Changeover Rules

Use changeover rules to specify the time it will take to prepare a resource for the production of an item. Preparation activities are cleanups or setups that must be done when the item being produced on a resource changes. To manage changeover rules, open the actions menu for an organization and click the Changeover Rules option.

Note: Changeover rules are applied only on resources that have resource type set to equipment and default units available set to 1 in Work Definition work area in Supply Chain Execution.

Define a Changeover Rule

1. On the Manage Changeover Rules page, click Add.

2. Specify a sequence number to indicate when the changeover occurs. You can use decimal values.

3. Select either the resource group or the work center and resource. You can edit all fields using the REST service.

4. Select the attribute on which the changeover will occur. If you leave the Attribute field blank, the rule applies to all attributes.

5. Select the current and changed attribute values. If you leave the From and/or To fields empty, the rule applies to all from and/or all to attribute values.

6. Specify the duration of the changeover and the duration unit of measure.

7. Specify the cost of the changeover. It's considered when the user-defined attribute sequence is set to Reverse.

During schedule calculation, if multiple changeover rules are applicable between two work order operations, then the rules with a lower sequence number are applied. Hence the more specific rules with respect to resources, attributes, and attribute values should be assigned lower sequence number and the more general catch-all type rules should be assigned higher sequence number.

Changeover rules can also be defined using the Supply Chain Planning/Production Scheduling Organizations/Changeover Rules REST service. To know more, refer to the REST API for Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM guide.