Starting Setup Activities

Use the Start Setup form to start job setup activities. Setup activities are the initial tasks that need be completed for a job/operation before production work can begin.

To start setup activity:

  1. Open the Start Setup form.
  2. Optionally, specify a date and time to record for this transaction. The current date and time is specified by default. The date and time can only be modified when a user ID has the appropriate authorizations on the User Extensions form.
  3. Specify a job, job suffix and operation. When a job/operation is selected the Details tab displays the item number, unit of measure, job status the total, scrapped, completed, and remaining quantities. To view the current progress of each operation in the selected job, select the Progress tab.
  4. The employee can select the Combine Labor and Machine Time check box to report machine time as a ration of labor time. When FT Time Track module is implemented the employee can specify the ratio using the field Machine Ratio, that is displayed when Combine Labor and Machine Time is checked.
  5. Employees can select a resource ID for starting a labor transaction.
    • You can only view the resource ID field on start and end forms, if the global parameter Display Resource ID is selected.
    • The resource ID field displays resources that are in the resource groups on the Syteline job operations form's resource tab.
    • Employee can only select resources associated with the job, if the parameter Only allow job resource is selected. However, employee can enter any valid resource if Only allow job resource is not selected.
    • The dropdown list for the Machine Resource field displays resources that are in the resource groups on the Syteline job operations form's resource tab.
  6. To start setup activity for the selected operation, select green process button. To close the form without starting setup activity, select the Close button.