The Data Centric Architecture of a Factory Digital Twin
schedule by about two weeks . This type of automated FDT based analysis becomes critical for highly complex processes where manual / spreadsheet calculation is tedious or impossible .
5.2.2 FDT ANALYSIS EXAMPLE 2
The next case involves an alternative approach to improving plant capacity with Prod3 , not by capital spending , but by changing the way demands for the new product are managed . In this example the new product is well balanced between precursor and final stages but has a significant transition time when run adjacent to the existing products . Adding routine demands for Prod3 into the normal schedule induces transitions that reduce overall plant capacity .
Task
Material
Make Prec1 Prec1 250
Rate Kg / hour
Make Prod1 Prec1 -250
Make Prod1 Prod1 250
Make Prec2 Prec2 286
Make Prod2 Prec2 -250
Make Prod2 Prod2 250
Make Prec3 Prec3 125
Make Prod3 Prec3 -244
Make Prod3 Prod3 244 Table 5-3 : Example 2 process data .
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