The mobile flow shop floor production window gives you a single place to handle all the registrations you need in production. It organizes the work into clear sections: production materials in the header, production time, a section called My Operations, and a set of additional flows. The window also adapts to your location and screen resolution, so what you see depends on how your setup is configured.
This article walks through the functionality available in the mobile flow shop floor production window, so you know what each section does and when to use it.
Material registration: consuming and outputting material
The material section covers everything related to consuming and outputting material. You register the finished quantity, which is the output quantity on a production order on the last operation. This creates the inventory supply and the item ledger entry.
You also have a function to register operations output. Here you can enter quantity on each operation without finishing the overall quantity. Instead, you finish on each individual operation.
There are several functions for working with bins:
- Consume everything on a bin, which is useful in specific scenarios explained in more detailed videos.
- Move everything on a bin content to consume quantity.
- Add a component and consume it at the same time, which adds the component to the component list on the production order.
All of this applies to the location code you are logged into. In this scenario, that is a detailed warehouse location with bins. If you are on a location without bins, some of these tiles will disappear.
Registering production time, setup time, and routing status
The production time section lets you register runtime. You can register time and output quantity in the same place, and you can change the routing status from here.
There is also a flow for registering setup time. If you want to use it, you can enable it in the setup behind the scenes.
Working with My Operations
My Operations lets each user select the operations they are working on. When you click My Operations, you see the operations assigned to you. In this example, the user is assigned to five operations.
From here you can start and stop your operations. You can use a stopwatch for starting and stopping, and you can see in your time collectors which operation you are assigned to and which one is running.
You can also start and stop operations manually without having them in your My Operations view.
Additional flows: pictures, ledger entries, and bin content
The additional flows section gives you a range of supporting functions:
- Add pictures to items and show item pictures.
- Show item ledger entries, where you are asked for the production order number you want to show.
- Find item, which displays the bin content for an item.
- Show capacity ledger entries to see the registration for an order.
- Show bin content for a specific bin.
- Change the user location.
Changing the user location is the flow that modifies the complete menu. The menu responds to the location you are logged into, so the available functions change accordingly.
Screen resolution and display
The window adapts to your screen resolution. If you run with the lowest screen resolution, the tiles appear bigger and the text is also bigger. This makes the window practical to use on the shop floor on different devices.
Q&A
What does registering finished quantity do in the mobile flow shop floor production window?
It registers the output quantity on a production order on the last operation. This creates the inventory supply and the item ledger entry.
What is the difference between registering finished quantity and registering operations output?
Finished quantity is the output on the last operation that completes the overall quantity. Register operations output lets you enter quantity on each operation without finishing the overall quantity, so you finish on each individual operation instead.
Why do some tiles disappear in the mobile flow production window?
The window responds to your location code. If you are logged into a location without bins, the bin-related tiles disappear because they do not apply to that location.
What does the My Operations function do?
It lets each user select and view the operations they are assigned to, then start and stop them. You can use a stopwatch for timing and see in your time collectors which operation is running.
How do you register setup time in the mobile flow production window?
There is a flow for registering setup time. If you want to use it, you enable it in the setup behind the scenes.