Hi. We are currently running IFS Cloud 23R1 in the Gov Cloud.
My understanding based on release notes is that Constraint Based Scheduling (CBS) / Advanced Planning Board (APB) functionality will eventually be deprecated, to be replaced with Manufacturing Scheduling and Optimization (MSO) functionality. We recently upgraded to 23R1, but the MSO functionality is not available, presumably because it is licensed separately.
We have security configured to secure ITAR data at the site level, so we have set up a regular non-ITAR site and an ITAR site for such locations. These locations have work centers that are used for both ITAR and non-ITAR work, so separate work centers are set up in each site for the same physical work centers. This results in a lot of manual work to maintain the schedules and capacity, so we are looking into a possible customization to have work center capacity / scheduling automatically updated for these work centers - so that when a shop order operation is created/updated in a non-ITAR site, a Resource Break is created/updated for the same work center in the ITAR site, and vice versa.
Thus, we need to understand the potential impact re: MSO. In the IFS Documentation, there is a section for Resource Break Scheduling under APB, but I don’t see anything related to Resource Breaks for MSO.
1 - Since we are licensed for CBS/APB, should we be able to use MSO through a license transfer or upgrade? Or do we need to purchase something new? And would it also require the Planning and Scheduling Optimization (PSO)?
2 – Are Resource Breaks used with MSO? If so, how might MSO impact Resource Breaks? If not, is there similar functionality used with MSO?
3 – Any other suggestions on how to manage capacity / scheduling for work centers in separate sites as described above? Or any other alternatives for securing ITAR data?
Thanks in advance!
Jen