Sequential Objectives

Internal Table Name: SequentialObjectives

Objective

Technology: NO

Table: SequentialObjectives

Internal Name: ObjectiveName

Type: Short Text (50)

Select the objective to be used in Sequential Optimization. This represents the objective function or hard constraint violation that you want to use during solving. The same objective can be selected more than once, enabling you to group the objective with various other objectives based on Priority. For a list of all available Objective values, refer to Objectives and Hard Constraints.

Priority

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Table: SequentialObjectives

Internal Name: Priority

Type: Number (Integer)

Priority determines an objective group. Each group is solved together. All Objectives with Priority 1 are grouped together and solve, then all Objectives with Priority 2 are grouped together and solved next, and so on.

Tolerance

Technology: NO

Table: SequentialObjectives

Internal Name: Tolerance

Type: Number (Float)

The tolerance specifies the amount of deviation in the objective value when solving the next hierarchy.

For example, assume the first Priority objective (Total Transportation Cost) has a Tolerance of 0.25 and no Tolerance is specified for the second Priority objective (Total Profit). Network Optimization first minimizes Total Transportation Cost, then maximizes Total Profit such that the new value of total Transportation Cost does not deviate more than 25% from the value when the first hierarchy was solved.

By default, the tolerance is 1.0e-6.

Weight

Technology: NO

Table: SequentialObjectives

Internal Name: Weight

Type: Number (Float)

This is a weight applied to the objective function. For example, if your model has a Fixed Operating Cost of 10000 and you specify a Weight of 2 for the Total Fixed Operating Cost Objective, this will be treated as a cost of 20000. The default Weight is 1.

Site

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Table: SequentialObjectives

Internal Name: Site

Type: Short Text (50)

For constraints that are site-dependent, specify the site(s) to which the objective function applies. For example, Site Throughput Capacity and Demand are Objectives that can be constrained at the Site level.

Source

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Table: SequentialObjectives

Internal Name: Source

Type: Short Text (50)

For constraints that are source location-dependent, select the source site(s) to which the objective function applies. For example, Flow is an objective that can be constrained at the Source level.

Destination

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Table: SequentialObjectives

Internal Name: Destination

Type: Short Text (50)

For constraints that are destination location-dependent, select the destination site(s) or customer(s) to which the objective function applies. For example, Flow is an objective that can be constrained at the Destination level.

Product

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Table: SequentialObjectives

Internal Name: Product

Type: Short Text (50)

For constraints that are product-dependent, select the product(s) to which the objective function applies. For example, Flow and Demand are objectives that can be constrained at the Product level.

Mode

Technology: NO

Table: SequentialObjectives

Internal Name: Mode

Type: Short Text (100)

For constraints that are mode-dependent, select the mode(s) to which the objective function applies. For example, Flow is an objective that can be constrained at the Mode level.

Period

Technology: NO

Table: SequentialObjectives

Internal Name: Period

Type: Short Text (50)

For constraints that are period-dependent, select the period(s) to which the objective function applies. For example, Work Center Throughput Capacity is an objective that can be constrained at the Period level.

Asset

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Table: SequentialObjectives

Internal Name: Asset

Type: Short Text (50)

For constraints that are asset-dependent, select the asset(s) to which the objective function applies. Supported asset types for this column are Transportation Assets, Work Centers and Work Resources. For example, Work Center Throughput Capacity is an objective that can be constrained at the Work Center level.

Process

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Table: SequentialObjectives

Internal Name: Process

Type: Short Text (50)

For constraints that are process-dependent, select the process(es) to which the objective function applies. For example, Production is an objective that can be constrained at the Process level.

Expression

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Table: SequentialObjectives

Internal Name: Expression

Type: Short Text (50)

Identify the Expression Name to which the objective function applies.

Type

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Table: SequentialObjectives

Internal Name: Type

Type: Short Text (50)

Identify the constraint type to which the objective function applies (Min, Max, Cond Min, Fixed).

Storage Space

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Table: SequentialObjectives

Internal Name: StorageSpace

Type: Short Text (50)

For constraints that are storage space-dependent, select the storage space(s) to which the objective function applies. For example, Maximum Storage Space Expansion is an objective that can be constrained at the Storage Space level.

Shipping Space

Technology: NO

Table: SequentialObjectives

Internal Name: ShippingSpace

Type: Short Text (50)

For constraints that are shipping space-dependent, select the shipping space(s) to which the objective function applies. For example, Maximum Shipping Space Expansion is an objective that can be constrained at the Shipping Space level.

Status

Technology: NO

Table: SequentialObjectives

Internal Name: Status

Type: Short Text (50)

One of Include, Exclude.

Use this field to specify whether a record is included or excluded from optimization.