Manufacturing Integration - Progress Registration

The purpose of this functionality is to limit the amount of, time, posting in a production order. Especially in a situation with automated (CNC) operations it must be possible to automatically have operations posted, triggered from a point of completion.
The Progress Registration functionality delivers easier registration and better insight into the progress of production orders by automatically posting normative hours, define points of completion and provide a task based progress registration.

Progress Registration consists of the following features:

Main settings in Manufacturing Setup

Field Description
Action if Point of Completion Select an action which executes when the point of completion is reached. 1. Blank = No option selected; 2. Load Preceding Operations Automatically = System automatically inserts previous operation into the output journal.;3. Load Preceding Operations after User Confirmation = User confirmation is required to insert previous operation into the output journal.
Base Usage on Normative Quantities If this field is selected, usage is calculated on normative quantity and time as specified in the Routing. Note that using this feature requires additional setup as described below.

Create Resource Tasks for Points of Completion

When an operation is marked as Point of Completion there must be a resource task to start and stop:

  1. Set the method of Resource Task creation in the Resource Task setup, tab Production Orders
  2. Mark operations in the routing as Point of Completion
    1. This must be done in the routing as Resource Tasks are created when the production order is Refreshed, or the status changes from Firm PLanned to Released.

Set Machine - / Work centers as Post Normative

Use the "Post as Normative" setting on the Machine - / Work center as the default setting for that center.
When the production order is Refreshed, or the status changes from Firm PLanned to Released, this setting is copied to the Production Order Routing lines. In the production order routing line you can overrule the setting by switching it of.
Note: operations cannot be both Point of Completion and Post Normative. Checking Point of Completion will blank Post Normative, checking Post Normative while Point of Completion is true will throw an error.

Posting rules

Progress Registration best practice is the use of the resource task Start / Stop feature in combination with the Machine Time setting on the Machine - / Work center card.

  1. When an operator start a resource task for an operation marked as Point of Completion and that operation specifies a Machine - / Work center with the Machine Time setting as Setup, Run time or Both, an Open entry will be created in the Time Input Line Worksheet for the resource time as well as an Open entry in the Time Output Worksheet for the machine time.
  2. When an operator stops a resource task for an operation marked as Point of Completion and that operation specifies a Machine - / Work center with the Machine Time setting as Setup, Run time or Both the Open entries will be set to Completed in the Time Input Line Worksheet as well as the Time Output Worksheet.
  3. From each of these Worksheets completed entries can be resp. Registered or Posted.
    1. Registering and Posting can be automated through the ProjectQueue with processing reports: IEMRM Process Time Input Line and IEMMFG Process Time Output
    2. Post Normative functionality also works through the Output Journal, based on the setting in Manufacturing Setup. When a line for a Point of Completion operation is inserted, Post Normative operations will be inserted automatically or after a confirmation. Note that when output lines for the production order exist posting from the Time Output Worksheet is blocked.

See also

Resources in Manufacturing
Manufacturing and Service Integration