Configuring Work Center Status Parameters

Use the Transaction Set Maintenance form to configure efficiency levels and refresh intervals for work centers. The settings on this form apply to all work centers that do not have efficiency levels and refresh intervals defined on the Work Center Status Parameters form.

Open the Transaction Set Maintenance form.
Select MES_WorkCenterStatus from the grid.
Specify this information:

Fill Warehouse

Select this check box to pre-fill the warehouse on the transaction with the warehouse assigned to the user. The user can change this warehouse for a specific transaction if needed.

Successful Message

Select this check box to show a success message when the transaction is successfully completed.
On the Transaction Parameters tab, in the Parameter and Value columns, configure these parameters:

High Efficiency Level

Specify the minimum efficiency level that must be reached for a work center to be operating at high efficiency.

Medium Efficiency Level

Specify the minimum efficiency level that must be reached for a work center to be operating at medium efficiency. Work centers that have efficiency percentages below this value are operating at low efficiency.

Refresh Interval

Specify how often the efficiency percentage should be calculated.

Discrete Transaction

Select this check box to require generic users to sign in again using the Employee Authentication form after performing this transaction. Clear this check box to allow users to perform additional transactions, after performing this transaction, without signing in again.
Click Save.