Hi,

How can we most efficently define the time a part needs to dry, but when it is drying it should not be counted as capacity on that work center?

We paint a part, and after painting it needs to dry for 1 hour before we can continue with the next operation. However, the drying phase does not take capacity on the painting workcenter. So it should be added to the total lead time, but not take any capacity.

We thought of queue time, but that’s for the workcenter itself. Drying time depends on the part.

Making another workcenter to dry seems a bit overkill, so I wonder if anyone has another idea?

Thanks!

Merten