See Datacards Dialog Box for information on datacards.
  7. Click Basic Time Components.
    The Basic Time Components panel expands.
  8. Observe the table in the Basic Time Components panel, and then click Calculate .
    The calculation updates the applicable cells in the table, based on the datacard code entries in the worksheet.
  9. Click Time Analysis settings and Work Description.
    The Time Analysis options and Work Description panel can expand.
  10. Now change the Time Type selection as you require, clicking Calculate after each change.
    Observe how the selections sum the corresponding categories in the table.
  11. Change the Analyzed Time and Basic Time increments to observe the corresponding changes in the Basic Time Components table. And then change the quantities in the Number of Parts and Parts Simultaneously boxes, clicking Calculate or outside the boxes after each change.
    Note how the part quantities affect the total in the Total Time (TG) box.
  12. As you work in an analysis, you can click Apply to save.
    You can also define the number of empty lines required in Preferences > General > Default Number of Empty Lines on Time Analysis Creation.
  13. When you finish, click OK to save and close the analysis. If you want to automatically save your data, in Preferences, general tab, click Save Time Analysis on Each Modification.
    In the PPR, you can see the time analysis beneath the selected operation.
    Note: As you prepare or finish analyses for multiple sequential operations, you can start the Process Planning app. You can also use the Manufacturing System Gantt chart to define the Time Type Visualization to Analyzed Time.

    The resulting Gantt Chart enables you to review the analyzed time for all the operations.

    For more information about applying Gantt charts, see Manufacturing Process Planning and Process Planning with Fasteners: Time Types on Operations.