NextGen FSM

Emergency response flow - reprocessing

The final stage of the emergency response workflow efficiently schedules and reorganizes non-urgent activities for technicians.

Activate global lock

When an emergency response task starts, the operation center has a global lock that:

  • Remains active through all three sub-phases.

  • Only releases once the entire cycle is complete.

Protect emergency assignments

The system protects emergency assignments with specific rules like:

  • Fixed management: Emergency response activities are treated as Fixed. 

    • The system can’t move activities in position or time during emergency response.

    • Set the model parameter Immediate scheduling activities management to Fixed.

  • The "anchor" logic: The last assigned emergency activity serves as the anchor for the rest of the day's schedule.

    • Start position: Optimization begins at the location of the last emergency task.

    • Start time: Optimization begins at the end time of the last emergency task, and accounts for real-time updates from the field.

  • Non-removable activities: If the assigned emergency tasks meet your required count of "Non-Removable Activities", the system won’t lock any further standard activities. 

    • If they don’t meet your required count, the system treats currently-scheduled tasks as non-removable until that coverage is met.

Understand exclusion and inclusion rules

Reprocessing handles filters differently than a standard optimization:

Filter

Logic in Reprocessing Phase

Bypassed Filters

The system ignores exclusions based on Skills, Maximum Distance, Remaining Shift Time, or Time since last recalibration.

Synchronization

The Max time interval since last feedback check is ignored if it occurs before the technician's calendar start.

Note: It is disabled if set to -1.

Unavailability

Technicians are excluded if the time that remains until their unavailability ends exceeds the maximum time interval for one of their shifts to begin.

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