On the Asprova DS or NLS, it is now possible to activate licenses with electronic files in place of protectors for USB or printer ports. This allows Asprova DS or NLS to run on hardware without USB or printer ports or hardware on which hardware keys cannot be attached to USB or printer ports for security reasons. If you already have a protection key for USB or printer ports and want to […]

Integrated Master importing is now faster. The effect is significant when there are large numbers of deletions during importing such as when data is refreshed.  With a given set of data, the import time was reduced to more than one tenth. Example:   Integrated Master with 720,000 items     Before improvement: 240 minutes,     After improvement: 20 minutes

COM methods for uploading and downloading have been added to Asprova DS.   ASBProejct::Upload   ASBProejct::Download

A new symbol, !=, was added in the changeover settings, such as Item setup, Resource setup, and Spec setup.  Setting != in the previous and next items means "the previous item and next item do not match". The example in the following figure sets "the setup time to 0 if the items are the same and 120 minutes otherwise". By using the new symbol !=, you can express such conditions in a single […]

Resource lock can now be specified in Master use instructions of the Integrated Master. This makes it possible to lock resources according to the combination of items and resources. As shown in the following example, Equipment3 does not use a truck, but the previous and the next processes use a truck to move items. Therefore, by locking the resource in the Integrated Master, the truck can be properly locked (assigned). The following […]

GetResourceQtyTime( resource, start, end )   Returns the resource qty time(work time * resource qty) from the calculated start time to calculated end time.   The capacity can be calculated by taking the resource quantity into account. ResourceLoadByResourceQtyTime( resource, start, end, condition )   Returns the resource qty time(work time * resource qty) from the calculated start time to calculated end time.   The load can be calculated by taking the resource quantity into account. ResourceLoadIF […]

When an import or export command is used from a custom menu, scheduling parameter, or tool button to execute data I/O, only the data I/O object specified by the command is now connected. Previously, all objects were connected if import, export, and synchronization were set to "Yes" in the data I/O settings even when they were not specified by the command. This improvement resolved the following problems.   Useless processing was inserted because […]

The pivot function is used to aggregate values by specifying properties of interest in rows and columns.  It can be used on order tables, operation tables, input instruction tables, output instruction tables, and the like to aggregate and display the schedule results from various perspectives. For example, if you want to aggregate from an order table the quantities for "production", "sales" (orders), and "inventory" per week for each item grade and item, you […]

The event option function was enhanced. This function can be used to automatically assign clean up and other event operations on the basis of the production time, accumulated production quantity, and the like. Sub resources and input and output instructions can now be attached to event operations so that items such as workers and cleaning agents that are needed in the cleanup operation can also be scheduled at the same time. In […]

The "Split condition expression" property was added to Resource. For example, conditions–such as if the suspend time span of a sub resource (worker) is 1 hour or longer, if the operation crosses two days, or if the number of splitting is 10 or greater and the suspension time exceeds 1 hour–can now be specified to dynamically split operations. As shown below, if a tank operation requires workers to be assigned over three […]