Define/Maintain Standard Operation
Explanation
This activity is used to create standard
operations. You can also use this activity to associate tools and work guidelines with
standard operations.
For outside work center operations, you can either select the Outside
Operation Backflush type or the Outside Operation Supply type.
The default value for the backflush option is obtained from the work
center. If an outside operation item has not been entered for the outside operation, a
message will appear. However, you have the option of creating a new outside
operation item.
Prerequisites
A work center must be defined in the
Work Center window. If you work with labor operations, labor classes
must be defined in the Manufacturing Labor Class
window.
System Effects
This action creates a new standard
operation. This standard operation can now be used to create routing template operations
and routing operations.
Window
Standard Operation
Standard Operations
Related Window Descriptions
Standard Operation
Routings
Routing Template
Manufacturing
Standard Basic Data/Work Center Department
Manufacturing Labor Class
Create
Outside Operation
Procedure
- Click New.
- Enter a standard operation description in
the Operation Description field.
- Select the site in the Site
field. Click List
of Values to select from available sites. Only routings and routing
templates for this site may use this standard operation.
- Select a work center for the operation in
the Work Center No column. Click List of Values to select from available work
centers.
- Specify machine time and/or labor time in
the Mach Setup, Mach Factor, Labor Setup, and Labor Factor columns.
- Enter the unit of measure for the
manufacturing time in the Factor Unit column.
- If specifying labor setup time, enter values in the Setup Labor Class No and
Crew Size fields. Use the List of Values to select from available values. You can also enter an employee setup competency
profile in the Emp Setup Comp Profile field.
- If specifying labor run-time, enter values in the Labor Class No and
Crew Size fields. Use the List of Values to select from available values. You can also enter an employee competency profile in
the Emp Comp Profile field.
- If you are specifying an outside operation, select an outside operation item in the Outside Op Item column.
Click List of Values to select from available parts. This part must be defined as a non-inventory purchase part.
The outside operation item shall have the same supplier as the outside work center, or if the outside work center is not connected to a supplier, a
valid supplier can be any active supplier connected to the purchase part.
- If the operation is for an outside work center, select the Outside Op Backflush Type and Outside Op Supply Type from the respective list boxes.
- Click Save (F12).
- If no outside operation item has been entered for an outside operation, the Create Outside Operation Item and Connect to Supplier dialog box
will open. Enter part number, description and unit of measure in Purchase Part No,
Part Description and UoM fields respectively. If you know the supplier and price information, enter the Supplier ID, Price and UoM fields respectively.
Note : Currency will get the default value from the supplier. The UoM field will get the default value from unit of measure of the routing part. If supplier is related to the outside work center, it will also get the default value from the work center
- Select the Milestone Operation check box. This check box
indicates that, the operation must be reported prior to the succeeding
operations and that automatically reporting is not allowed.
Note: Currency will get the default value from the supplier.
UoM
field will get the default value from unit of measure of the routing part.
If supplier is related to the outside work center, it will also get the
default value from the work center.
Add Work Guideline Records (Optional).
- Click New.
- Enter a guideline description. The
guideline ID is automatically created.
- Enter a guideline text.
- (Optional) Right-click, then click Work
Guideline Template.
- Click Save (F12).
Add Tool Records (Optional).
- Select the tool ID to connect with new tool
instances in the Tool ID list box.
- Highlight the first empty line in the
Standard
Operation Tools tab and select New.
- Enter the tool sequence. This is the order
in which the tool is used for this operation.
- Enter a tool ID in the Tool ID
column. Click List
of Values to select from available tool ids.
- Enter the number of tools required for this
operation.
- Repeat steps 1-5 for each tool instance.
- Click Save (F12).