Invoke Plant Overview

From the menu, choose Logistics → Production → Kanban → Evaluations → Plant Overview.

The initial screen of the plant overview appears.

Do not select the List-Based Display indicator.

Enter the necessary data.

Enter the desired plant.

Enter the desired selection criteria according to your requirements.

If you need additional selection criteria, you can use the Extended Selection facility Choose Extended Selection and enter your selection criteria in the subsequent dialog box.

You can preset the sorting of the control cycles that are displayed.

Sorting according to material number

This means that material numbers are sorted numerically or alphabetically

Sorting according to production supply area

This means that production supply areas are sorted numerically or alphabetically

Sorting according to urgency with tracking limit maximum empty

In this case, urgency is the quotient resulting from the number of empty kanbans in the control cycle divided by the total number of kanbans in the control cycle.

Urgency with tracking limit is calculated according to the following formula:

=number of empty kanbans - tracking limit maximum empty number of kanbans in control cycle

All kanbans with the following statuses are regarded as "empty":

Waiting

Empty

In transit

In process

Kanbans with errors do not count as "empty".

Sorting according to urgency without tracking limit maximum empty

Urgency without tracking limit maximum empty is calculated according to the following formula:

= number of empty kanbans number of kanbans in control cycle

Choose ( ) ( Continue )

The plant overview appears.

You see the control cycles with the status of the kanbans. You see the number and percentage of the kanbans per status in a separate column. The kanbans are shown in different colors according to their status.Choose ( ) Legend to view the meaning.

You see the symbol ( ) ( Tracking Limit Exceeded ) if the control cycle exceeds the tracking limit maximum empty

The urgency value is calculated as a number between -1 and +1, whereby +1 represents maximum urgency.

If the tracking limit maximum empty has not been maintained in the control cycle, the maximum value number of kanbans in control cycle is taken instead to calculate the urgency. In this case, the urgency value is always less than or equal to 0.

You can display additional data from the column set (such as header data, technical data, or information on the control cycle).

You can display additional information:

Display control cycle data

Choose ( ) Display Control Cycle

Display stock/requirements list

Choose ( ) Display Stock/Requirements List.

Display stock overview

Choose ( ) Stock Overview .