Clusters

Note: You can use clusters only if your company has the appropriate license.

If you are using clusters, you can display a column with the cluster codes on the operation forms. These forms are:

• Operations
• Overview of current operations
• Current machine operations

Right-click the columns to display the Column Chooser. You can now drag the Cluster column to the form.

The Material column also shows whether a line is part of a cluster. If an operation is part of a cluster, this column shows not one, but two images indicating the availability of the material. The first image (a colored box) shows the material availability for the individual line. The second image (stacked, colored boxes) shows the material availability for the cluster as a whole. The material with the lowest availability determines the color. This means that the material availability indicator of the line could be green, while the material availability indicator of the cluster is yellow. In that case, the material is available for the first line, but not for one or more other operations in the cluster. If no material is required, there is no color coding.

If you select a cluster on the Operations form, the color of other visible cluster lines in the cluster will also change. The Start as a cluster check box now appears in the lower-right corner of the image. This check box is selected by default, because the operation settings in Isah indicate that the operation is part of a cluster. If you leave the check box selected, the entire cluster will be started when you start the operation. If you deselect the check box before you start the operation, only the selected operation will be started.

The number next to the Start as a cluster check box indicates the number of operation lines in the cluster.

Example

A cluster consists of two lines. The Material column has the following images:

All materials required for the upper line have been received. Only some of the materials required for the lower line are available. The cluster material availability indicator for both lines in the cluster is yellow, which means that not all materials are available for the cluster.

If all materials are available for the first operation, but at least one of the materials is not available in full for the second operation, you will see the following: