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Introduction

This document provides instructions for printing production process flags on the work ticket.

Procedure

To identify production processes for a job, the appropriate Job Routing Reasons or Group Controls and Track Stages need to be entered and met, and a Custom Configuration setting needs to be enabled.

Custom Configuration

From the Optifacts main menu:

Type 3 – Editor Utilities and press enter.

Type 6 – Configuration Editor and press enter.

Type 6 – Edit Custom Configuration and press enter to display the Custom Configuration Editor window.

• Type “A” to add a new record.
• Fill in all the information as per the example below pressing enter after each field.

Enable the following Custom configuration.

• Press Escape to save the data
• Type E to exit.

Group Controls

From the Optifacts main menu:

Type 3 – Editor Utilities and press enter.

Type 11 – Job Routing Menu and press enter.

Type 14 – Group Control Menu and press enter to display the Optifacts Group Control Menu.

• Using options 4 through 11 on this menu, set up groups of accounts, materials, styles, lite-ups, colors, etc, and then use the Group Control Editor to assign them to a Group Name.

Menu Option 2 - Group Control Editor

The important field to note is the Control Name Set which will be used in the Track Stages Editor.  Again, this name set will need to start with the letters “PF” to indicate it is a Product Family with Production Processes.  Please note: Only one Product Family can be assigned to a lens at a time.  Many groups and stages can be assigned to a job, but only one can start with the letters “PF” in order for it to print on the work ticket.

Job Routing Reasons

From the Optifacts Main Menu:

Type 3 – Editor Utilities and press enter.

Type 11 – Job Routing Menu and press enter.

Type 8 – Route Reason and Control Editor and press enter to display the Job Routing Reason and Control Editor window.

• Type “A” to add a new record.

Enter in the reasons you want to route the job to the track stages.  The important field to note here is the Group Name Set which matches the Control Name set in the Group Control Editor.  This will be used in the Track Stages Editor. .  For a group to be considered a definition for a Production Process, the Group Name Set will need to start with the letters “PF” to indicate that it is for a Product Family.  Any other combination of letters and numbers are allowed after the “PF” indicator.

• Press Escape to save the data.
• Type “E” to exit.

Track Stages

The Group Name (starting with “PF”) used in the Job Routing Reasons will be used in the “GROUP NAME” field in this table.  There are two levels: Stages and Steps.  Each Group can have more than one Stage and each Stage can have more than one Step.  If the job should be stopped and warned if not following the stages/steps in order, “Required” should be set to ‘Y’, otherwise set to ‘N’.

From the Optifacts Main Menu:

Type 7 – Tray Track and press enter.

Type 12 – Tray Track configuration and press enter.

Type 11 - Track Stages Editor and press enter to display the Configure Track Stop Stages window.

• Type “A” to add a new record.

First decide which stages need controls.

Example: Glass Jobs

• Should first go through Surfacing.
• Then should go through Inspection.
• Then should go through Coating.
• Then should go through the Out Coating station.
• Then should go through the Frame Received Station.
• Then should go through the Edging Process.

These are the fields that are used for the Production Processes:

• The Stage Number is the Sort Order which indicates what order the processes will print on the RX work ticket.
• The Stage Name will not print, but can be used as a descriptor for this record.
• The Step Number is not used but can also be used as a descriptor for this record.
• The Step Name is the code that is used to print on the work ticket.

Example: 

For a job assigned to the group PF GLASS, as mentioned above, the values that would print in the Production Processed field would be:

S C E I

SURFACING, COATING, EDGING, INSPECTION

Entering a Job

From the Optifacts main Menu:

1. Type 4 - Run Layout and press Enter.

Enter a job as normal in Layout that fits the criteria for a Track Stop Stages group. The Production Processes Codes will print on the work ticket.

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