Sizing in Manufacturing

Hi All:
Does anyone have a spreadsheet that will help me do some sizing for the database that is using Oracle Apps, Manufacturing module. I heard that there is one floating around.
Thanks
Eddie Lufker

Hi,
did you have a look at SAP PI sizing doc?
do you need any more info on anything more specific ?
http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/2016a0b1-1780-2b10-97bd-be3ac62214c7
Regards,
Michal Krawczyk

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Sizing the database for Manufacturing

Hi All:
Does anyone have a spreadsheet that will help me do some sizing for the database that is using Oracle Apps,
Manufacturing module. I heard that there is one floating around.
Thanks
Eddie Lufker

The installation instructions for each Oracle application contain sizing guidelines and minimum system requirements. These are accessible through Oracle Metalink or from the Oracle store at WWW.Oracle.com. In addition, your Oracle Sales Rep or Consultant can help you with sizing based on
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I'm about to hop on the mac train and buy a macbook 2.16GHz( the recent previous black model)
It's coming with 1GB of memory and I wanted to buy 2GB to add to it. I found a good deal for a OWC 2GB DDR2 PC2-5300 667MHz DIMM(it's one stick of 2GB).
Is it compatible to mix different memory makes and if so, is it also optimal? Would the optimizing power be the same if I used all the memory from one manufacturer or it makes no difference? Thanks.

bdkjones wrote:
As long as the memory is by a major manufacturer (Samsung, Hynix, Micron, etc) it should not matter.
You do get a slight advantage by using 2 of the same capacity RAM modules. (i.e. 2x1GB chips or 2x2GB chips). In practice, however, this performance gain really isn't noticeable. You have to run a memory benchmark test to see the difference.
I remember there was this supposed IT guy who claimed that different brands of memory "fight it out". Some of the answers were absolutely hilarious. Seriously, there's nothing that consistent about a single brand of memory. There are always variations, but I wouldn't worry about a thing provided the memory actually meets its published specs. You get variation quality with memory modules that aren't fully-branded by one of the major memory IC manufacturers, but there are some reputable brands out there (OCZ, PNY, Patriot, etc).
I have an iBook G4 1.42. For two+ years I've been running the permanent Samsung memory with a 1 GB Micron PC2700 module. I've never encountered anything that suggests that there is a problem with it.
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Open Letter to Companies Selling/Manufacturing Monitors *sigh*

I just wanted to ask if anyone ever intends to make better screen resolutions?
Over the last ten years, resolutions have been yielding bigger and bigger pixels (fewer PPI), despite advances in video cards, LED technology, and operating systems.
I understand many users don't grasp the concept that the DPI setting in their display options adjust the scale of their GUI. I have no kind words for those people, because they have needlessly wrecked the market for everyone else. But to a growing customer base of geeks who like their graphics to be crisp, please tell me somone has some intention of creating something larger than silly 1080p for laptops and normal-sized monitors.
I have a laptop that is 7 years old (15.4" 1920x1200)--if I bought a new one, I would have to downgrade the screen quality significantly. I have two 23" 2048x1152 monitors that are both no longer sold--if I were to replace them, I would have to downgrade. Something is wrong with this picture. This is like new video cards performing at fewer FPS, or hard drives with slower RPM, or top-of-the-line CPUs with fewer GHz that what the made SEVEN years ago. Seven. Seven YEARS ago, in an industry known for rapid advancements. GPUs on average support up to or beyond 2560x1600. That's some room for improvement . . . Been there for a looong time.
I don't care if 16:10 aspect ratio dies, but at least replace it with something better instead of worse. If someone (talking to you, Lenovo) should EVER increase resolution instead of decreasing it, please let me know. When that day occurs, I'll be in the market for a new laptop and probably a new monitor (or 3).
Thanks. . . . Hear back from you in another ten years? Or will the precious 1080p get replaced with 720p by then?
P.S. You people who can't figure out how to scale your GUI DPI . . . I hate you. . . . >.< You set an entire industry back at least 10 years. And even if I could understand people complaining about the 1920x1200 on a 15.4" laptop . . . what about a 23" monitor??!! My 2048x1152 are awesome, but they could be so much better--and they're still better than anyone manufactures anymore.

Junk Mail Designer wrote:
I'm not biting.
I've read too many reports in the media from people more highly credentialed than Mr. Johnson to the contrary.
The analogies and comparisons are still way off. Production didn't get cheaper, the phone didn't get upgraded, no carrier's are subsidizing, retailer's are not discounting. Never has the MSRP of CD-ROMs, nor cellphones, nor HDTV's dropped this quickly in history.
I'm tired and going to bed. But here's your assignment. Apple's price decrease rate is 33.3% in 67 days. What would a $10,000 item cost at that rate in one year?
Actually product advancement and innovation are very much the central issue here. Apple has effectively "upgraded" the 4GB unit to 8GB and reduced the price by $100. It's all in how you look at it.
The real issue of innovation and development has yet to be seen, but the recent price drop is an indicator that Apple already has something "in the shoot" to be released soon.
I was thinking it might take a year for a new version of the iPhone to be announced. Yet, with the recent price drop, it seems they may be lowering the price on the original unit to make room for a new one. Which is my point exactly. Apple is so fast at innovating that they already have something new to release (that's my prediction).
They can't release something new and sell the old units if the "something new" and the "something old" are at the same price. It makes sense that the 8GB unit would drop to $400 and the new one will be $600.

Oracle Server Sizing

Hello.
I'm looking for some advice on server sizing.
I currently work a small/medium sizing manufacturing company. We are currently using a mix of different versions of FoxPro (cringe) and are in the process of planning an upgrade path to Oracle.
We have about 10-15gb of corporate data in foxpro tables and have roughly 50 users, probably only 15-30 concurrently accessing data at any given point during the day.
We have 3 data entry staff who would do the bulk of the transactions, the remaining users sporadically query the data sporadically throughout the day.
It's very hard for me to determine querires per minute though, but I would guess it's easily under 500 per minute (that's at least double what I really think it is)
I am hoping to run Oracle 10g Standard Edition on Linux or Windows.
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I am hoping to be able to run:
Single P4 or AMD64 in the 3GHz+ range
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You're probably more in the 10g Standard Edition One camp ($5,000 per CPU for a perpetual license) than just a plain Standard Edition ($15,000 per CPU for a perpetual license) since you're not going to be using servers that support more than 2 CPU's.
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Release 12 and ASCP sizing template?

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It is especially well suited to improving the manufacturing processes of engineer-to-order, make-to-order and high-volume make- to-stock manufacturers in the automotive, electronics, capital equipment, and discrete products industries.
Built on excellence
eresource's cost-effective, web-based ERP solution, combined with eresource's flexible and affordable pricing structures, provides SMEs with a technology solution having all of the functionality and benefits of a "big company" ERP system - but with minimal investment and risk.
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Implementation is fast and easy, without the need for expensive hardware and high fees for licensing, implementation, upgrades and maintenance. This also helps avoid additional financial burden for Small and Medium sized business sector. Once implemented, the result is maximum value with minimal investment and low risk. Eresource ERP offers a powerful ERP solution for manufacturers and a high value proposition for SMEs who would rather expand resources on building a successful business.
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Hi,
This is possible and SAP have one tool or module in ERP in the name of XI. Pls read more about this in below filed.
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/Helpdata/EN/9b/821140d72dc442e10000000a1550b0/content.htm
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Oracle ebs hardware sizing

Hi all,
EBS - 12.1.3
Database - 11.2.0.2
OS - rhel
we have RAM - 16xVCPU 64GB for database, 2xVCPU 64GB (300 - 400 users) for application in production system.What would be the recommended RAM for DEV and TEST (i am not sure about the number of users in DEV and TEST) ?
Thanks,
Ayyappan

Hi;
There is no specific doc for your question. It seems your source enough for begin than you can check your system and can decide your system need more cpu or ram.
Key parameters are
1)Number of users simultaneously logging into the system ,
2)Number of modules of ERP suit ,
3)Number of foreground and background jobs (e.g. report),
4)Expected speed of the system ,
5)Manufacturer and his type of the hardware under consideration .
Generally ERP vendor provides a hardware sizing upon submitting certain information .Their questionnaire is available on their site .
http://blogs.oracle.com/stevenChan/2010/08/ebs_sizing_primer.html
I suggest also review:
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=3888272#3888272
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=637442
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=984101&tstart=0
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Based on the document provided by Oracle corp. for sizing stated that
70 users per CPU and 8mb memory is required for each user to access Oracle Apps 11i.
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Based on the other requirement to access to the legacy systems and all let me know version of the Oracle enterprise database and no of users could access that and then I can give the requirement.
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Typical number of CVCs and Matlocs for Sizing

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I know it varies from company to company but trying to understand what would be the optimal number.
I have seen anywhere between 6000 to 600,000 SKUs for SNP and about 500,000 CVC's for DP. Please share your experiences and I am hoping that this thread can be a good resource for people looking to understand the sizing effort of APO application.
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I have seen Matlocs of abt 250k and CVCs of about 50k.
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With Half-Sized Frame and SP/LP error, am I getting lower quality?

Seven years ago, I recorded some videos with my Canon ZR miniDV camcorder. I want to preserve the quality of these videos by archiving them on my Mac. The read head on this camcorder is broken. So, I'm borrowing my brother's Sony Digital Handycam DCR-PC110 NTSC to play these miniDV video tapes.
When I use iMovie 6 to import, I get this message:
"The camera is sending half-sized frames, which iMovie can’t accept. Check your camera’s record mode (this is the setting that affects recording quality, which determines the total recording time on a tape). The mode must be set to “SP” or “LP.” If that doesn't help, try removing all the cables and batteries from the camera, wait a minute, replace them, and then reset the date, time, and record mode."
The recording mode is already set to "SP". However, I still cannot import. Every time I try to play the video, it shows a fraction of a second of the video and then it stops. If I disconnect the camera from the Mac, I can play the video without a problem. It seems that iMovie 6 will not allow me to play this video.
Does anybody know what the problem is?
With my brother's miniDV tapes, I don't get this problem on his Sony Digital Handycam.
From some research, I read that it might have something to do with playing a PAL recording instead of NTSC. However, my cameras are NTSC. I've never (consciously or remember to) use PAL. iMovie 6 is set to 29.97 bps frame rate, which is supposedly NTSC.
I tried the suggestion from this posting:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/1808010#1808010
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- Started playing my miniDV tape.
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"..the last 43 minutes of clips, cannot play well on my Canon camcorder.."
Run through the tapes to see how many total minutes of material you have on these tapes. A miniDV tape records a maximum of 63 mins at Standard Play rate, and up to about 90 mins at LP (Long Play) rate.
If you have more than 63 mins of material on these tapes, then the recording was made at LP rate.
At LP rate, the tape moves at 2/3 the speed of SP, which means that the video tracks recorded on the tape are very narrow. This means that when those tapes are played in a different camcorder the heads may read the tape properly, because there's no margin for error on these very narrow tracks. When replaying an LP tape, the camcorder's heads may not properly align with the recorded track, giving the 'half frame' error you mentioned.
No camera manufacturer guarantees that any LP material will play correctly on any camcorder other than the one on which it was recorded (because of these narrow LP tracks). [Sony created the professional 'DVCAM' speed - one-and-a-half-times normal SP speed, so two-thirds the recording time - to provide -w-i-d-e-r- tracks than normal, and thus ensure that professional DV recordings can be played back and edited on equipment other than the camcorder which was used
for shooting the material.]
The only solution for LP tapes is to try importing from as many different camcorders as possible till you find one which will do the job. (I had to do exactly the same thing last week, and found that various other Sony 'consumer-grade' camcorders - the material was recorded on a Sony - couldn't 'lock onto' the LP track, but professional or 'prosumer' (more expensive) Canon (XLH1) and Sony (FX1) camcorders could play the old LP material.)
Before trying to play old tapes, whether SP or LP, always wind them fast-forward all the way to the end, then rewind them - at least once - to make sure that the tape layers don't stick together, and to ease the stresses in the tape. You should also do this once a year to every recorded tape, to avoid stresses, pinching, and 'print-through' (seepage of magnetism from one layer of tape to others).
P.S: Have you tried cleaning the 'broken' head on your old Canon? Dip a cotton bud in methylated spirits - or, better still, carbon tetrachloride 'dry cleaning' fluid - and slowly turn the head drum, and wipe up and down it, over and over again ..making sure NOT to catch cotton wool in the sharp narrow gap between each of the (two) heads, which are each halfway round the head (at 180 degrees to each other). Wipe carefully, then examine the cotton bud and see if there are any brown stains on it ..if so, you've cleaned old muck off the head. Repeat with a new cotton bud until there are no more stains on it. Leave the head drum to dry for 10 minutes, playing gentle (half) heat from a hair-dryer on it, but don't melt the plastic camcorder - so that the fluid evaporates and doesn't stick any tape to the head! - then try importing again.
P.P.S: "..It seems that iMovie 6 will not allow me to play this video.." iMovie's tolerance for damaged digital video frames is far tighter than any camcorder's: a camcorder will often replace 'damaged' frames with detail from the undamaged frame before, so doesn't give a clear idea of how damaged the video data may be. If it won't import, it's damaged, possibly through head misalignment, or through a weak or dissipated signal. (Earlier versions, such as iMovie 2.1.2, were more tolerant of 'dodgy' video, and could import material which later versions, e.g; iMHD6, won't allow accept.)

Wireless Environment Sizing

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Thanks,
Alessandro

Some vendors are relying on CAPWAP or LWAPP sizing tools alone to determine AP placement. But I would say that there is not one tool alone or a single sizing guideline to use.
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1 AP per 3500 sq feet - SAFE FOR DATA and SOME VOICE
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Irregular sized pics on Pixma MG5220?

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Best Practice for manufacturing Industrial Machinery in batch size

Dear Sir,
We have a scenario where we need to manufacture Industrial Machine in a Batch Size of 10 nos . These machines have multi level BOM and total manufacturing cycle time is approx 3 months .
We request you to kindly suggest us about the best manufacturing practices related process we should follow to address this scenario .
At present , we have been manufacturing these Machines on individual basis ( It means MRP run is done for individual machne and production orders generated are also on individual machine manufacturing basis) .
We would be highly greatful for the suggested solution pl .
Rgds
Sonia Agarwala

Dear ,
Please use the following functionality in your case :
1.If you are particualr to have 10 pc in each batch qty then keep the Lot Size as Fixed Lot Sixe -FX with Fixed lot size qty as 10 in material master MRP1 view .
2.As your approximate manufacturing cycle is 3 motnhs , then you can have MRP run once three months for FG and plan your dependent accordingly through MRP .
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