Standard operations

You can create standard operations for those operations that are used frequently for different operations. The standard operation can than be added to any process in which it is used (see Add a standard operation to a process). This allows you to avoid having to recreate the operation for each process and to maintain the standard operation in one place.

You use the Standard Operations module to create and maintain a standard operation.

With a standard operation, you can:

• Assign entities, attributes, specification versions, entity specifications, and certifications to an operation.

• Define step groups and steps for an operation.

• Edit the data log group values.

Standard operations do not have items associated with them, so you cannot assign BOM definitions, BOM item specifications, or item specifications to a standard operation.

The Standard Operations module is in the Operations Management group in the Navigation Bar. For more information on groups and modules, see Groups and modules.

Standard operations are used as templates to quickly and easily create similar operation definitions throughout a process.

You can add an operation directly to a process without referring to a standard operation. Standard operations save configuration time when the same operation is used multiple times within a process or the same operation is used by multiple processes.

The Standard Operations workspace tab shows the operation ID, description, class, and so on for all the existing standard operations.