Starting an operation

Once you have started an operation, the next form is opened. There are two possible scenarios now:

• 'Labor' or 'Labor+Machine' is selected: The Current operation form is opened.
• 'Machine' is selected: The Current machine operations form is opened.

Note: If your terminal is set to 'Enter operation', you need to enter a valid production order or work order number in the search box first. The terminal will then display the operations that match that number, after which you can select and start an operation. As soon as you start an operation, the search box will be cleared and the operation will be removed from the list. This allows you to quickly start a new operation.

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.