You use the Labor Allocations program to add operation allocations to a job.
The Labor Allocations listview displays details of operation allocations for a job. The Maintain Operations for Job program can be used to maintain the details for an operation allocation.
This screen is displayed when you select the Add option from the Labor Allocations listview.
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| Operation |
Assign an operation number to the job. The number for the first operation defaults to the number you defined in the First operation number field (WIP Setup - Numbering tab). The default number for each operation added thereafter is allocated according to your entry at the Operation number increment field (WIP Setup - Numbering tab), but can be changed. When adding operations, existing operations are renumbered according to your selections at the Operation renumbering options (WIP Setup - Numbering tab). Your selection at the Renumbering option determines the conditions under which existing operations may be renumbered. For example: You selected the option: No renumbering after job confirmed. The job is confirmed and has an existing operation number 3. You will be unable to add another operation number 3 as this will require the operations to be renumbered. |
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| 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. | ||||||
| Operation type |
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You can only change operation times if you enabled the option: Allow changes to operation times on existing jobs (WIP Setup). |
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| Operation | This indicates the operation number you entered. | ||||||||
| Work center |
Indicate the work center against which the operation must be performed. |
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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 for 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. | ||||||||
| 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. | ||||||||
| Set-up time | Indicate the time taken to prepare 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 | You use this field to 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 | You use this field to 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 or 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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| Capacity required | This indicates the capacity required for the operation. You can only access this field if you selected to override the calculated capacity. | ||||||||
| Capacity unit of measure | This indicates the unit of measure for the capacity as defined against the work center (Work Centers). | ||||||||
| 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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| Time required in days | |||||||||
| Fixed elapsed time | Select this to indicate that the elapsed time of the operation must be manually entered as a fixed number of days. | ||||||||
| Elapsed time | This indicates the elapsed time of the operation.
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| Movement time | Indicate the time required for the operation to move
between work centers. 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 movement time can be changed against operations when you maintain the job. 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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| 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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| 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. When you add an ad-hoc operation to a job (e.g. from WIP Query) the operation is marked as a milestone operation by default. The system assumes it is a non-standard operation and it must therefore be set as a milestone so that it can be monitored and posted to directly. 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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| Inspection | This field is only used for documentation purposes and
can be printed on your factory
documentation.
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| 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 | This field is used 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 | Indicate the tool set number for the operation. This can be printed on your factory documentation. | ||||||||
| 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. | ||||||||
| Operation dates | 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). | ||||||||
| Queue date | This indicates the queue date for the operation. | ||||||||
| Start date | This indicates the start date for the operation. | ||||||||
| End date | This indicates the end date 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 will be unable to maintain these fields for a job that is set to Confirmed (Job Entry). |
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| Scrap percentage | You use this field to define the scrap percentage for the operation. | ||||||||
| Scrap quantity | You use this field to define the scrap quantity for the operation. | ||||||||
| Transfer quantity | These fields are currently used for documentation purposes only and relate to the Factory Scheduling module. | ||||||||
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| Narrations | Select this to assign user-defined text to operations held against the parent stock code (see Operation 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. | ||||||||
You use the Narrations function to assign user-defined text to operations held against the parent stock code.
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| Narration code | Indicate the code from which you want to retrieve
narration text to be used for this operation.
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| Specific Narrations | Select this function to use the Text Editor program to capture specific free format narration text for this operation. | ||||
| Close | Select this to return to the previous screen. | ||||
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| Operation | This indicates the operation number you entered. | ||||||||
| Work center |
Indicate the work center against which the operation must be performed. |
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| Description | This indicates the work center description and is displayed for information purposes. | ||||||||
| Supplier | Indicate the preferred supplier of the service. This defaults to the supplier assigned to work center. | ||||||||
| Inspection | This field is used only for documentary purposes and
can be printed on your factory
documentation.
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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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| 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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| Tool set number | Indicate the tool set number for the operation. This can be printed on your factory documentation. | ||||||||
| Operation start | This indicates the start date of the operation.
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| Operation end |
This indicates the end date of the operation.
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| Time required in days | |||||||||
| Lead time | You use this field to establish the date on which a purchase order should be raised to reserve capacity at the subcontractor. | ||||||||
| Offsite time | Indicate the number of days that the component is off site. This is added to any dock-to-stock days to determine the elapsed time. | ||||||||
| Dock-to-stock | Indicate the number of days required for the inspection of the item. This is added to the offsite time to establish the elapsed time of the operation. The due date of the purchase order is set as the due date of the operation less the dock-to-stock time. | ||||||||
| Movement time | Indicate the time required for the operation to move
between work centers. 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 movement time can be changed against operations when you maintain the job. 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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| Progressive scrap | These options are only enabled if you selected the
setup option: Progressive scrap required
(Bill of Materials Setup - General tab). You cannot to 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. | ||||||||
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| Narrations | Select this to enter text narrations that you want to assign to the operation (see Operation Narrations). | ||||||||
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Whenever you have a subcontract operation linked to a Purchase order and you add an operation to the job, the operation can only be added after the subcontract operation.
The link to the purchase order prevents the subcontract operation from being renumbered. This is irrespective of the Operation renumbering options selected (WIP Setup - Numbering tab).
You therefore cannot add an operation before or at the same sequence number level of a Sub contract operation linked to a purchase order.
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.
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| WIP Labor allocation added |
Controls access to the Add function in the Labor Allocations and Labor Allocations programs. |