Prerequisites
To launch this background job: Background Jobs Actions - Launch Update Rail WI Estimated Move Time (BACKGROUND_JOB_LAUNCH_UPDATE_RAIL_WI_ESTIMATED_MOVE_TIME) privilege
To halt this background job: Background Jobs Actions - Halt Jobs privilege
Launches the Update WI Estimated Move Time: UpdateRailWIEstimatedMoveTime background job to calculate the work instruction (WI) estimated move time (EMT) for when a given container will be loaded or discharged to/from Rail. They use POW productivity and non-overlapping CHE zones to set the WI nominated CHE and EMT fields. Rail Planners configure non-overlapping CHE zones so that only one RGC is assigned to a move, and they configure the POW productivity on which the EMTs are based. For more information, see Calculate Estimated Move Times for rail moves in Navis N4: Rail: Administrator and User Guide.
If you use the RGC Scheduler with N4 Automation, you should not run this background job. The RGC Scheduler is a distinct process that also calculates the nominated CHE and EMT for each work instruction, but it includes decision logic and also uses RGC kinematics rather than POW productivity to calculate EMTs for each WI. Kinematics, such as trolley and gantry speed, are more fine grained than POW productivity, which is only one number to present the total duration of any move. With the RGC Scheduler, CHE ranges are configured to widely overlap so that for most moves, any RGC could perform them if you only looked at the CHE Zones.
You can use the WI EMT generator functionality to define multiple EMT generators that work on updating WIs associated with different POWs. These EMT generators run independently as different background jobs. For more information, see INV_UPDATE_WI_ESTIMATED_MOVE_TIME.
To configure these background jobs:
Use the ARGOECN4002 (UPDATE_WI_ESTIMATED_MOVE_TIME_JOB_FREQ) setting to configure the frequency at which these background jobs run.
Use the UpdateWIEstimatedMoveTimeSample system-seeded code extension of type INV_UPDATE_WI_ESTIMATED_MOVE_TIME as a starting point from which to customize the logic for calculating WI EMT based on the Nominated CHE (WINC or Work Instruction Nominated CHE).