Overview: Manex Manufacturing System Software has bar code scan and print capability which is designed primarily for transfer of products in shop floor tracking and input of inspection data by serial number and defect code.

Installation: Bar Code Shop Floor Tracking is an extra cost option; it is not a part of the Core Manex MES modules.

Upon purchase of the module, Manex will send a soft key to activate the module.

• After activation, Bar Coding access for each user must be setup in the Manex Security module.  Users with “supervisor’s rights” will automatically have access.  See Article #3250 if you would like to scan the employee id rather than having the employee enter password each time. 
• Each client workstation (individual PC) which will be printing Reports, Travelers, labels, Serial Tags, Physical Inventory Tags and Defect Lists with Bar Coding must have the font installed as an active Windows font.
• If Bar Coding of Serial Numbers is desired, the Serial Numbers must be setup in the Work Order Serial Number Control module. 

Specification:

1. Manex uses the Microsoft Trutype BC C 39 Narrow Font. See Article #1225  for Bar Code installation procedure.   
2. Use of a Y-type keyboard-emulation scanner is supported by Manex.  The scanner output goes into Manex via the keyboard-input cable. Bar code fields may be scanned or manually entered with the scanner installed.
3. There is no restrictions on the scanner you use as long as it can read Code39 it will work.  It also must be a keyboard wedge since we do not offer batch processing. Most scanners require ¼” of white space surrounding the bar code. Laser and inkjet printed labels must have adequate resolution, contrast and clarity to print barcodes that are readable. If you are having problem with your scanner, make sure your scanner isn't set to scan Code39 extended.
4.  Manex recognizes a bar code by an asterisk (*) at the beginning and end of the bar coded field.

Enter the Shop Floor Tracking by Bar Code module.

The following screen will be displayed:

Depress the Xfer button. Type in your password or scan employee id .  

The user can either enter in the Work Order number (which will then display the Product and Rev) or go to the Bar Code Tracking Method section and enter in the Serial Numbers desired. The system will then default the Work Order #, Product and Rev onto the screen.

The Bar Code Tracking method is dependant on how it is setup within the Shop Floor Tracking Defaults .

The Work Order number, Serial No., Quantity, From Work Center and To Work Center or from Work Center to Activity will display, depending on the selection within SFT Defaults to Transfer by WC or Activity. 

Depress the Save button.

 

 

 

If the work station being used to transfer serialized material is assigned to use a default work center in Production Work Center/Activity Setup module, when the user first opens the module, the module will use the default work center assigned for this workstation, if the transfer is "FROM" a different work center other than the default and user is NOT a supervisor or has the  option "Allow Changing Default Work Center for Serial Number Transfer" box checked within the Security module, they will receive the following message:

 

 

 

When user depresses "OK"  a supervisor approval is required to continue.  After supervisor’s password is entered, the default work center will be changed to the one that the supervisor entered password for.   For example:  the workstation is assigned to use “TU” as default work center, now if user chooses to use “AI” to transfer, the system will ask for supervisor’s password, if user cancels the password, the default work center will still be “TU”, but if the supervisor enters his/her password on this machine, the default work center will be changed to “AI”.  If now the user tried to transfer from “TU” again, the system will ask for supervisor’s password again.  If user exits the module and come back, the default work center will be “TU” again.