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Manage your Production Schedule
In the Schedule view, jobs that have been created are displayed in a Gantt chart to help maintain clear Production Overview of print jobs and post-processing worklists.
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Creating Jobs
Review your Production Timeline by Day/ Week/ Month
Create new Jobs
Click on Add Job
Select from the predefined materials which can be loaded on the machine
This can be configured in the Workstation Settings
The Agile MES will provide automatically prioritized part recommendations for a new job
Based on the geometrical characteristics of submitted parts, their material and the build chamber size
The parts are also added to workflows which are connected to specific machines and post-processing stations
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Add suggested parts or show all parts that are unscheduled in one-click
Set/Adjust Printing Time
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Overview
The job creation process can be started by clicking Create Job on the Jobs list or Schedule page. Further, when clicking directly in the scheduler, the job creation drawer opens with the times and workstation prefilled, depending on where the user clicks.
Prerequisites:
A workstation exists and materials are assigned in the workstation settings
A workflow is created with workstations assigned to steps
A workflow is assigned to a part
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Creating new Jobs
The job creation process can be started by clicking Create Job on the Jobs list or Schedule page.
Click on Create Job
[optional] Add a Job Name
Select a workstation from the workstation dropdown
To schedule a job
Select the planned start time
Set/Adjust the job duration
Time duration is currently set manually but will be automated in the future
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Add a Custom Job Name (if applicable)
e.g. some companies use Customer Names for Jobs
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If you need to move a Job to a later time or to a printer with the same production material, that can be done using drag and drop
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Adjust the Job Details
Click to adjust the Parts in the job or add new Parts which are unscheduled
Document Process Parameters from the schedule view by clicking on a title. The information will be linked to all parts that have been assigned to that job based on their Sequence ID.
Attach Documents, Instructions and Comments
Most often, this is used for Quality Assurance documents such as pictures of snapped parts, etc.
When the status of the Job is changed, it will be visible in a different color in the Scheduler
Material Batch Number in Job Detail
The Material Batch Number for cab also be set at the Job level. This is important for Quality Control, particularly to document powder used for parts against testing done in the lab.
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Batch 3D Model download during job planning and in job detail
We want to make the experience of finding the right parts and scheduling a job easier. We made it possible to quickly access the 3D models during and after scheduling jobs. Try the following:
Use our smart part suggestion to quickly find the parts that fit into the build chamber
Download the suggested 3D Models
Nest the downloaded 3D models and slice
Adjust the job if needed and save
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Set Time Zone per Service Location
Production Planners can set the time zone of each production location independently. This is essential for scheduling parts at the right time while working in international teams and distributed manufacturing.
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Each service can set a specific time zone based on its location.
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The Production Schedule is then displayed in the selected time zone and jobs/worklists are saved in that timezone. This is important for managing target delivery dates and times when transferring work between locations.
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If an entire job has failed, we also added the functionality to scrap the whole print job. Once a job has been scrapped you can easily reschedule it. On the Part level, the failed sequences are also scrapped and new ones are created for the rescheduled job.
Go to Job detail
Update the status to Failed
In the Job detail the scheduled parts move to the status: `scrapped`, however the current status of the part detail doesn't change.
In part detail, the sequences of the parts are scrapped according to the workflow described above.
The job can be easily rescheduled.
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Reserved Times
It is now possible to reserve time slots in the schedule. This allows you to account for any time in which a workstation can not operate, such as maintenance, customer visits or research projects. Simply add a new reserved time and give it the name you want.
To configure a reserved time slot you can either:
Click anywhere in the schedule and select the type: reserved time or
go to Settings > Workstations > Reserved Time and configure a new reserved time for the selected workstation.
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Comments for Jobs
It is now possible to add comments for Jobs. This allows printing services to collaborate internally to discuss and document details on the job. To add comments
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Go to Service Panel > Schedule
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Click on Job to access the Job detail
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To create an unscheduled job deactivate the Schedule Job toggle
You don’t have to fill out a Start date or Duration
Jobs without a Start date are found on the job list with the status “Unscheduled”
The Agile MES will automatically list all parts available for scheduling in a table
A number of checks are performed to determine which parts to show as available. For a complete list of checks see https://3yourmind.atlassian.net/l/cp/mjLqKqLs
To Add Parts select at least one part
after adding parts to a job you can adjust the sequence quantity in this job with the + / - buttons in the quantity column
At the bottom right, finish job creation by clicking Create Job
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When creating a job via the Scheduler, the job creation drawer opens with start date and workstation prefilled, depending on where you clicked. |
Smart calculation of Start date, Finish date, and Duration
While creating or editing a job you can set the following values to schedule the job:
Start date
Finish date
Duration
While changing one of the three values, out of the remaining two values, one will remain fixed, while the other will get re-calculated. The following table shows when which value gets recalculated.
When editing this value | this value is fixed | this value is recalculated |
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Start date | Duration | Finish date |
Finish date* | Start date | Duration |
Duration | Start date | Finish date |
*When changing the Finish date to fall before the Start date, then the Duration remains fixed and the Start date is recalculated to avoid calculating a negative duration.
Seeing the current build volume
During the job creation, the current build volume of a job is displayed when the selected workstation has max dimensions defined.
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If the selected workstation has no max dimensions defined, or if no workstation is selected, then the number of parts added to the job (“Parts in this Job”) is shown instead.
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Detecting Started Jobs via Machine Connectivity
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When a job is already scheduled, i.e. the job has a start and end time, then the MES can automatically detect if that job is started on the printer if that printer is connected through Machine Connectivity.
The image on the right shows scheduled (dark blue) and detected jobs (transparent).