METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DESIGNING CELLS IN A PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT

摘要

A method of designing a cell in a print production environment may include identifying one or more print jobs, grouping the one or more print jobs into one or more job groups, identifying a job group to assign to a cell, identifying a print job, determining a process, determining a job volume, and determining whether the cell includes a production device capable of performing the determined process. The method may include, in response to the cell not including a production device capable of performing the determined process, determining a production device capable of performing the determined process, determining a capacity, and in response to determining that adding the determined production device to the cell will not increase a number of production devices in the cell to a value that exceeds a threshold value, adding the determined production device to the cell, and determining a recalculated capacity.

主权项

1. A method of designing a cell in a print production environment, the method comprising:
identifying one or more print jobs to process over a time period; grouping, by a computing device, the one or more print jobs into one or more job groups; identifying a job group from the one or more job groups to assign to a cell; identifying a print job from the identified job group; determining a process associated with performing the print job; determining a job volume associated with the determined process; determining, by the computing device, whether the cell includes a production device capable of performing the determined process; and in response to the cell not including a production device capable of performing the determined process:
determining a production device capable of performing the determined process,determining a capacity associated with the determined production device over the time period,determining whether adding the determined production device to the cell will increase a number of production devices in the cell to a value that exceeds a threshold value, andin response to determining that adding the determined production device to the cell will not increase a number of production devices in the cell to a value that exceeds a threshold value:
adding the determined production device to the cell, anddetermining a recalculated capacity associated with the determined production device by subtracting the job volume from the capacity.