About Production Profiles

In terms of the Production Loss Analysis data model, one Production Unit will be linked to one or more Production Profiles, as shown in the following image. Each Production Profile is linked to a single Product representing the product that the production unit produces. In addition, each Production Profile is linked to one or more Production Plans representing the planned production for that production unit and product combination. The image shows these relationships. The arrows represent relationship families, and the boxes represent entity families. The Production Profile family is outlined in red.

Each production unit can produce more than one product. For example, in a water-bottling facility, a single production unit might be responsible for producing both bottles and labels. A production unit will have one production profile for each product it produces. In other words, if a production unit produces two products, that production unit will have two production profiles.

Consider the following image, where a single production unit, Unit A, produces multiple products: Bottles and Labels. You can see that each production unit and product combination has its own production profile (outlined in red).

• For Unit A's bottle production, the production profile indicates that Unit A is capable of producing 5000 bottles per day, where each bottle yields a $5.00 profit.
• For Unit A's label production, the production profile indicates that Unit A is capable of producing 8000 labels per day, where each label yields a $2.00 profit.

You can also see that for each combination of a production unit, production profile, and product, multiple production plans exist.

Multiple production units can produce the same product. For example, in a facility that produces water bottles, bottle labels, and bottle caps, the water bottles might be produced by multiple production units. This ensures that if one production unit fails, some water bottles will continue to be produced by the other production unit.

A single product can be produced by more than one production unit. Consider the following image, which shows the product Bottles being produced by two production units, Unit A and Unit B. You can see that each production unit and product combination has its own production profile (outlined in red).

• For Unit A, the production profile indicates that Unit A is capable of producing 5000 bottles per day, where each bottle yields a $5.00 profit.
• For Unit B, the production profile indicates that Unit B is capable of producing 4000 bottles per day, where each bottle yields a $5.00 profit.

You can also see that for each combination of a production unit, production profile, and product, multiple production plans exist.