Total duration of batch in production now

[matia.mazzocco]

Dear all, 

I would like to create like a stopwatch which is able to estimate the time for the current batch in production. 

i.e., batch 1 ends, batch 2 starts: stopwatch switches to ON and starts giving as output the duration of the last batch (batch 2). 

Many thanks!

 

Matia 

[Joe Reckamp]

Hi Matia,

Can you clarify a bit as to exactly what you are looking for? For example, when Batch 2 is running, are you wanting to see the remaining time for Batch 2 assuming it would operate at the same duration as Batch 1 (e.g. (batch 1 duration) - (running time of batch 2))? Or are you just wanting to see the previous batch's duration? Or something else?

[matia.mazzocco]

Hi Joe, 

Yes sure!  I would like to estimate the duration of the current batch in production in hour (see picture attached below), so the batch we are still running.  

 

Thanks

 

Matia 

[Joe Reckamp]

Hi Matia,

If you have already made a capsule for the batch, you can simply use the timesince function in Formula to make a counter for the current batch duration:

timeSince($condition, 1h)

 

[matia.mazzocco]

Hello Joe, 

I`m not able to build the capsule for the current batch 

[Joe Reckamp]

What does your Batch Data look like? Do you have a Batch ID that tells you what batch is currently running?

[matia.mazzocco]

I have a string made by a letter plus numbers, i.e. X1000010 and SEEQ displays them in that way. 

[Joe Reckamp]

You should be able to do a Formula using toCondition to turn that into capsules:

$signal.toCondition('Batch ID')

 

[matia.mazzocco]

It works perfectly. 

 

Thanks Joe