Minimum Transfer Quantity
Minimum transfer quantity is defined on an item's work definition to schedule overlapping and sequential operations of work orders. You can start the next operation when minimum transfer quantity is completed in the prior operation of the work order.
If the Consider minimum transfer quantity for schedule calculation checkbox in the Advanced Schedule Options section of Schedule Options page is selected, Oracle Production Scheduling considers the minimum transfer quantity during schedule calculation. If there's a minimum transfer quantity defined on an item's work definition, it will schedule operation resources considering this minimum transfer quantity. This might result in operations overlapping and earlier completion times.
Only operation-resource sequences, with basis set as variable in Oracle Manufacturing, permit overlap if minimum transfer quantity is considered. If the basis is set as fixed, operations are rigidly scheduled one after the other, without overlaps, regardless of minimum transfer quantity.
If the Consider minimum transfer quantity for schedule calculation checkbox isn’t selected, Oracle Production Scheduling ignores the minimum transfer quantity, and all operations are scheduled sequentially without considering minimum transfer quantities. There won't be any overlaps, and each operation will follow the previous one in a sequential manner.
Minimum transfer quantity defined in the work definition applies to all operations within that work definition.
You can edit the Consider minimum transfer quantity for schedule calculation checkbox only if you opt-in to Plan and Schedule Supplies Respecting Minimum Transfer Quantity between Operations feature.
Batch Quantity Scaling
In process work definitions, the batch quantity plays a crucial role in scaling both the quantity and duration values for operation minimum transfer quantity slices.
For instance, if a work order has a quantity of 100, a batch quantity of 10, and an minimum transfer quantity of 20, Production Scheduling will divide the work order into 5 minimum transfer quantity slices. Each slice will be scaled to 1/5th of the total work order duration and will produce 20 units.
Ideally, the minimum transfer quantity in process work definitions should match the batch quantity or be multiples of the batch quantity.
How is Minimum Transfer Quantity Considered During Repair Action
- For single-operation work orders, repair always compresses operations.
- For multi-operation work orders, compression depends on the Repair mode:
- Single-stage repair compresses operations.
- Multi-stage repair might keep the original duration if the manual schedule change allows.