Define Schedule Report Points

Explanation

Use this activity to define schedule report points. Report points are one or more fixed points at which you report progress against production schedules for each production line. These points need only be defined if you want to report progress at an intermediate stage rather than at the end of the manufacturing process. This task is to be performed by a system administrator or equivalent person.

If report points are defined for a production line, then all production must pass through each report point. Note that there are restrictions on adding or removing report points once production is reported against a production line. 

Prerequisites

This activity has the following prerequisites:

• The routings must have been defined for the production schedule parts such that similar series or routing steps occur at the same point along the production line.

System Effects

As a result of this activity:

• You define reporting points for a production line.
• This information is used in establishing production schedules and in the backflush completion process.

Window

Production Line
Production Line Schedule

Related Window Descriptions

Production Line
Production Line/Sched Report Points
Production Line Schedule
Production Line Schedule/Sched Report Points

Procedure

1. Open the Production Line or the Production Line Schedule window.
2. Populate the window, or query for the production line.
3. In the Production Line field, select the production line for which you want to define reporting points.
4. Click the Sched Report Points tab and select New.
5. Enter a reporting point identification name, using no more than 10 alphanumeric characters, in the Reporting Point ID column.
6. Enter a description of the reporting point in the Description column.
7. Enter the last routing operation to be associated with this reporting point in the Last Operation Number column.
8. Repeat steps 4 to 7 for each reporting point you want to define for the production line.
9. Save the record.