The equipment used in the plant can now be defined. The equipment is split into a hierarchy of 3 levels as follows:
Units can then be further divided into Parts and Sub-Parts although these are only used when assigning the root cause of a downtime.
Once the hierarchy has been defined the rate of production on each unit can be specified for different materials. This can all be done by carrying out the following steps:
1. Equipment Classes: Define the different types of equipment used in the plant.
2. Equipment Hierarchy: Create equipment hierarchy.
3. Design Speed: Define maximum rates of production for each material used on each piece of equipment.