One of the columns in the lists that show the available work in SFC holds the production order codes that the operation lines belong to. If your company prefers to work with the production file codes, you need to change the setting in Production identified by to 'Production file'.

This setting determines the maximum number of operations shown in the Operations form. If the setting's value is 0, no maximum applies.

If a maximum is set, Shop Floor Control will always show at least one operation that is not running. In some cases, this can result in a list that has more than the maximum quantity of operations. For instance, if you have set the maximum to 5 and all five operations are running, SFC will show a sixth line that has not started yet.

If this setting is active, the Operations form will also show WIP operations (Work In Progress; operations that are started by one or more users). If it is not active, WIP operations will not be shown.

This setting determines the operations that will be shown in the Operation overview. The configured range will be checked against the status of the production order of the operation. If the status is not within this range, the operation will not be shown.

This setting determines the operations that will be shown in the Operation overview. The configured range will be checked against the status of the operation. If the status is not within this range, the operation will not be shown.

With this setting, you can rule out operations that are not eligible for work, based on the availability of the materials. You can set a minimum level of availability for all materials. If an operation does not meet this condition, it is not shown in SFC.

With this setting, you can rule out operations that are not eligible for work, based on the progress of the previous operations. You can set a minimum state for any previous operation. If an operation does not meet this condition, it is not shown in SFC.

This setting is used when operations are retrieved. The number of days in the future is specified by the value of this setting. If no number is supplied, all operations are retrieved.

This setting contains all departments that are visible in the operation filter for SFC. If left empty, all departments are visible in SFC.

This setting contains the action type groups from Isah. Action type groups are categories of action types. Only action types belonging to the groups you have selected here will be visible in SFC. If you want all action types to be visible in SFC, leave this setting empty.

This setting contains message type groups from Isah. Message type groups are categories of message types. Only message types belonging to the groups you have selected here will be visible in SFC. If you want all message types to be visible in SFC, leave this setting empty.

When an operation (man or machine) encounters a malfunction, it is possible to log this failure in SFC. For that, you first need to configure possible failures:

1. In Isah, add failure groups and underlying failures.
2. In Isah SFC Configuration, set which failure groups should be visible in SFC. If you select a group in the Failure group selection field, all underlying failures become visible in SFC.

N.B.: If you leave the Failure group selection field empty, SFC will show all failure codes from Isah in SFC.

Activate this setting if users are allowed to change the operation Memo field in SFC. Any alterations will be saved automatically, but a Save button is available, as well as Undo and Redo buttons.

If a machine has been allocated to an operation in Isah, SFC will show this machine in the operation line. If SFC users are allowed to change the machine or add a machine where none is specified, activate the setting Machine editable. The button for changing machines in SFC () is only visible if this setting has been activated.

If the setting is not activated, machines cannot be changed in SFC.

This setting controls the creation of production receipts. You can use it to create and process them automatically when quantities are reported for the last operation in a production order.

You have three options:

• No: Do not create production receipts on reporting quantities for the last operation
• Yes: Create production receipts on reporting quantities for the last operation, but do not process them immediately
• Yes, and process: Create production receipts on reporting quantities for the last operation, and process them immediately.

When produced items are reported, this setting determines if the parts are issued automatically.

This setting has three options:

• No: No automatic issue
• Yes: Automatic issue, but issues are not processed immediately
• Yes, and process: Automatic issue, and issues are processed immediately.

This setting determines if manual issues are processed immediately.

Please note: Manual issues from stock are only possible if backflushing is set to inactive for the material in question.

Parts needed for an operation can be issued from SFC. Both planned and unplanned parts issues are possible. Usually, parts will be taken from the stock inventory, but if the setting Issue purchased parts is activated, it is also possible to issue parts that have been purchased for the operation. In this case, SFC will not only show stock inventory lines for the parts needed for an operation, but purchase lines as well.

Conditions

Parts can only be issued from purchase if the following conditions are met:

• WIP Location for purchase to production is set to active
• Backflushing is set to inactive.

These settings can be found on the Logistics tab of the Parts module. The WIP location can be set to active or inactive for each part, but the configuration of the WIP location can only be changed in the General Settings module.

Parts needed for an operation can be issued from SFC. Both planned and unplanned parts issues are possible. Usually, parts will be taken from the stock inventory, but if the setting Issue produced parts is activated, it is also possible to issue parts that have been produced in your company. In this case, SFC will not only show stock inventory lines for the parts needed for an operation, but lines with parts coming from production as well.

Conditions

Parts can only be issued from production if the following conditions are met:

• WIP Location for production to production is set to active
• Backflushing is set to inactive.

These settings can be found on the Logistics tab of the Parts module. The WIP location can be set to active or inactive for each part, but the configuration of the WIP location can only be changed in the General Settings module.

If you want to be able to create or change clusters in SFC, activate this field. If this field is not activated, clusters can only be created and changed in Isah.

Please note: Working with clusters in Isah and/or SFC is only possible if clusters are included in your Isah license.

If this setting is active, SFC users see documents based on the document permissions set in Isah (form 0624). If this setting is not active, SFC shows all documents for an operation or order.

This setting determines whether or not the presence indicator on the Login form is controlled by Shop Floor Control. If the presence is registered by an external system, this setting should be set to inactive.

If SFC registers presence (the setting is active), SFC creates an hour registration line for presence in Isah when a user logs in to SFC. When accounting for time in SFC, users will see the time they were present and need to account for.

If SFC does not register presence, the hour registration lines in your time registration will reflect this. There won't be any presence information available, only lines accounting for the work that has been done and the time spent on them. When accounting for time in SFC, users will not see any presence information either.

Managing presence in an external system

If you want to manage presence hours via an external application, several issues are important:

• Time registration lines your external application sends to or creates in Isah should have an end time that is the same as the start time. The end time will be changed into the real end time when the employee leaves for the day.
• The database field TimeRegInputType of the time registration lines that register presence has to be set to 8. If it isn't, SFC won't recognize them as presence lines.
• The database field ProcessInd of the time registration lines that register presence have to be set to 0 (false). If you also log absence in an external application, this indicator needs to be set to 1 (true) when the end time of the presence line is changed to the actual end time.

  It is possible to log presence in an external application (for instance with a magnetic key upon entrance), but to let SFC log the time the employee leaves work. In this case, SFC will change the end time as well as the indicator when the employee leaves.

This setting determines if users need a PIN code. If it is active, the user needs a four-digit PIN code that needs to be entered every time they log on. The user can change the PIN code in the Shop Floor Control Settings window.

If users need to be able to log in from an external system or tool, such as a magnetic key, activate this setting. Once it has been activated, a new field will appear in the SFC Settings window on the terminal(s). With this setting in SFC, it is possible to switch the external login option off or on for specific terminals.

Note: To create a bridge between your external login system (for instance magnetic keys) and SFC, you will need to add code. For instructions, see Appendix A: Configuring An External Login Option.

If a timetable or timetables for working hours (divided by a semicolon) are set in this field, users will be automatically logged out (and their running operation stopped) at a specific time. The time is set per hour code. You can configure this time in the Isah window for hour codes.

When the user ends a shift, Shop Floor Control checks if the presence registered by the application is in accordance with the schedule for that day. If the setting is active, the application will force the user to add time registrations for absence periods.

This value is used for the Check presence/absence in schedule setting and determines the time margin allowed for presence time. A difference in hours is only considered a mismatch if it is larger than the margin configured here.

When a user ends a working day, Shop Floor Control checks if the working hours registered by the application are in accordance with the time the user was present. This setting determines if the application will force the user to add time registrations if there is a mismatch between presence hours and registered hours:

• No Action: The application does not perform any action when hours do not match
• Signal: The application will notify the user when hours do not match, but does not block ending the working day.
• Block: The application will block ending the working day when hours do not match.

This value is used for the Check time registration with presence field and determines the time margin allowed for working hours. A difference in hours is only considered a mismatch if it is larger than the margin configured here.

This setting contains the hour groups from Isah. Hour groups are categories of hour codes. Only hour codes belonging to the groups you have selected here will be visible in SFC. If you want all hour codes to be visible in SFC, leave this setting empty.

This field sets the initial status code for unplanned, new operations that are created in the SFC application. Operations with this status code will always be shown in the operations overview, regardless of the operation status range defined in the settings.

It is possible to specify a working hours timetable for users without a work schedule for the current day. If this has been done and a user logs in, SFC creates a schedule line. If the default timetable is empty, users without a schedule cannot log in to SFC.

Machine operations will be booked on the timetable specified here.

Note: If you do not specify a machine timetable, it means you will not be working with machine operations. The settings for machine hour codes (under the heading Machine hour codes in the configuration tool) will be disabled, and you will not be able to start machine operations in SFC.

The various operation times can be linked to hour codes. This is needed for the time selection to be available in Shop Floor Control. If no hour code is configured, the selection will not be available.

Default value	Description
SetupTimeOccupationMachineHourCode	Hour code setup time man + machine
SetupTimeOccupationHourCode	Hour code setup time man
SetupTimeMachineHourCode	Hour code setup time machine
CycleTimeOccupationMachineHourCode	Hour code cycle time man + machine
CycleTimeOccupationHourCode	Hour code cycle time man
CycleTimeMachineHourCode	Hour code cycle time machine
SetoffTimeOccupationMachineHourCode	Hour code setoff time man + machine
SetoffTimeOccupationHourCode	Hour code setoff time man
SetoffTimeMachineHourCode	Hour code setoff time machine

Note: If you have not specified a machine timetable (under the heading Defaults in the configuration tool), the machine hour codes are disabled, and you will not be able to start machine operations in SFC.