Operation Properties

Operation ID

A unique ID for the operation. Operation ID identifies the operation in the MES data records, so must be unique within operations. Operation ID is not editable after the operation definition is first saved.

Description

A brief description or a name for the operation.

Type

Additional information to classify the operation.

Default reject rate%

The percentage of the production quantity that is estimated to be rejected during this operation (that is, the percentage of produced material that fails to meet production requirements). This percentage is used to calculate the jobs’ starting quantity given the work order starting quantity. A value of 10 is interpreted as 10%.

File

You can add a file or a web page to an operation to support the operator during production. For example, a file or web page can contain information relative to performing the jobs that are instantiated from the operation. When a user is running a job using an application such as MES Operator, the files and web pages will be available to them for viewing.

See Adding a File or Web Page to an Operation.

Notes

Additional notes about this operation.

Operation Cost

The cost for this operation. Operation cost defines the estimated cost of completing this operation in monetary units.

Oper spare 1 to Oper spare 4

User-defined information about the operation.

Dynamic Routing Code

The dynamic routing code for this operation. The dynamic routing code links jobs instantiated from this operation to a dynamic routing process via a dynamic routing usage entry in the Dynamic Routing module. If unit rework is required, the link allows these jobs to initiate a dynamic routing process for that rework. The corresponding dynamic routing usage entry specifies which dynamic routing process to initiate for the rework.

The dynamic routing code entered here can also be used as a re-entry code to identity at what operation in the process the reworked material will be returned.

Note: To avoid arbitrary apportioning of rework quantities across multiple jobs for an operation, the system requires that there be only one job for the operation at which rework is returned into the originating routing.

If the jobs instantiated by this operation are to support dynamic routing, select an existing code in the list or type a new dynamic routing code. If you type a new code, you will also have to create or modify a dynamic routing usage entry in the Dynamic Routing module that specifies the same dynamic routing code to allow rework or to be used as re-entry point for the reworked material.

For more information about using dynamic routing processes for rework, see Dynamic Routing and the MES Dynamic Routing User Guide.

Display Sequence

The sequence in which you want to display this operation within the process diagram.

BOM

You can configure the BOM information for an operation if you have an item or items assigned to the process that have BOMs associated with them. You can select the item being produced by the operation, which can be different from the item produced by the process.

See Assigning a BOM to an Operation.

Certification

You can assign certifications to an operation to manage who can run jobs that are instantiated from the operation and whether a sign-off is required to complete a job.

See Assigning Certifications to an Operation.

Data Log Groups

You can assign one or more data log groups to an operation to allow users to collect measurement data about production when running jobs that are instantiated from the operation.

See Assigning Data Log Groups to an Operation.