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Planning a batch: make better-informed decisions with less guesswork
Dimpro Prod brings together delivery commitments, workload, cutting and logistics so planners can compare alternatives before confirming a batch.
Planning a batch is not simply a matter of gathering orders until a list is full. The same portfolio may allow several reasonable sequences, each favouring something different: meeting an urgent delivery, keeping the factory supplied, making better use of the glass or simplifying dispatch. That is why, in Dimpro Prod, planning is approached as an assisted decision , not as an automatic, unchangeable answer.
The first limits are set by the production date and delivery horizon. From there, the planner can include complete orders or select specific positions, separate what should not yet be manufactured and identify data requiring review. Before arranging anything, the screen summarises the selected volume through units, area, weight, shapes and estimated times: a simple snapshot of the workload we are about to send to the plant.
Then comes sequencing. A manual order can be retained, or criteria such as route, customer, order, reference, size, cutting difficulty, work steps or time compatibility can be combined. Grouping orders from the same route, for example, can simplify dispatch; bringing particularly demanding pieces forward can prevent them from becoming a bottleneck later. Visible labels and keys explain why each position occupies its place and allow the proposal to be adjusted before calculation.
Dimpro Prod allows different ways of grouping the same portfolio under the same starting conditions to be compared. A highly concentrated plan, an organisation by routes or customers and smaller waves can produce very different results. The comparison tool sets lead time, sheet consumption, waste, waiting times between sections and logistical work side by side. Dimpro Assist can explain what each alternative gains and sacrifices, but the choice remains with the planner.
The schedule completes this comparison by placing cutting and double glazing on the same timeline. This makes it easier to see when each wave will be available, which resource constrains progress and where waiting times may arise. In some cases, it is useful to protect a first wave so that the next section can start sooner; in others, keeping more work grouped together is more beneficial. It is also possible to review the time calculation, consult the Auto Opti details or investigate further when the decision warrants it.
Planning does not end at the last machine either. The selected order affects cutting racks, production continuity and the preparation of dispatch racks. Dimpro Prod allows compaction to be reviewed and the output to be kept organised by route, customer, order and priority, so that the glass reaches the loading bay with logistical coherence. Actual machine occupancy and work already in progress remain necessary checks before finalising the decision.
Only after reviewing the whole picture is the plan confirmed. The alternatives compared are simulations; the selected option generates the definitive waves and batches, still pending the corresponding cutting authorisation. The decision and its parameters are recorded. In this way, the tools make a complex problem visible and reduce calculation work, while the production manager retains what matters most: judgement and the final say.
