If you use Abakion’s Document Customizer app, you can print a production order document with barcodes on the lines. Scanning these barcodes in Shop Floor Mobile lets your production staff register output quantities, components, and operations without typing anything manually.
The report is called Production Order Component and Routing. It is a standard report included in the Document Customizer app.
The barcode in the document header contains the production order number, the production line number, and the output item number. When you scan it, you go straight to the output quantity registration.
You can choose to hide the barcodes on component lines if your staff only need to do time registration. You control this in the Document Customizer setup on the production order.
How the barcode report works in the Document Customizer app
The Production Order Component and Routing report is a standard report in the Document Customizer app. When you print it, the lines can carry barcodes that integrate directly with Shop Floor Mobile, so the app can read them.
The barcode in the header contains the production order number, the production line number, and the output item number. When you scan that single barcode, you go directly to the output quantity. The workflow is simple: open the production order, scan the line, and enter the output quantity.
The components are printed with their own barcodes as well. A single scan can grab everything you need from a line at once: the production order number, the order line number, and the item number. The operation lines also carry barcodes that you can scan directly.
Controlling which lines get barcodes
You do not always need barcodes on every line. If your warehouse staff only do time registration on the production order, the component line barcodes are unnecessary. You can deselect them in the Document Customizer setup.
To do this, go into the detailed setup of the production order and edit it. Here you decide whether to show the barcode at all. If you deselect it, the report shows no barcode. If you enable the barcode, you can still choose to hide the barcode on the component lines.
This gives you flexibility. You can print a document with no barcodes, with barcodes only on the routing and production header, or with barcodes everywhere. When you hide the component barcodes, the bill of material lines appear at the top without barcodes, followed by the lines that do carry barcodes.
Why a printed document still makes sense in production
The point of this report is to make registration easy on the shop floor. A common reaction from customers is that printing a document means the process is no longer paperless.
In practice, production areas almost always need at least one piece of paper to follow the item through the process, so the operators know in real life what they are working with. Since you already have that piece of paper, you might as well put a barcode on it and make the registration fast.
Q&A
What report do I use to print barcodes on a production order?
Use the Production Order Component and Routing report. It is a standard report in Abakion’s Document Customizer app and can print barcodes on the header, component lines, and operation lines.
What information does the header barcode contain?
The header barcode contains the production order number, the production line number, and the output item number. Scanning it takes you straight to the output quantity registration in Shop Floor Mobile.
Can I print barcodes only on some lines?
Yes. In the Document Customizer setup on the production order you can hide the barcodes on the component lines, for example if your staff only need to do time registration. You can also turn barcodes off entirely or keep them only on the routing and header.
Does using this report mean my production is no longer paperless?
In practice, production areas usually need at least one printed document to follow the item through the process. Since that paper exists anyway, adding a barcode to it makes registration faster without adding extra paper.