Setup matrices

Important

This feature is currently not ready for production use yet.

A setup matrix defines the time and cost of setup conversions on a resource. Within a setup matrix rules are used to define the changeover cost and duration.

To compute the time of a changeover the algorithm will evaluate all rules in sequence (in order of priority). For a rule to match the changeover between theoriginal setup X to a new setup Y, two conditions need to be fulfilled:

  • The original setup X must match with the fromsetup of the rule.
    If the fromsetup field is empty, it is considered a match.
  • The new setup Y must match with the tosetup of the rule.
    If the tosetup field is empty, it is considered a match.

The wildcard characters * and ? can be used in the fromsetup and tosetup fields. As soon as a matching rule is found, it is applied and subsequent rules are not evaluated. If no matching rule is found, the changeover is not allowed.

For instance, consider a setup matrix with the following rules:

Priority From To Duration Cost
1 *green *green 0 10
2 *red *red 0 10
3 *green *red 1 day 50
4 *green   2 day 50
5     3 day 50

Based on this matrix:

  • A change from ‘lightgreen’ to ‘darkgreen’ takes no time, but costs 10. Rule 1 applies.

  • A change from ‘green’ to ‘black’ takes 2 days and costs 50. Rule 4 applies.

  • A change from ‘red’ to ‘black’ takes 3 days and costs 50. Rule 5 applies.
    Without rule 5 this changeover would not be allowed.

Fields

Field Type Description
name non-empty string
Unique name of the setup matrix.
This is the key field and a required attribute.
rules list of setup matrix rules A read-only list of rules in this matrix.

Setup Rule

Within a setup matrix rules are used to define the changeover cost and duration.

The rules are evaluated in sequence, starting with the lowest priority number.

Field Type Description
priority integer
The priority of the rule.
This is the key field.
fromsetup string
The previous setup.
If the field is empty the rules applies to any previous setup value.

Wildcard characters are allowed in this string: * matches a sequence of characters, and ? matches a single character.
tosetup string
The new setup.
If the field is empty the rules applies to any new setup value.
Wildcard characters are allowed in this string, similar as in the fromsetup field.
duration timeperiod Duration of the changeover.
cost double Cost of the changeover.