The Work Order Traveler Setup module is used to define the details of the Production Work Order Traveler Setup for a product.   Certain work centers are “hard-coded” into the ManEx program. These are Material Staging, Finished Goods, RWRK, RWRKQC and Scrap. These work centers may not be modified by the user, or omitted from a Work Order Traveler Setup, because they are associated with special codes that are essential to our system.
 
For example:  "STAG"  is the first step so when a Work Order is created the material can go into Staging.  

"FGI"  when material is moved into finished goods a number of thing happen within the system, (1. Receiving into the inventory; 2. accounting transaction WIP to inventory, etc.) 

RWRK and RWRKQC are used to move material directly to Rework Work center and rework Quality Control Work center. Would be used for RMA's ect... 

"SCRP" - if material is moved into scrap or MRB some GL transactions are associated with the move. 

They are the gateways to and from the Work Order Traveler Setup for WIP management.

The Work Order Release Check List tab is for the user to select check list items for the Work Center listed in the Current Work Center field.  The Work Order Release Check List is set up in the Shop Floor Tracking Default set up screen.  In this module, the Check List items are selected, as detailed. Then when the user reaches the Work Order Shop Floor Tracking module, the items added in this module will be available.

Fields &  Definitions 

The Outsource tab shows the services to be performed outside of the user’s shop. These services are indicated with an “O” in the work center tab.

 Within the window, the 1^st column is the abbreviation used for the activity and the 2^nd column is the full activity for the Work Center listed. The list of activities are set up in System setup – Production Work Centers & Activities Setup.

Enter the SQLMANEX.EXE (within the ManEx root directory) This action will then prompt the user for a password
The following screen will be displayed, select Quality Engineering/Work Order Traveler Setup

The following screen will be displayed:

In this screen, a Work Order Traveler setup is either Created or Edited. 

 

Depress the Find record icon, the following dialog box will be displayed:  If user elects to find by the Product Number or by  Part Class they must enter in the Product Number or Part Class in Red box.   If you do not know the exact number, Customer, etc you may enter in a partial number, letter, etc, then once you depress the enter key the system will pull up the matching record onto the screen or a list of all Part Numbers that contain the partial number, letter, etc. entered, to select from. 

 

 

 

If user elects to find by selecting the "All" radio button.   The user selects the desired product by either entering it into the red box, or scrolling down the list and double-clicking on the desired product. 

 

 

The following screen will be displayed with the data for the selected product.  

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Setup a Work Order/Traveler Routing

Find the desired Product number record.  

Depress the Edit button from the main tool bar: 

Note: Users MUST have special rights within the Security module to check the "Traveler Released" box.  Users with “supervisor’s rights” will automatically have access.    This box must be check when usiing the Unreleased Work Order List and the Work Center Checklist .

User may Add/Delete Work Centers, by depressing the     button and a screen then fills the right side with all of the standard work centers (setup within the Production WC/Activity Setup module).

Work Centers may be moved to either side by double clicking on the side from which to move.

If the user wishes to add all work centers to the Work Order Traveler Setup, then remove a few unwanted ones, pressing the “Add All” button will transfer all work centers to the Work Order Traveler Setup. Likewise, pressing the “Remove All” button will remove all but the fixed work centers from the Work Order Traveler Setup.

Work Order Traveler Setups may be added more than once, to accommodate multiple visits to the same work area during production (e.g. test). 

Depress the Done button when the movement is completed.

The  "Reorder" button allows the user to reorder the Work Order Traveler Setup in any order desired. Pressing this button will bring up ordering buttons on the left side of each work center in the Product Work Order Traveler Setup.  The user may then click on any of these buttons and drag a work center to the desired order.

Depress the Done button when the reordering is completed.  

 




"Starting Work Center for Tracking Serial No"  Choose from the pull down which Work Center you would like to begin tracking the Serial numbers.  The system does NOT allow selection of "FGI" or "SCRP" as a starting WC for Serialization, because this will cause the system to become stuck between SFT and Serial number assignment.   NOTE:   If the starting work center is removed, when user clicks “Update WO” button, all the WC qty and SN (if any) except for FGI, RWRK, RWQC, and SCRP work centers will be moved back to STAG work center because the system will treat the STAG as the starting tracking SN work center.   







User may enter/edit the WC Setup/Run time or the PPM.   The user should place the cursor on the work center to be edited, then on the times to be edited.  The user may modify one or more Work Centers. 

The area labeled "All Work Centers", will show the total times of all work centers and/or activities. This will automatically update. 

 

Note:  There are two different ways to track SETUP and RUN times for Job Costing and Product Data Management in ManEx.

 

1.    By entering Run and Setup Times in the Work Order Traveler Setup under Production Planning.

2.    By entering the Run and Setup Times in Activities Setup under the Work Center Setup.

Using the first choice is preferred when there is a great variability in the products produced and the setup and run rates in each work center. The second choice is preferred when the product flow is uniform, the machine rates are well established and the setup times very uniform regardless of product. The choice is made in the Production Schedule Setup module. Use of Run and Setup Times is optional unless Job Costing module is in use.

Then depress the Save button from the main tool bar to save the changes and the Update Open Work order button becomes enabled.

Update Open Work Orders

This button allows the user the option to update specific work orders which will then reflect the modified Work Order Traveler Setup. Otherwise, current Work Orders will NOT be updated, but future Work Orders created will carry the modified Work Order Traveler Setup. Depressing the button will bring up the following screen: To select multiple items in the list, hold the Ctrl key down and click on those items you want to update. Depress the OK button.

 After modification, the user must either Save or Cancel the modifications. 

Find the desired Product Number, that you wish to have updated.

Depress the Copy Record icon.  The following message will be displayed:        Depress "OK"
If user elects to find by the Product Number or by  Part Class they must enter in the Product Number or Part Class in Red box If user elects to find by selecting the "All" radio button a list of all the Active Product numbers will be displayed.   The user selects the desired product by either entering it into the red box, or scrolling down the list and double-clicking on the desired product.
The user may elect to copy only the Work Order Routing, or the Work Order Routing and Instructions. The Setup Times/Run Times, for Work Centers and Activities, WO Release Check List, Tooling, and Outsource information will also be copied.

Note:  if a Work Center has activities associated with it, the “ACTIVITIES” tab will be showing in RED font.

 

Activities may be moved to either side by double clicking on the side from which to move.

The  button will allow the addition or deletion of activities associated with the Work Center. The activities listed on the right side will show only activities associated with the work center in the system setup.  Activities may be moved to either side by double clicking on the side from which to move.

 

If the user wishes to add all activities, then remove a few unwanted ones, pressing the “Add All” button will transfer all activities to the Work Order Traveler Setup. Likewise, pressing the “Remove All” button will remove all activities from the Work Order Traveler Setup.

The "Reorder" button allows the user to reorder the activities in any order desired. Pressing this button will bring up ordering buttons on the left side of each activity in the Product Work Order Traveler Setup.   The user may then click on any of these buttons and drag an activity to the desired order.

Adding/Editing Tooling Information  

The Tooling tab is used to describe the tooling requirements for the Work Center. It also provides for a location notation and an Expire Date. An example of a Check List item might be to perform the Work Center tooling, as detailed in this tab.

 

Depress the Edit button from the main tool bar, or enter the Tooling screen then depress the Edit button from the main tool bar: 

Select the Tool/Fixture Description from the pull down selections (setup within the Tools Setup module).
Select the Work Center from the pull down menu:

To delete a line item from the Tooling Tab. Highlight the line item.  Depress the Delete button, the following message will appear.  Select Yes to continue the deletion, select No to abandon the deletion.

After modification, the user must either Save or Cancel the modifications. 

Highlight the Outsource Service, then go to the Outsource Tab and the following screen will appear:



Highlight the Outsource Service. Depress the Add button for the Supplier. Select the Supplier from the pull down.  

Then continue across the columns and enter the quantity, cost each and markup. The Charge column will automatically update. When data entry is complete, depress the Done button.

 

If the "Certificate Required" box is checked, this indicates that the supplier of the outsourced service is required to provide a certificate of completion.

Depress the "Service Footnote" to attach a footnote regarding the services for this product.

Depress the "Outsource Note" to attach a note regarding the outsourcing for this product.

If you want to add a Service Footnote or an Outsource note, depress the applicable button.   Depress the Edit button. Type in the note. Depress the Save button. Depress the Exit button.

Depress the Save  button at the top of the screen to save changes, depress the Abandon changes button to abandon changes.