Scenario 7 – Import Routing

November 23, 2015

In this scenario of import routing, we will teach you the following:

• Import the routing data from the TSV file
• Import the process number, resource, setup time, production capacity etc.

Please open the file 25.09 Scenario 7 – Import Routing.

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This is the [Data I/O table].

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You will see the Routing in the 3rd row. Please click on the Field mapping to see the format of TSV file for “Routing”.

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This is the imported TSV file. In this file, you will see the following fields: final item code, process number, process code, instruction code, item/resource code, setup, production, and teardown.

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The Import field in the Data I/O table is “Yes (differential)”. The Import property conversion expression is “Instruction Type = U”. The letter “U” here denotes “Use instruction”.

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Now, let’s open the Integrated Master Editor. You will see that it is still blank.

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Let’s import by clicking the File tab, and then Import. As a result, the imported integrated master data is as shown below.

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Please go to the Resource Gantt chart and then press the Reschedule button.
The resource has been assigned, based on the imported “Routing”.

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To learn more about Asprova specific to this sample demonstration, you may visit Asprova’s online help and its e-Learning videos at http://lib.asprova.com/ (see 25. ERP Interface).

 

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Scenario 6 – Import BOM and Material

November 16, 2015

In this scenario, we will show you how to import to Asprova the Manufacturing BOM and Items data.

We will use the file “25.08 Scenario 6 – Import BOM and Material”.

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This is the Data I/O table.

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The item code is connected with the Item name at the Material (Import).

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This is the actual Material (import) file. It includes the item code and item name.

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This is the data I/O setting for M-BOM. This is its TSV file. In this file, you will see its product code, process number, process code, instruction code, input item and the required quantity.

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Confirm the settings for Material and BOM in Data I/O table by checking the parameter setup below.

Verify that the Import column is set as “Yes (differential)” and Import property conversion expression column is set as “Instruction Type = I”.

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This means that the Instruction type will be automatically set as Input instruction as soon as you import the file.

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This is the Item table. You will see that the Item name is blank at the beginning. The Item name will be imported from the TSV file.

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This is the Integrated Master Editor. The Use instruction will be maintained in Asprova and the Input instruction will be imported from ERP.

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Let’s start importing the TSV files.

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Once completed, the item name will be displayed in the Item table and the Input instruction has been imported. See table below.

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Go to the Resource Gantt chart and press the Reschedule button to see the scheduling according to the imported BOM and items data.

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To learn more about Asprova specific to this sample demonstration, you may visit Asprova’s online help and its e-Learning videos at http://lib.asprova.com/ (see 25. ERP Interface).

 

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Scenario 5 – Export Purchase Requisition

November 9, 2015

In this scenario, we will export the “Purchase requisition”:

  • We will figure out the required quantities of purchasing items and auto-replenish the manufacturing orders
  • We will schedule the time to place an order and the due date.
  • We will export to the external file the scheduled due dates and quantities of purchasing items.

We will start with the last state of Scenario 4.Using the purchase item “X”, switch the Auto-replenish flag to “Yes” in the Item table. Set “Prefer to purchase” as Obtain method and “10000” as Purchase lot size MIN/MAX.

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Go to the Data I/O table and select the Field mapping of “Purchase requisition (Export)”.

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This is the format of the TSV file for purchase requisition.

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The due date is connected with the end time of the order.

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Let’s export the due date as the end time.

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Click on the Export filter expression to set the Export filter expression. Switch the Export to “Yes (all)” and set “Type==P” as [Export filter expression].

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Switch to the Order table and run the Reschedule button.

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You will then see that the purchase order has been auto-replenished with 10000 items of Item “X”.

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Go to the Resource Gantt chart to check on the purchase order.

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The lead time for purchasing is 24hours where the start time means the time to place an order and the end time means the due date. The due date for this purchase order is 10:40 on June 10th as stated in the box above.

Let’s export this. The file “25.07 Purchase Requisite (Export)” will be created and the data of the purchase order will be the output. It is the plan that will purchase 10000 items of “X” at 10:40 on June 10th.

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To learn more about Asprova specific to this sample demonstration, you may visit Asprova’s online help and its e-Learning videos at http://lib.asprova.com/ (see 25. ERP Interface).

 

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Scenario 4 – Export Production Orders

October 12, 2015

In this scenario, let’s export the production order including the start time and end time from Asprova. This can be done through ERP importing the TSV file for Production order and creating the purchase information by running MRP.

Let us open the Data I/O table from the final stage of the previous scenario (refer to Scenario 3 article) and confirm the Production order (Export).

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Open the Field mapping dialog by clicking on the cell of the same name.

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This is the format of TSV file for the production order.

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Switch the Export field to “Yes (all)” and set “Type=M'” as Export filter expression.

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Let’s export it. Go to the File tab and select Export.

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The TSV file for this production order will be created and the auto-generated manufacturing order will be its output. You will also see when you open the TSV file that the orders already include the start time and the end time.

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To learn more about Asprova specific to this sample demonstration, you may visit Asprova’s online help and its e-Learning videos at http://lib.asprova.com/ (see 25. ERP Interface).

 

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Scenario 2- Use MRP and Finite Capacity Scheduling of Asprova

September 30, 2015

In this scenario, we will use MRP and Finite Capacity Scheduling of Asprova – how to import the manufacturing order for the production and inventory from TSV files and how to auto-replenish the manufacturing order for parts and schedules.

After importing the manufacturing order for the production and inventory of parts, the manufacturing order for “A” will be created automatically by MRP. It is important to input the manufacturing order for Item “A” from ERP. But first, we need to know the inventory of “A” in order to run the MRP.

Open the file “25.04 Scenario 2 – Use MRP and finite capacity scheduling of Asprova” as shown in the figure below.

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The table below shows the data settings for inventory of “A”.

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The contents of the TSV file for planned order is the same as Scenario 1.
The order code is “Inventory 1”. The item code is “A”. The due date is June 3rd. The quantity is 1000.

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Open the Order table and import the TSV file. The inventory order can be seen in the order table. The Order code is “Inventory 1” and the Order type is set as “Inventory (absolute)”.

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The order type can be changed to “Inventory (absolute)” by Import property conversion expression in the Data I/O table.

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You may refer to the Online Help if you want to know the details about expressions.

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In the Item table, switch the Auto-replenish flag of “A” to “Yes”. Then, run the Reschedule button.

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You will then see that a manufacturing order has been auto-created in the Order table. The order quantity for Item “A” is 5000.

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Check the Resource Gantt chart to see the results. This Inventory order is seen in the chart below. 1000 items will be used in Order 2. The shortage of 2000 items will be supplied by an auto-replenished manufacturing order.

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Go to the Inventory Graph – the inventory of Item “A” is displayed.

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It is 1000 at first, and increases to 6000. Then 3000 items will be used and the quantity will be decreased to 3000.

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Please refer to this page to find the details about auto-replenishment.

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To learn more about Asprova specific to this sample demonstration, you may visit Asprova’s online help and its e-Learning videos at http://lib.asprova.com/ (see 25. ERP Interface).

 

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Scenario 1 – Import planned orders and production orders

September 21, 2015

Before explaining Scenario 1, please ensure to watch first “21.01 Mixing – Packing – Inspection process” to study the basic function of Asprova.

In this scenario, Asprova will import planned order and production order from external files, and then schedule the imported manufacturing orders with finite capacity.

We will import order data from two TSV files.

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In the initial screen view of Asprova, open the file “25.03 Scenario 1 – Import planned orders and production orders”.

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Open the Data I/O settings from File.

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This is the data input and output setting table for Planned Order.

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The Internal table name is “Order”. The Data source is “Text file” where you can also choose OLEDB, which is connected with the database through a dropdown. The Folder Database is blank. The target file is the same as the project file. The External table name is “25.03 Planned Order (import).txt”. The Field and decimal is “Tab&Dot”.

Click the block on the right in Field mapping to see the link between Asprova and the external file.

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The left side is the Order table of Asprova where the properties for the order are placed. The right side is the TSV file where the fields are placed. Connect the properties on the right side with properties on the left side.

Order code, Item code, EST (Earliest start time), Due date, Order quantity, Reported quantity -this is the format for the TSV file. The format of time is “yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss”.

This is the DBIO of Production Order.

In Asprova, planned order has the same meaning as production order.

Please refer to the online help if you want to know the details of DBIO.

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The highlighted file below is the TSV file for planned order. The order code is 2. The item code is “AX”. The due date is June 11th and the order quantity is 3000.

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The highlighted file below is the TSV file for production order. The order code is 1. The item code is “A”. The due date is June 7th and the order quantity is 5000.

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In ERP, MRP, the due date of June 7th is considered as a 4-day-fixed lead time from June 11th. Select the Order table and import the TSV file.

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Two Manufacturing order was added to the Order table.

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Switch to the Resource Gantt chart and press the Reschedule button to get the scheduling result. In the Gantt chart, you will be able to see the schedule that produces 3000 items of “AX” and produces 5000 items of “A”.

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To learn more about Asprova specific to this sample demonstration, you may visit Asprova’s online help and its e-Learning videos at http://lib.asprova.com/ (see 25. ERP Interface).

 

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Relationship between ERP and Asprova

September 14, 2015

Asprova can be integrated with any ERP system. It is ready to be interfaced with SAP, Oracle EBS, JD Edwards, Dynamics AX, QAD and legacy systems.

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The table below shows how Asprova is integrated with an ERP system – the data can be interchanged using Tab Separated Value (TSV) files.

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There are several data tables in ERP, such as: Planned independent requirement, Customer requirement, Planned order, Production order or Process order, Purchase requisition, and Inventory. For master data, there are Material, BOM (input items and quantity), and Routing.

In Asprova, there are 3 corresponding data tables related to an ERP System – Order, Item, and M-BOM (Manufacturing Bill of Materials).

There are several types of orders, such as Sales, Manufacturing, Purchase and Inventory.

There are 2 types of instructions in M-BOM: Input and Use instructions. Input instruction includes input items and its quantities as it relates to an ERP system’s master data BOM. Use instruction includes usable resource and production capacity of each process as it relates to an ERP system’s master data Routing.

It is necessary to prepare the interface program for the ERP side.The typical interface program for SAP is BAPI interface. In Asprova, data import/export is implemented by the DBIO feature. Thus, in most cases, there is no need to develop the software from Asprova’s side.

To learn more about Asprova specific to this sample demonstration, you may visit Asprova’s online help and its e-Learning videos at http://lib.asprova.com/ (see 25. ERP Interface).

 

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Clients

November 1, 2013

Clients

You may know most of them, and yes, they trust Asprova to increase their profits by reducing inventory, shortening lead times whilst keeping up with due dates! We invite you to attend our Webinar presentation and discover how you too, could improve your factory with our help!

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Results of Integrating Asprova with ERP

September 3, 2013

pentelA Japan-based manufacturer, that has been a subscriber to Asprova Production Scheduler for 10 years, thought that they needed to replace Asprova with SAP. This is all due to the fact that other factories had been using SAP, and it was becoming a trend. To keep up with others, the company decided that they should replace their Asprova with SAP/R3. However, this did not happen.

Why?

The company found out that SAP/R3 cannot fully replace Asprova. This is because the scheduling function of Asprova continues to be a big asset to the company – you can try it out too for free. And because of its flexibility, Asprova can be used hand in hand with SAP/R3. With some tweaks, the company found out about a way to use Asprova together with SAP/R3.

How is this possible?

In production scheduling, Asprova was utilized because of its speed and accuracy. Plans created by Asprova are returned to SAP and SAP creates and issues instructions to each production sites.

As a result, they were able to dramatically decrease their inventory—unshipped items are decreased by 1/4~1/2. The accuracy of orders’ due dates went up to 97~98%! The Information Systems officer interviewed by Asprova claimed that “Optimal scheduling brings satisfaction to our clients”.

Asprova’s scheduling capacity remains undisputed. If you’re thinking of replacing Asprova, you should think twice before you do it because you might be able integrate it with the product that you want to use, for example, ERP. And, with proper systemization, you will be able to achieve outstanding results.

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BTO and the Need for High Level Scheduling

August 28, 2013

Kobayashi Create

Prescale Film

Manufacturing recording papers is the specialty of this featured BTO Japanese company. Due to the innovations brought about by Information Technology and the digitalization of printing, the pressure to supply complete solutions to respond speedily to market demand increased. This made communication between different departments an important issue that should not be overlooked. To realize seamless communication and to quickly respond to customers’ needs, the production management of this company decided to set up a collective management system. However, their scheduler at that time was unable to adapt to the integrated system that they wanted. This led them to find another scheduler that actually can.

A flawless connection

To simultaneously take a lot of factors into consideration and keep delivery dates in check, an advanced scheduler was needed. Asprova is widely known throughout Japan and the company immediately called for its help. By utilizing this Finite Capacity Scheduling software, making optimized production plans became an easy task. With its help, they were able to connect to the ERP they used and it became possible to reduce lead times substantially. “The existing scheduler was not able to connect systems and to create an overall optimized schedule. One reason for selecting Asprova was that it can flexibly be connected to peripheral systems. This made it possible to improve same day delivery responses from 20% to 80%,” says the production management team members.

Progress visualization

To monitor the progress of the production, the scheduling managers used Asprova MES. This greatly reduced the number of inquiries from other divisions as it made the progress available for every department.

After the success of the company in integrating Asprova to their system, the company plans to use Asprova on their other businesses. This company placed their trust on our production scheduler. It’s time for you to discover why!

 

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