Labels in Manufacturing
In Manufacturing two kinds of labels are used:
- Kanban labels
- Labels for production orders
Kanban labels are used to trigger material supply in the job shop, whereas labels for production order serve as a means to identify finished production orders.
Kanban labels in Manufacturing
If you design the job shop layout in a pull production-environment, you can decide to use Kanban labels to trigger the supply of intermediate products between work centers.
Use the Print Kanban Labels (tirou2402m000) session to create the Kanban labels that trigger supply in the job shop. For example, creating Kanban labels for every operation in a specific routing. After you finished working on products on a specific operation, the Kanban label serves as a means to ask for intermediate products of the previous operation so working can be continued.
Enter the label layout in the Label Layout field of the Print Kanban Labels (tirou2402m000) session. You must define the label layout in the Label Layouts (whwmd5520m000) session. The label layout contains the information type that is on the Kanban label. You must enter the information type by means of descriptions and specific codes. For more information, refer to Label layout and printing. The table below contains an example of descriptions and codes you can choose to use on Kanban labels.
| Description | Code in the label layout text |
|---|---|
| Description on Kanban | #lb.item |
| Container quantity | #lb.quan.item |
| Ship from work center | #lb.shfr.code |
| Ship to work center | #lb.shto.code |
| Container | #lb.pack.item |
The information on a Kanban label can be displayed as follows:
| Description on Kanban | Frame for bike |
| Container quantity | 5 |
| Ship from work center | Welding work center |
| Ship to work center | Assembling work center |
To get the Kanban information printed on the label, Kanban information must be entered in the Routing Operations (tirou1102m000) session.
Production order labels in Manufacturing
Production order labels in Manufacturing identify completed production order quantities. The labels are an aid to move the production order to the warehouse, and contain information such as the number of the production order, the kind of item in the production order, the warehouse to which the items must be transferred, and so on.
Production order labels are printed for completed production orders if the following is true:
- A label layout is entered in the Label Layout for Printing Labels field in the Production Order Parameters (tisfc0500m000) session.
- The Print Labels check box in the Report Orders Completed (tisfc0520m000) details session is selected. The default for this check box is set in the Default Production Order Data (tisfc0102m000) details session.
- The Use Handling Units incheck box in the Item Data by Warehouse (whwmd2510m000)or theItem Data by Warehouse (whwmd2110s000) session for the end item of the production order.
- The Receipts check box in the Item Data by Warehouse (whwmd2510m000) or the Item Data by Warehouse (whwmd2110s000) must be selected.
Example:
An item is stored in five warehouses.
For three warehouses the Use Handling Units in check box can be cleared and for two selected.
In the warehouses with the Use Handling Units in check box selected, a receipt can only be done via handing units and only for those two warehouses a production label can be printed.
Also in the following sessions can be indicated whether labels are printed when an order is completed:
- Report Production Schedules Completed (tirpt1201m000)
- Report Production Orders Completed from Production Schedule (tirpt1502m000)
The label layout is defined in the Label Layouts (whwmd5520m000) session. The label layout contains the information type that is on the production order label. In Label layout and printing the codes are displayed that you can choose to use on production order labels.