You use this program to maintain existing operation allocations for a job.
You add operations to a job using the Labor Allocations program and then use the Maintain Operations for Job program if you need to make changes to these allocations.
The Labor Allocations listview displays details of operation allocations for a job.
This screen is displayed when you select the Change option from the Labor Allocations program.
| Field | Description |
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| Save | Select this icon to save the details you entered or changed. |
| Operation | Indicate the operation you want to maintain. |
| Play | Select this to use the Multimedia program to view multimedia objects defined against the operation. |
| Edit | Select this to use the Multimedia program to define multimedia objects against the operation. |
| Zoom | Select this to view additional information for the
allocation, including narrations. See Zoom on Internal/Subcontract Operations. This option is only enabled when you access the Maintain Operations for Job program by selecting the Change operation option from the WIP Job Allocation Graph program. |
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| Operation | This indicates the operation number you entered. | ||||
| Operation type | This indicates whether the operation is internal or subcontracted. | ||||
| Work center | This indicates the work center to which the operation
has been assigned.
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| Description | This indicates the work center description and is displayed for information purposes. | ||||
| Time unit of measure | This indicates the time unit of measure defined against the cost center (Browse on Cost Centers) defined against the work center. | ||||
| Quantity unit of measure | This displays the stocking unit of measure defined against the parent item (Stock Code Maintenance) and indicates the unit of measure for the value in the Startup quantity field. | ||||
| Capacity required | This indicates the capacity required for the internal operation. | ||||
| Capacity spread |
Select this to maintain the capacity spread for the work center. This applies only for internal operations, and if you enabled the option: Work in Progress load levelling required (WIP Setup). |
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| Hierarchy | Indicate the hierarchy to which the operation must be assigned. You can use the Hierarchies for Job program to maintain hierarchies for the job. This option is only enabled when you maintain operations for an hierarchical job. |
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| Operation times | The calculation of the total number of days required to complete all operations (i.e. queue time, elapsed time, start time, complete time and move time) is affected by your selection at the setup option: Allow operation to end earlier than prior operation (WIP Setup). | ||||
| Previous operation move | Select this to change the movement time for the previous operation. | ||||
| Queue time | Select this to change the queue time of the current operation. | ||||
| Elapsed time fixed | Select this to specify a fixed elapsed time for the operation. | ||||
| Elapsed time | This indicates the elapsed time of the current
operation. Indicate the elapsed time if you selected the Elapsed time fixed option. |
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| Move time | This indicates the time required for the operation to
move between work centers. This defaults to the movement time defined against the Bill of Materials for the parent item (Structures and Routings), but can be changed. If you enter -999 in this field, then this operation will run together with the preceding operation (i.e. this operation and the previous operation will run in parallel). If the elapsed time for both operations is the same, then the two operations will start and end at the same time. If their elapsed times differ, then you can force the operations to either end at the same time or start at the same time depending on how you sequence them. If you sequence the longer operation first, then they will end together. If you sequence the shorter operation first, then they will start together. In each case, you set the -99 movement time against the second operation. The entry made here is only used if you have not defined a movement matrix for the work center (Browse on Work Center Move Matrices). |
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| Next operation queue | You use this field to change the queue time for the next operation. | ||||
| Total time | This indicates the total time assigned to the operation. | ||||
| Operation dates | |||||
| Calculate dates | You can only access this field if the operation is for a job against which dates were manually entered. | ||||
| Queue date | This indicates the queue date for an internal operation. | ||||
| Start date | This indicates the start date of the operation. | ||||
| End date | This indicates the end date of the operation. | ||||
| Scheduled | Information is displayed in these fields if you are using the Factory Scheduling module. | ||||
| Additional information | |||||
| Maximum units | Indicate the maximum number of productive units available in the work center that can be used on the operation. This value is used in the calculation of capacity required and elapsed time. | ||||
| Units description | This indicates the description for the units in the Maximum units field. | ||||
| Setup time | Indicate the time taken to ready a specific machine, process or work center for use. No usable items are produced during the setup period. It forms part of the operation elapsed time. | ||||
| Startup time | Indicate the time taken to gradually bring the specific machine, line or work center up to full production speed while producing usable product. It forms part of the operation elapsed time. | ||||
| Startup quantity | Indicate the quantity of product manufactured during the start up period. This is deducted from the actual quantity to be manufactured when the run time is calculated. | ||||
| Run time method | This indicates the run time calculation method defined against the work center (Work Centers). | ||||
| Quantity | Enter the quantity of the item that can be manufactured
in the time entered in the Time taken
field below. This field is only enabled if the Run time calculation method defined against the work center is Rate or Block (Work Centers). |
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| Time taken | Enter the time taken to produce the specific quantity
of the item entered in the Quantity
field. This field is only enabled if the Run time calculation method defined against the work center is Rate or Block (Work Centers). |
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| Unit run time | Indicate the time taken to produce one unit during full
speed production. It forms part of elapsed time. For Rate and Block run time methods, the unit run time is calculated according to the Quantity and Time taken values. |
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| Teardown time | Indicate the time taken to close down the specific machine, line, or work center used in the operation after production is complete. It forms part of the elapsed time. Typically, no usable items are produced during the teardown period. | ||||
| Wait time | Indicate the amount of time between the end of the
current operation and the availability of the product to be
moved to the next work center. This forms part of elapsed
time.
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| Work center rate indicator | Indicate the work center rate applicable to this operation. | ||||
| Number of pieces |
Indicate the number of pieces involved in the operation. This enables you to mark quantities in a measure that is meaningful to you. For example: If the job is to make bicycle wheels and this operation is to make spokes for the wheels, then you could indicate that 30 spokes (i.e. number of pieces) are required for each wheel. Additionally, when making spokes for a bicycle wheel, the operator could mark the number of spokes produced during the operation enabling the system to calculate the number of wheels for which the operator has manufactured spokes. |
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| Inspection | This field is only used for documentation purposes and can be printed on your factory documentation. | ||||
| None | Select this if no inspection is required for the operation. | ||||
| Sample | Select this if a sample inspection is required for the operation. | ||||
| Full | Select this if a full inspection is required for the operation. | ||||
| Maximum operators | Indicate the maximum number of operators permitted to process the operation. This may not exceed the number of operators assigned to the work center. | ||||
| Machine | You use this field for documentary purposes and to indicate the default machine for the operation during labor postings. | ||||
| Minor set-up code | You use this field for documentary purposes and is printed on the Dispatch List. | ||||
| Minor setup time | You use this field for documentary purposes and is printed on the Dispatch List. The entry made here cannot exceed the set-up time for the operation. | ||||
| Tool set number | Indicate the tool set number for the operation. This can be | ||||
| Tool set quantity | Indicate the tool set quantity for the operation.
The entry made here cannot exceed the quantity assigned to the tool set. This can be printed on your factory documentation. |
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| Tool set consumption | Indicate the number of tool sets used for the operation. | ||||
| Milestone operation | Indicate whether this is a milestone operation. This enables you to post labor to key operations and update all prior operations with labor postings. Milestones are used when machines operate in tandem and bookings are made only after a series of operations. A quantity made or scrapped at a milestone operation is assumed to have been made at standard for prior operations up until the previous milestone. For each prior operation to be updated:
Although you can use Quotations (via a non-stocked Estimate) and the Work in Progress module (via Job Creation) to define an internal operation as a milestone, labor posting ignores this and defaults to the first incomplete operation. This is unlike non-hierarchical jobs, where labor posting defaults to the first milestone operation, since a sequence of operations exists here, namely the Bill of Materials. |
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| Progressive scrap | These options are only enabled if you selected the
setup option: Progressive scrap required
(Bill of Materials Setup - General tab). You cannot maintain these fields for a job that is set to Confirmed (Job Entry). |
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| Scrap percentage | Indicate the scrap percentage for the operation. | ||||
| Scrap quantity | Indicate the scrap quantity for the operation. | ||||
| Transfer quantity | These fields are currently used for documentation purposes only and relate to the Factory Scheduling module. | ||||
| Links | |||||
| Narrations | Select this to enter text narrations that you want to assign to the operation (see Operation Narrations). Note that there is a limit of 60 lines for Factory documents, and 100 lines for narrations. | ||||
| Calculations | Select this to use the BOM Calculations program to view the unit run time, capacity required and elapsed time calculations for the current operation. | ||||
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| Field | Description | ||||
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| General information | |||||
| Operation | This indicates the operation number you entered. | ||||
| Operation type | This indicates whether the operation is internal or subcontracted. | ||||
| Work center | This indicates the work center to which the operation
has been assigned.
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| Description | This indicates the work center description and is displayed for information purposes. | ||||
| Operation times | The calculation of the total number of days required to complete all operations (i.e. queue time, elapsed time, start time, complete time and move time) is affected by your selection at the setup option: Allow operation to end earlier than prior operation (WIP Setup). | ||||
| Previous operation move | You use this field to change the movement time for the previous operation | ||||
| Offsite time | You use this field to change the offsite time for a subcontract operation. | ||||
| Dock to stock time | You use this field to change the dock-to-stock time for a subcontract operation. | ||||
| Move time | This indicates the time required for the operation to
move between work centers. This defaults to the movement time defined against the Bill of Materials for the parent item (Structures and Routings), but can be changed. If you enter -999 in this field, then this operation will run together with the preceding operation (i.e. this operation and the previous operation will run in parallel). If the elapsed time for both operations is the same, then the two operations will start and end at the same time. If their elapsed times differ, then you can force the operations to either end a the same time or start at the same time depending on how you sequence them. If you sequence the longer operation first, then they will end together. If you sequence the shorter operation first, then they will start together. In each case, you set the -99 movement time against the second operation. The entry made here is only used if you have not defined a movement matrix for the work center (Browse on Work Center Move Matrices). |
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| Next operation queue | Select this to change the queue time for the next operation. | ||||
| Total time | This indicates the total time assigned to the operation. | ||||
| Hierarchy | Indicate the hierarchy to which the operation must be assigned. You can use the Hierarchies for Job program to maintain hierarchies for the job. This option is only enabled when you maintain operations for an hierarchical job. |
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| Operation dates | |||||
| Calculate dates | This only applies if the operation is for a job against which dates were manually entered. | ||||
| Start date | This indicates the start date of the operation. | ||||
| End date | This indicates the end date of the operation. | ||||
| Scheduled | Information is displayed in these fields if you are using the Factory Scheduling module. | ||||
| Additional information | |||||
| Supplier | Indicate the preferred supplier of the service. This defaults to the supplier assigned to work center. | ||||
| P/order stock code | Indicate the notation that will be entered under the stock code when a purchase order is generated. This is treated as a non-stocked item in purchase orders. | ||||
| Quantity per | This field is used for documentary purposes only and enables you to indicate the quantity of the purchased service required to make a single parent stock code. | ||||
| Unit of measure | This field is used for documentary purposes only. | ||||
| Unit value |
Indicate the subcontract value of the operation.
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| Planner | Indicate the planner for this operation. The default is the entry assigned to the work center and can be used as a selection criterion when producing reports. | ||||
| Buyer | Indicate the buyer for this operation. The default is the entry assigned to the work center and can be used as a selection criterion when producing reports. | ||||
| Number of pieces |
Indicate the number of pieces involved in the operation. This enables you to mark quantities in a measure that is meaningful to you. For example: If the job is to make bicycle wheels and this operation is to make spokes for the wheels, then you could indicate that 30 spokes (i.e. number of pieces) are required for each wheel. Additionally, when making spokes for a bicycle wheel, the operator could mark the number of spokes produced during the operation enabling the system to calculate the number of wheels for which the operator has manufactured spokes. |
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| Lead time (days) | You use this field to establish the date on which a purchase order should be raised to reserve capacity at the subcontractor. | ||||
| Tool set number | Indicate the tool set number for the operation. This can be printed on your factory documentation. | ||||
| Inspection | This field is used only for documentary purposes and can be printed on your factory documentation. | ||||
| None | Select this if no inspection is required for the operation. | ||||
| Sample | Select this if a sample inspection is required for the operation. | ||||
| Full | Select this if a full inspection is required for the operation. | ||||
| Progressive scrap | These options are only enabled if you selected the
setup option: Progressive scrap required
(Bill of Materials Setup - General tab). You cannot maintain these fields for a job that is set to Confirmed (Job Entry). |
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| Scrap percentage | Indicate the scrap percentage for the operation. | ||||
| Scrap quantity | Indicate the scrap quantity for the operation. | ||||
| Transfer quantity | These fields are currently used for documentation purposes only and relate to the Factory Scheduling module. | ||||
| Links | |||||
| Narrations | Select this to enter text narrations that you want to assign to the operation (see Operation Narrations). Note that there is a limit of 60 lines for Factory documents, and 100 lines for narrations. | ||||
Electronic Signatures provide security access, transaction logging and event triggering. This enables you to increase control over your system changes.
Access to the following eSignature transactions within this program can be restricted at Operator, Group, Role or Company level. You configure this using the Electronic Signatures program.
| eSignature Transaction | Description |
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| WIP Labor allocation changed |
Controls access to the Change function in the Labor Allocations and Maintain Operations for Job programs. |
| WIP Labor allocation deleted |
Controls access to the Delete function in the Labor Allocations and Maintain Operations for Job programs. |