Customers would always like to track down material loss and reasons. Identify areas for process improvement by tracking downtime events that might occur during the manufacturing process.
- Compile shop floor data to help managers and planners review manufacturing process efficiency.
- Decide whether changes will improve the process
- Downtime Material Loss, labor codes, and Work Orders Traveler records help plan and improve the manufacturing process.
Downtime Categories identify the time an event caused a manufacturing process or operation to stop running. Example: Maintenance, repair, or setup.
Go to advance manufacturing from classic center > administration setup > Downtime Category
You can create the downtime category by clicking on the new button. Click on the new AM Downtime Category and create one by giving the name.
Downtime Reasons provide insight into why manufacturing operations are not running. Example: emergency stop, waiting on material, or waiting on the operator.
Once you create one category a sublist “Downtime Reasons” will be displayed in the subtab session. You can create the reasons from this record itself. To associate to another reason, go to Advanced Manufacturing> Administration/ Setup > Downtime Reasons > New.
Give the reasons and description for the same.
Material Loss Categories and Reasons
Identify areas of for process improvement by tracking material loss events and details that might occur during handling, storage or manufacturing. Material loss categories identify a material loss. Example: Standard processing, shop floor, or processing loss. Material Loss Reasons provide insight into why manufacturing losses are occurring. Example: Container breakage or spoilage.
Once you created the category you can navigate to advance manufacturing > administration/setup > material loss category list. Create a new one.
Labor Codes
- Define the competencies (Skills, qualifications or certifications ) needed to perform specific operations.
- Help prevent potential errors and issues that might arise when unskilled operators perform jobs they are not trained to do.
To create a labor code:
- Go to Advanced Manufacturing > Administration/Setup > Labor Codes > New.
- Select the Location you want to apply this labor code to.
- Enter a Planning Skill Code (Mfg WB Labor). Skill codes describe an operation’s labor needs. For example, Welding.
- Enter a descriptive Labor Code name. For example, Apprentice Welder or Certified Welder.
- If you use a scanner to capture labor, enter a scanner bar code in the Labor Scanning Code field. You can use an abbreviation of the reason, excluding any spaces or special characters.
- To help improve reporting, enter a complete labor code Description.
- Click Save.