Line Groups

Line groups allow the flexible creation of views containing related lines and resources to provide a view of their interaction. The planner can jump between the lines in a line group and schedule any of them. For example:

• A line group could be created to show several lines with similar capabilities.

• A line group could contain the upstream lines that make intermediate products and the downstream lines that consume them.

• A line group could be created to show staffing requirements on a group of production lines and warn when staffing is over or under utilized.

• A line group could be created to show a production resource or tool that must be shared between multiple production lines, and conflicts when too many of the resources or tools are required. For example things like forming units, cutters, packaging units, or washout stations.

This is a brief overview, for more information, see the work instruction Maintain Line Groups and Resources.

Line Groups are created or edited on a specific Site’s page. Select “Sites” under “Setup” in the left-side menu, and then select the Site you wish to create the Line Group in.

To create a new Line Group within a site, click on the “Create Line Group“ button. The button is at the top of the screen if the site has no Line Groups, and under the “Line Groups in [Site Name]” header otherwise.

To work on the existing Line Group, click on the “Details” button under the “Actions” column of the Line Group’s entry:

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Enter the information about the Line Group. 

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To delete a Line Group, click on the button under the “Actions” column of the Line Group’s entry.