Systems / Experimental discovery

Production laboratory

Investigate three stations, schedule six operations, and adapt your plan to an outage.

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Your workbench

Discover three stations, then schedule six jobs twice with the same station assignments. Scenario 2 closes station 3 from time 3 to 5.

D follows A, E follows B, F follows C. A material change adds one setup tick and one solvent unit. Power ≤3, solvent ≤8, wait after predecessor ≤6. Finish by 10 normally and 12 during the outage.

Experiment bench

Bench stationTest materialPrevious material

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Station 2 uses power 1 and takes amber 3 / mint 2. Station 3 uses power 1 and takes either material 2. A changeover adds 1. Using those two stations avoids the shared power bottleneck.

Schedule monitor

A0–2

D0–4

B0–3

E0–3

C0–2

F0–2

Finish time4

Peak power8 / 3

Solvent7 / 8

Timeline shows ticks 0–25. Blocks include any changeover. Amber and mint also carry text labels in the editor below.

Dispatch editor

Job / material	After	Station (both scenarios)	Normal start	Outage start
A · amber	—	Station for A	Normal start A	Outage start A
B · amber	—	Station for B	Normal start B	Outage start B
C · mint	—	Station for C	Normal start C	Outage start C
D · mint	A	Station for D	Normal start D	Outage start D
E · amber	B	Station for E	Normal start E	Outage start E
F · mint	C	Station for F	Normal start F	Outage start F

Explore the controls, then check your result.

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