You may want to begin planning by defining what appear to be obvious areas. As you continue planning your configuration, you may see different relationships that prompt you to redefine your original areas.
The key to defining areas is to identify one or more:
Physically independent
areas that have their own repetitive actions in machinery or
peripheral equipment, for example, a raw material cutting area that
has its own light source.
Logical areas, each with
its scheduling needs, for example, reporting that is due every
Friday.
Note: The Action Calendar lets you
handle your entire facility through a single area. In fact, Action
Calendar provides a pre-configured area, Plant that you can use as a starting
point.
A plant wide area may be appropriate for company wide actions. However, most likely you will also need to define more specific areas.
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