Production Orders
Normally, production orders are automatically generated by the Release Planned Orders procedure. To manually create a production order, it is necessary to first create the planned production order and then release it through the dedicated procedure.
Production Order Header
In the header, all data regarding the production order is summarized, such as: number, lot, and year, the data of the job and the reference customer, the connected project, start and end date, information related to the item to be produced, with the bill of materials version and cycle, quantity to be produced and produced.
It is also possible to specify the warehouse and the reason, which will be used for the loading of the finished product into the warehouse; these will have maximum priority over all other parameters as explained in detail in the Production Parameters.
Specific buttons:
Complete Orders Data: calls the procedure that allows entering and/or updating all data related to materials, phases, setup, equipment, attributes, and various notes for the article entered in the production order, pulling them from the bill of materials and routing of the article;
Recalculate Initial Date: Calls the procedure that allows updating the start date of the production order and, if necessary, the processing phases as a result of a change in processing times and/or the quantity to be produced for the article subject to the production order;
Generate Bill of Materials: allows generating the bill of materials based on the data entered in the production order or updating existing data with those entered in the order;
Generate Work Cycle: allows creating the work cycle of the article based on the data entered in the order, or updating existing data with those entered in the order;
Specific fields:
State: indicates the status of the production order: Launched is the initial state of the production order just generated by the planned order release procedure, while Executive is the status to be assigned to the order in order to proceed with production reporting.
Mandatory: by enabling this flag, the production order becomes mandatory, thus, the Finite Capacity Scheduling will not reposition it over time and will keep it fixed on those dates. Furthermore, this will also be taken into account by the M.R.P. procedure when the flag Differentiate confirmed production request is active.
Materials
In this tab, the first-level materials of the bill of materials related to the finished product to be produced are reported, but the user can modify the data and/or add additional materials to the list of components of the production order.
To import data directly from the bill of materials of the article, it is necessary to click on the Complete Orders Data button present in the ribbon bar.
Specific buttons:
Insert Material: allows inserting a new material into the grid;
Delete materials: allows deleting the materials entered in the grid.
Specific fields:
Class: Indicates the class of the item;
Item Code: indicates the code of the item;
Variant: in this field, any variant of the item is entered;
C/L: in this field, the flag present in the MRP Parameters of the item called consider in CL is taken; it indicates whether the item should be included as material in work orders;
MU: in this field, the primary unit of measure of the item is reported;
Units of Measure: in this field, the alternative unit of measure of the article is inserted;
Usage date: coincides with the expected start date of the phase of the production order to which that material is associated; if it is not associated with any phase, it coincides with the start of the first phase of the cycle;
Required Quantity: represents the unit quantity necessary for this article (as per the BOM) which can be modified;
Total Quantity: represents the quantity obtained by multiplying the Required Quantity by the Quantity to Produce;
Alternative Quantity: represents the total quantity expressed in the alternative unit of measure;
Quantity picked: represents the quantity picked via the Picking List;
Fixed / Variable: indicates whether the quantity of materials is fixed or variable, this is inherited from the Bill of Materials;
% scrap: in this box, the potential scrap percentage for this item is entered or retrieved from the Bill of Materials;
Phase / Subphase: with a double click, a help window for processing phases opens from which the relevant phase and subphase can be selected, and then assign the selected material to a specific processing phase of the article;
Warehouse: indicates the warehouse from which this item will be shipped;
Reason: indicates the reason for the warehouse that will be used to ship this item;
Priority: here the priority of the component is displayed, if present, entered in the Bill of Materials. It can be modified, like all the other data present in this grid;
Available Quantity: in this field, the available quantity of the article as of the usage date appears;
To be declared on mobile: if enabled, it will be declared on mobile.
Phases
In this tab, the phases of the work cycle related to the finished product to be produced are reported, but the user can modify the data and/or add additional phases to the production order.
To import data directly from the routing of the article, it is necessary to click on the Complete Orders Data button present in the ribbon bar. In the production order, a phase can be changed from internal to external, thus allowing the entry of the subcontractor, and upon saving, the procedure will create the work order. Moreover, if an external phase is converted into internal, the procedure will automatically delete the associated work order.
Specific buttons:
Insert phase: allows inserting a new phase into the grid;
Delete phase: allows deleting the phases entered in the grid.
Specific fields:
Phase Code / Phase / Subphase: with a double click, the relevant help for processing phases opens from which the corresponding phase and subphase can be selected;
Quality Control: this flag indicates whether the material should be subjected to quality control before its use;
Production Phase:if active, it indicates that the phase is productive and one can proceed with entering the production reports (thus activating it means that production for this phase should be recorded); if not active, it will not be possible to declare the phase itself;
Movable phase: if active, indicates that when the production phase is recorded, warehouse movements are also created; this means that proceeding with the production declaration will also lead to the loading of the finished product into the warehouse and the unloading of the raw material used for production in that phase;
Work center: from this combo, the Work Center is set. It is automatically proposed, retrieved from the phase that was previously selected and entered in the grid;
Fixed time: is taken from the work center. If active, it means that the work center is on fixed time;
Expected Start / End Date: these are the dates of the beginning and end of the relevant phase; changing the expected start and end dates will automatically modify these as well. They are calculated based on the times entered in the processing phases, and specifically based on the greater of the worker time and total machine time for the selected phase;
Total machine time: indicates the total machine time, given by the product of Machine Time and Number of Machines; Machine time: is the time taken by the machine to carry out the phase, related to the quantity of pieces per phase;
Machine number: indicates the number of machines involved in this phase;
Total worker time: indicates the total machine time, given by the product of Worker time and Number of workers;
Worker time: is the time taken by the worker to perform this phase, related to the quantity of pieces per phase;
Workers number: is the number of workers involved in this phase;
Overlap phase: in the case of overlap, it will indicate the phase that is intended to overlay the main phase;
Subphase overlap: in the case of overlap, it will indicate the sub-phase that is intended to overlay the main phase;
Location: indicates the location associated with the phase;
Work order created: if active, indicates that the corresponding work order has already been created;
Contractor account / contractor description: by double-clicking the box, the help opens to select the account and sub-account of the corresponding contractor. This box is active only if the phase is designated as External. It is noteworthy that the contractor is also taken from the processing phase entered in the item's processing cycle;
Phases - Properties
Contains the properties related to the selected phase.
Phase / Subphase description: in this field, the description of the selected phase appears;
Quality Control: if enabled, this flag indicates that this phase is subject to quality control, and in the specific tab, you can indicate the Control Plan that will be used to verify the item after the production declaration is made;
Production Phase: if active, indicates that the phase is productive, and you can proceed with entering production reports (thus activating it means you want the production for this phase to be recorded); if not active, it will not be possible to declare the phase itself;
Movable Phase: if active, indicates that when the production phase is recorded, inventory movements are also created; this means that proceeding with the production report will also lead to the loading of the finished product into inventory and the unloading of the raw material used for production in that phase;
Work Center: indicates the work center, i.e., the machine where that specific phase will take place;
Fixed Time: if enabled, indicates that the time for that phase is fixed and therefore not variable based on quantity; this is inherited from the entered work center;
Phase Quantity: indicates the total quantity of pieces to be produced in that phase;
Scheduled Start Date: indicates the planned start date for that phase;
Scheduled End Date: indicates the planned end date for that phase;
Total Machine Time: indicates the total machine time, resulting from the product of machine time by the number of machines;
Machine Time: indicates the processing time of that machine for that phase;
Number of Machines: indicates the number of machines used in that phase;
Total Worker Time: indicates the total worker time, resulting from the product of worker time by the number of workers;
Worker Time: indicates the processing time of the workforce for that phase;
Number of Workers: indicates the number of workers employed in that phase;
Phase / Overlapped Subphase: in these two fields, in the case of overlap, you will indicate the phase that you intend to overlap with the selected phase;
Location: allows you to associate a warehouse location with the phase; this means that all items used in that phase will be present in that location;
Subcontractor Description: in the event that the phase is external, you can indicate in this field the outsourcer who will handle the external phase;
Work Order Created: indicates that the work order has been created. It only works for external phases;
Work Center Description: indicates the description of the work center for the phase;
Final Print: indicates that the Worksheet has been definitively printed;
Worksheet Print Date: indicates the date of printing of the Worksheet definitively;
Progressive Worksheet Number: indicates the progressive number of the printed Worksheet definitively.
In the Property tab, the following data related to the selected phase in the grid is displayed:
Phase Description (Descrizione fase): indicates the description of the selected phase and sub-phase;
Type: in this combo, it is possible to set the type of processing (internal or external);
Overlap: through this combo, I can insert the type of any overlap between phases. We can have Total overlap (in this case, the phase in question is completely overlapped with the next indicated phase), By pieces (in this case, it is necessary to indicate after how many pieces produced by this phase the next phase will start), By time (in this case, it is necessary to indicate after how many minutes from when the phase in question started the next phase will start);
Times MU: in this combo box, the Time Unit of the Phase appears; one can decide to manage the times of the phase in seconds, minutes, hours, and days. Usually, internal phases are managed in minutes and external phases in days, but it obviously depends a lot on the type of company for which the work is being set up;
Machine: in this combo, the code (and description) of the relevant machine can be selected. It is automatically proposed, retrieved from the work center that was previously entered in the grid;
Production site: indicates the production site where the item will be produced; this is inherited from the production order;
Labour group: in this combo, the code (and description) of the relevant labor group can be selected. It is automatically proposed, retrieved from the work center that was previously entered in the grid;
Quantity of pieces per phase: indicates the number of pieces produced for each execution of that phase;
Value: here the value of any overlap is indicated, using the criteria specified above;
Using: if the flag is activated, it means that the waiting / queue time will increase the commitment time of the Work Center on that phase;
Wait / queue time: indicates the possible waiting / queue time expected for this machine.
Phases - Extra Data
Contains any extra data related to the selected phase.
Setup
In this tab, it is possible to define the times related to the setup of the selected phase in the previous tab. It is important to remember that the data entered for the work center, machine, and labor should only be entered if they are different from those used for the phase; otherwise, if left blank, they will automatically be considered as those of the main phase.
Specific fields:
Phase / Subphase / Description: in these fields, the information regarding the phase that is selected in the Phases tab is displayed;
Type: indicates the type of phase (internal or external);
Overlay type: indicates the possible type of overlap;
Times MU: indicates the time unit of the phase;
Work center: in these fields, the code (and corresponding description) of the Work Center set for the setup is entered;(to be used only if the setup work center is different from the work center used in the selected phase);
Machine: in these fields, the code (and corresponding description) of the machine for the setup is entered; (to be used only if the machine used for the setup is different from the machine used in the selected phase);
Labour group: in these fields, the code (and corresponding description) of the Labor Group for the setup is entered; (to be used only if the labor group used for setup is different from the labor group used in the selected phase);
Value: indicates the value of any overlap;
Work Center: in these fields, the code and description of the relevant Work Center of the selected phase are displayed;
Start date: will display the start date of the selected phase in the Phases tab;
End date: will display the end date of the selected phase in the Phases tab;
Rig time: the time of the setup is entered. This is a fixed time that does not vary with changes in the quantities to be produced in the selected phase;
Retooling time: the setup time is entered. It is used when it is necessary to retool the work center between one execution and the next of the same phase and is added to the setup time;
Number of Machines: indicates the number of machines used for the setup;
Number of Workers: indicates the number of workers used for the setup.
Equipments
In this tab, mainly consisting of a grid, it is possible to define which and how many pieces of equipment will be used in the production of the selected phase in the Phases tab.
Specific fields:
Sequence: in this field, it is possible to indicate the sequence in which the equipment must be used;
Equipments: with this combo box, it is possible to call the equipment code, retrieved from the appropriate table Equipment;
Item class/code: in these fields, it is possible to indicate the class and code of the article (the help automatically filters only the articles identified as Equipment in the Item nature field of the warehouse registry);
Variant: represents the variant of the article;
Quantity: represents the quantity of the article.
Quality Control
In this tab, mainly consisting of a grid, it is possible to view details of the planned quality control tests for Quality control for the phase / sub-phase.
Phase Note
In this tab, the note related to the selected processing phase in the Phases tab is displayed. It is editable by the user at the same time as the production order in question.
Operating Instructions
In this tab, it is possible to attach and view the Operating Instructions related to the selected processing phase in the Phases tab. These will also be viewable in Fluentis MES.
Personnel
In this tab, it is possible to enter the operators who will perform the individual phases of the production cycle.
Extra Data
For a detailed description of the extra data, please refer to the article Extra data.
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