The Operations form lists the operations that can be started and the operations that are currently in progress. The list is sorted by priority; you cannot change this sort order. Use filters to reduce the selection of the operations displayed.
The different columns display more information about every operation, including:
If this icon is displayed in the Started column, the operation has started, or was started at some point and was then stopped. Finalized operations will immediately disappear from the form.
If the In progress column is empty, the operation has not started, or was started and was then stopped without being finalized. If the column contains the icon you see here, a machine is working on the operation. If you see a photograph of an employee, this employee is working on the operation.
The color in the Material column indicates whether the materials required for this operation are available. The material with the lowest availability determines the color of the column. If no material is required, there is no color coding.
The color in the Predecessors column indicates the status of the preceding operations. The operation with the lowest status determines the color of the column. If there are no previous operations, there is no color coding.
Starting an operation
Use the Times box to specify a valid combination of 'Labor/machine/Labor+Machine' and 'Setup time/Adjustment time/Cycle time'.
Select an operation and click this button to start an operation.
When you start an operation, the next form is opened. There are two scenarios now:
'Labor' or 'Labor+Machine' has been selected: The Current operation form is opened.
Note: An employee can have only one current operation at a time. The 'Start operation' button is not available if a current operation is registered to your name. It is always possible, however, to start a machine operation. The reason is that machine operations are only registered to machine hours, and not to labor hours.
The Operations and Machine operations forms have a section at the bottom containing additional information about the selected operation (or machine operation). It consists of three boxes: Memo, Routing and Times.
Memo
This box contains the text from the Memo tab(in Isah) for the selected operation (or machine operation).
Display the memo field in full screen.
Increase the text size.
Decrease the text size.
If configured for your company, you can change the memo field. Tap the memo field to enable the Edit mode. You will now see a few additional buttons:
Save your changes
Undo the change
Redo the change (after undoing the change)
Routing
The Routing box shows the predecessors and the successors of the selected operation (or machine operation). Only one level of predecessors and one level of successors are displayed. SFC shows the progress by means of colors and a percentage:
Green: Operation is complete
Yellow: Operation has started and quantities have been registered
Orange: Operation has started
Red: Operation has not started.
Times
At the bottom of the Times box, you can see the current and expected times of the selected operation (or machine operation):
The preliminary time is retrieved from Isah, and the actual time will start running when the operation is started in SFC. You can see the time on the Current operation form.
If the actual time takes longer than expected, it will be marked with a red color.
Two time fields may appear to the right of Actual costing. The first field shows the time expired during the current operation; the second field shows the total time.
The behavior of the Times box depends on the form on which it appears:
If configured in the system settings, you can use the Times box to specify the type of operation you want to start. First choose 'Labor', 'Machine' or 'Labor+Machine'. You will now see the options available for your choice.
You can only select the combinations of 'Labor/machine/Labor+Machine' and 'Setup time/Adjustment time/Cycle time' that are defined on the Settings form of the SFC configuration tool. In the SFC configuration tool, an hour code has been defined for each valid combination. The combination you choose determines the hour code the operation is posted to in SFC.
You can see which hour code (combination of 'Labor/machine/Labor+Machine' and 'Setup time/Adjustment time/Cycle time') is active. You can change this hour code by selecting a new combination. When you select a new combination, it will start blinking. After two seconds, your choice will become permanent.
If the new hour code is of the type 'Machine', the current action is aborted for the employee, and a machine operation is started. SFC shows the Current machine operations form.
You can see which hour code (combination of 'Labor/machine/Labor+Machine' and 'Setup time/Adjustment time/Cycle time') is active. You can change this hour code by selecting a new combination. When you select a new combination, it will start blinking. After two seconds, your choice will become permanent.
If the new hour code type is not 'Machine', the current action for the machine is aborted, and an operation is started for the employee. The Current operation form is displayed.
Note: You can take over the machine operation only if you do not have any current operations yet. An employee can have only one current operation at a time.
Memo, Routing and Times
