On the 64-bit version of Asprova, the following commands were extended to support multithreading.   Assign/peg orders,   Assign manufacturing orders,   Assign time fix constrained operations,   Assign result constrained operations,   Time wise load leveling,   Explode orders On computers with multiple CPUs, multi-core CPU, and Hyper-Threading CPU, processing speed is faster.  For example, 4 million operations can be scheduled in 17 minutes (*1).   Even when the schedule period is longer than a year or when the […]

A delete object command was added to scheduling commands. It is now possible to automatically delete past orders and unnecessary master objects. The new delete object command can be inserted into a custom menu, tool button, and scheduling parameter for use. Since you can select the objects to be deleted and write the items to be deleted in expressions, you can easily delete objects according to operational rules by using a custom […]

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 […]