Operations App - Batch Settings

0:00: BC Connect Operations App Batch Settings.
0:04: Now that we have created a batch, let's review the settings.
0:07: Before we get started, note the batch info icons.
0:11: Hover over an icon to view a high-level explanation of the setting.
0:16: Here are batch settings.
0:17: Type in a comment to give your batch a name.
0:20: This text will show on all batch reports, so use this field to provide more information about the batch.
0:26: This box includes rich text formatting if you really need to draw attention to the batch.
0:31: This only affects the on-screen display in Edit batch, batch lists, and the Sawyer dashboard.
0:38: All changes to this page save automatically.
0:42: The next field is saw name.
0:44: The selection shown is your default saw, which is set in the Optimizer Location Settings.
0:50: The saw type affects the output format.
0:53: These are defaults drawn from the Optimizer Saw Settings page.
0:57: These should be adjusted in defaults to handle your most common situations, but may be changed for an individual batch as needed.
1:05: The optimizer mode allows you to choose between sort by length or best fit.
1:11: Best fit may result in a slightly better material usage, but sort by length is better to create cut pieces longest to shortest for easier material stacking.
1:21: Inventory mode is usually set to available to make use of your inventory and offcut pieces from previous batches.
1:28: Using the infinite setting ignores your inventory and will consider all lengths regardless of the amount of inventory you have.
1:35: This mode can help determine optimal lengths for large future projects.
1:40: However, infinite is not recommended for daily operations, as it won't track your offcuts.
1:46: Cut Precision rounds each cut piece up to the nearest multiple of the selected value.
1:51: The current choices are, As Submitted, PET or Precision End Trim, add 3 inches,
1:58: add 6 inches, 1 ft increment, or 2 ft increment.
2:02: For the setting to be useful, the original material list should be set to PET.
2:08: Check on Cut inventory blocking, and the optimizer will compare the number of blocks in your inventory against the number you wish to keep on hand.
2:17: If you need more blocks, the system will cut blocks only from waste.
2:21: If your Max waste is set too short, it won't allow the system to cut inventory blocks.
2:26: If a specific batch reaches the maximum quantity partway through, it will continue to consume waste material as blocking, even if it exceeds the Max quantity.
2:37: Subsequent batches will not cut inventory blocking until the inventory needs replenishing.
2:42: Talk to your Boise processing team for assistance and guidelines setting this up.
2:46: Change over time is the number of minutes a given batch might need to account for when different products are in the same batch.
2:53: In other words, how many minutes would it take to change from 11 7/8 BCI 6000 to 14 inch?
3:00: It will help estimate the amount of time a batch will take to cut.
3:04: Processing type is a new feature whereby off cuts at the beginning of a batch may be set aside and reused later in the batch without moving them out of the saw location.
3:14: This advanced feature should not be used without contacting the Boise Processing Team.
3:19: Leave this set to none.
3:21: Distribution group is an additional way to organize material.
3:25: Use none if you don't wish to use it.
3:27: Use distribution group when batching multiple jobs, and you want boards labeled in the out feed.
3:33: The additional choices are per project, per level, or custom.
3:38: These three options add two new columns on this page for level and distribution group number.
3:44: Custom allows some flexibility for changing the group numbers.
3:47: Distribution group will be reflected on the optimizer results page in the cut lists and distribution.
3:54: Each board in the cut lists will display the distribution group label at the left end of the board.
4:00: Block precision rounds each blocking cut piece up to the nearest multiple of the selected value.
4:06: The current choices are as submitted, PET, 1 ft increment, 2 ft increment, or undercut by 1/16 inch.
4:15: For this setting to be useful, the original material list should be set to PET.
4:20: Inventory length preference has three options None, Stocked and Preselected.
4:26: A selection of none makes no changes to the process.
4:29: You may manually select lengths for each batch.
4:32: Stocked chooses lengths that are marked as stocked in the inventory module.
4:36: Preselected selects user defined lengths as configured for each product in saw settings.
4:42: Refer to the article Inventory Length Preference for a detailed video showing how to set this up.
4:48: This concludes this video.
4:50: Thank you for watching.