Starting Jobs

When using the Time Track module, you can start jobs, projects, or tasks using the Employee Home Page form or using the Dashboard Transactions form.

To start jobs using the Shop Floor module, see Labor and Material Transactions Overview.

To start jobs using the Warehouse Mobility module, see Using Warehouse Mobility on a Mobile Scanner.

Employees who are workset eligible add multiple jobs to a workset, then start the entire workset. If you attempt to start a workset before jobs have been added, an error displays. Employees who are not workset eligible start a single job. There are six types of jobs that can be started:

• Production Order: Orders that involve the completion of production operation quantities
• Service Order: Orders that involve the completion of service operation quantities
• Indirect Task: Tasks that do not involve the completion of operation quantities; examples include facility maintenance and meetings
• Setup: Initial set up time required before work can begin
• Machine: Time during which a machine is in use; this order type is only used to report machine time manually and cannot be used as part of a workset or a team job
• Projects: Collections of manufacturing and purchasing actions that can comprise multiple orders

Note: You also can perform these transactions on a remote scanner device using the Job Booking transaction. See Starting Jobs Using Time Track and Warehouse Mobility for instructions on using the Job Booking transaction.

Starting Jobs Using the Employee Home Page Form

Starting a Job For a Non-workset Eligible Employee

1. On the Employee Home Page form, select Real Time Transaction Entry.
2. In the Badge field, specify your employee or team number.
3. Select the  order type.
4. If the order type is Production Order, Service Order, or Setup specify the order number, suffix, and operation.
5. If applicable, specify a machine ratio. The machine ratio determines what portion of the reported labor time will be reported for the machine. For example, a ratio of .5  will report half the reported labor time for the machine.
6. If the order type is Indirect Task, specify the task code.
7. If the order type is Project, specify the project number, task number, and cost code.
8. Select Start Job. The details of the current job are displayed on the Detail tab.

Starting a Job For a Machine

1. On the Employee Home Page form, select Machine Time.
2. Specify the order number, suffix, and operation.
3. Select Start Job. The details of the current job are displayed on the Detail tab.

Starting a Workset for a Workset Eligible Employee

1. On the Employee Home Page form, select Real Time Transaction Entry.
2. In the Badge field, specify your employee or team number.
3. Select the order type.
4. If the order type is Production Order, Service Order, or Setup, specify the order number, suffix, and operation.
5. If applicable, specify a machine ratio. The machine ratio determines what portion of the reported labor time will be reported for the machine. For example, a ratio of .5  will report half the reported labor time for the machine. The machine ratio is applied to the prorated duration of each job when multiple jobs are running simultaneously.
6. If the order type is Indirect Task, specify the task code.
7. If the order type is Project, specify the specify the project number, task number, and cost code.
8. Select Add to Workset to populate the Workset tab with the job details.
9. Repeat steps 3 through 8 until all jobs in the workset have been added.
10. Select Start Workset. The details of the current job are displayed on the Detail tab.

Starting Jobs Using the Dashboard Transactions Form

Starting a Job For a Non-workset Eligible Employee or a Machine

1. If you are starting a Machine job manually, select Machine in the Transaction Mode field. Otherwise, leave this field set to Hours.
2. Select the order type.
3. If the order type is Production Order, Service Order, Setup, or Machine specify the order number, suffix, and operation.
4. If applicable, specify a machine ratio. The machine ratio determines what portion of the reported labor time will be reported for the machine. For example, a ratio of .5  will report half the reported labor time for the machine.
5. If the order type is Indirect Task, specify the task code.
6. If the order type is Project, specify the project number, task number, and cost code.
7. Click Start Job. The Current Job group box displays the details of the current job.

Starting a Workset for a Workset Eligible Employee

1. Select the order type.
2. If the order type is Production Order, Service Order, or Setup, specify the order number, suffix, and operation.
3. If applicable, specify a machine ratio. The machine ratio determines what portion of the reported labor time will be reported for the machine. For example, a ratio of .5  will report half the reported labor time for the machine. The machine ratio is applied to the prorated duration of each job when multiple jobs are running simultaneously.
4. If the order type is Indirect Task, specify the task code.
5. If the order type is Project, specify the specify the project number, task number, and cost code.
6. Click Add Job to Workset to populate the grid with the job details.
7. Repeat steps 2 through 6 until all jobs in the workset have been added.
8. Click Start Workset. The Current Job group box displays.  

9. Specify a job from the active workset to be the current job.

Related Topics

Stopping Jobs