Blend Activities

To enter operations, you are required to define certain types of information based on the operation configuration. The system guides data entry by displaying only those areas of the application where you need to add data. For example, if the operation requires equipment, the system displays the equipment tab for data entry. Where applicable you can accept the configuration defaults or you can override them.

When you enter operations, the system calculates planned and actual move quantities. You can also manually enter these quantities. Every time that you enter an operation, the system recalculates lot attributes. If you make changes to an operation that is already part of a chain of operations, the system makes the necessary adjustments up and down the dependency chain. You can make changes to individual operations or use speed update functionality to adjust multiple operations at once. If a recalculation error occurs, you can review the error and make the necessary adjustments manually.

To avoid simultaneous processing on the same vessel and operation, the system uses record reservation to maintain integrity of vessel and operation information.

To organize work that has to be performed by a group of staff or in a specific work area, you can group operations together by associating them with a work order. You can also create a work order template to group operations that are commonly performed together or in sequence and then create work orders from this template.

To experiment with different blends without actually scheduling any work, you can create trial blends. Trial blends enable you to simulate blending lots without capacity restrictions. You can use real or virtual lots as input lots. When input lots have changed, you can apply the changes to the output lot.

If the configured operation was set up to allow modification of certain lot attributes, you can override the values for this lot attributes after you create an operation. You can also modify lot attributes for the output lots of trial blending.

Part of the blend process may be the production of spirits, which requires monitoring of ambient temperature because it affects the volume of the spirit. Based on a temperature conversion chart that is provided by the system or that you set up for the enterprise, the system converts spirit volumes measured at ambient temperature to the volume at standard temperature based on the alcohol percentage. The system allows you to produce fortified wine and supports the legal reporting requirement for fortified products.