Work Center

You can use this form to perform day-to-day labor activities for a work center including:

  • starting job operations, indirect tasks, machine operations, setup activities, and service labor reporting
  • stopping job operations, indirect tasks, machine operations, setup activities, and service labor reporting
  • adding job operations, indirect tasks, and setup activities to worksets
  • starting worksets
  • stopping worksets
  • reporting completed quantities
  • viewing and adding job routing notes
  • viewing documents

If the Work Center Popup Enabled parameter is selected, a separate form will open when you select an operation, task, or activity and select an action button, such as Add Run or Start Indirect. You can then perform the desired action on the newly opened form. For example, if you select an operation and tap Add Run, the Workset Maintenance form is opened, allowing you to add the operation to your workset using that form.

If the Work Center Popup Enabled parameter is cleared, most actions listed in the Tasks section or Workset section will be performed directly from the Work Center form. For example, if you select an operation and select Add Run, the operation is immediately added to your workset without opening any additional forms.

There are two different sets of buttons for this form: one for workset-enabled employees and one for non-workset-enabled employees. The appropriate button configuration will display depending on how your employee type is configured.

The user can view employee number and employee name on the forms.

  • Employee Number: The number from the ERP that used to identify the employee.
  • Employee Name: The name of the employee associated with the employee number that comes from the ERP.

This form is surrounded by a colored border called the work status indicator. This indicator tells employees and supervisors at a glance how well a work center is keeping up with the scheduled production progress for the current operation. For more information about the work status indicator, see Work Center Efficiency Overview.

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