Production Orders

Tips for managing orders in TilliT

Operations

In TilliT, orders serve as the primary source of information for production. An order contains information about the material being produced, the quantity being produced, and the asset where production is taking place.

Orders are divided into steps known as operations. These operations correspond to the assets being used for production. Each operation can be started and stopped independently, and tracks its own counts of produced and rejected units. Think about what operations are involved with your production orders.

For example, an order may be structured as "Order: 1234 - Operation: FILL" and "Order: 1234 - Operation: PACK".

Operations contain multiple activities, which we will cover in the next section. "Operation: Fill" can have "Pre-start check" and "Fill" or "Operation: Pack" can have "Print labels", "Labeling", "Scan labels". Decide on what would be digitalized, these activities would then be transformed into Tillit Activity templates.

Tolerances

Tolerances are used for checks such as test results, and order components are used for bills of materials that are inconsistent in the material being produced, such as when different labels are required for specific bottling requirements when using generic materials like red wine. The information is stored based on how it will be used.

• Order Tolerances in TilliT are used to define the acceptable operational limits during the production process. Tolerances can be set for various parameters, such as temperature, pressure, and viscosity, depending on the specific requirements of the production process. When an activity is performed, the system checks the values against the defined tolerances and alerts the operator if they are out of range.

• Order Attributes are used to store order-specific information that may affect the order's flow, such as the product's best before date or special handling requirements. They can be used to store information that is not directly related to production but may affect the way the order is processed. For example, if an order requires specific testing or certifications, that information can be stored as an order attribute to ensure that it is completed before the order is shipped.

• Order Components represent ingredients and quantities in a finished product, useful when bill of materials varies or recipe changes based on factors like flavor or packaging. For red wine, they may include grape types, barrel types, additives, and more. Order Components ensure the correct ingredients, processes, and specifications are met for the final product.

To maintain consistent information for a specific material, it's essential to store the information with the material rather than with the order. This approach guarantees that the data is uniformly applied to all orders using that material.

Order templates offer a practical solution to generate multiple operations from a single order, which is useful when you are scheduling your production on an aggregate level, such as Line level, and needs to execute the order on an equipment level. The order template works like a mapping table.

For instance, if your production line produces cartons of beer with 12 bottles each, you can use order templates to produce two records with varying "To Assets" and quantity set to 12 for the Filler and 1 for the Packer.