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Introduction
This document provides instructions for the setup of Track Stop Stages.
ThisIt allows the processes for a job within the production environment to be defined, assigned, and followed.
JobsIn addition, jobs can be stopped if the job has not passed through a previous stage.
Procedure
To identify Track Stop Stages jobs, theThe appropriate Job Routing Reasons or Group Controls and Track Stages need to be entered and met
, andto identify Track Stop Stages jobs. In addition, a Custom Configuration setting needs to be enabled.
Custom Configuration
From the Optifacts main menu:
Type Select Option 3 – Editor Utilities and press enterEnter.
Type Select Option 6 – Configuration Editor and press enterEnter.
Type Select Option 6 – Edit Custom Configuration and press enter Enter to display the Custom Configuration Editor window.
- Type Press “A” to add a new record.
- Fill in all the information as per the example below, pressing enter Enter after each field.
Enable the following Custom configurationConfiguration in Optifacts menu 3-6-6.
- Press Escape to save the data.
- Type Press "E" to exit.
Group Controls
From the Optifacts main menu:
Type Select Option 3 – Editor Utilities and press enterEnter.
Type Select Option 11 – Job Routing Menu and press enterEnter.
Type Select Option 14 – Group Control Menu and press enter 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.
Examples:
Menu Option 2 - Group Control Editor
Now you put the group tables together into a Control Name Set. The important field to note is the Control Name Set
which isused in the Track Stages Editor.
Job Routing Reasons
Next, you need to setup set up a Routing Rule for the Group Name Set that you have just created.
From the Optifacts Main Menu:
Type Select Option 3 – Editor Utilities and press enterEnter.
Type Select Option 11 – Job Routing Menu and press enterEnter.
Type Select Option 8 - Route Reason and Control Editor and press enter Enter to display the Job Routing Reason and Control Editor window.
- Type Press “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 It gets used in the Track Stages Editor. In our example, we We also use the same priority numbers for consistency and to make it them easier to identify in our example.
- Press Escape to save the data.
- Type “E” Press "E” to exit.
Track Stages
The Group Name used in the Job Routing Reasons will be gets used in the this table’s “GROUP NAME” field in this table. There are two levels: Stages and Steps. Each Group group can have more than one Stage stage, and each Stage stage can have more than one Stepstep. If the job should be stopped and warned if not following the stages/steps in order, then “Required” should be set to ‘Y’‘Y,’ otherwise set to ‘N’‘N.’
From the Optifacts Main Menu:
Type Select Option 7 – Tray Track and press enterEnter.
Type Select Option 12 – Tray Track configuration and press enterEnter.
Type Select Option 11 - Track Stages Editor and press enter Enter to display the Configure Track Stop Stages window.
- Type Press “A” to add a new record.
First, decide which stages need controls. The following examples show the various stages and steps that a job could go through.
Example: Glass Jobs
- Should first go through the Surfacing department. (Blocker and Generator)
- Then through Inspection and tray track out of surfacingSurfacing.
- Then through Coating, Inspection, and tray track through Coat Complete.
- Then through the Frame Received Station.
- FinallyThen, through the Edging Process.
- Finally, through the Mounting and Final Inspection.
If
there ismore than one tray track station
that will completecompletes the step required (for example
:, more than one edger), you can add it
can be addedas an identical record with just the station number changed.
Entering a Job
From the Optifacts main Menumenu:
TypeSelect Option 4 - Run Layout and press Enter.
- Enter a job
- in
- Order Entry that fits the
- Track Stop Stages group criteria as entered in the steps above.
Assigning the tray with Track Stop Stages to a Station
From the Optifacts main Menumenu:
Type Select Option 7 – Tray Track and press Enter.
Type Select Option 7 – Station Assignment and press Enter.
If the job is gets assigned to a station in the correct order for Track Stop Stages, no message appears, and the job is assigned accordingly.
If the job
isgets assigned to a station that is not in Track Stop Stages, or if the job has not qualified for a Track Stop Stages group, no message appears, and the job is assigned accordingly.
If the job has not passed the appropriate stages before the one assigned, Station Assignment will list the previous step it must pass through. If more than one step
wasgets missed, it
willonly
showshows the immediately previous step required.
Interface files are temporarily moved so thatIn addition, interface files get temporarily moved. So, the job cannot be processed until it has passed through the
previouspreviously required step. Once passed, the interface files
areget restored.
Changing a Tray with Track Stop Stages
From the Optifacts main Menumenu:
Type Select Option 7 – Tray Track and press Enter.
Type Select Option 5 – Change A Tray Number and press Enter.
Canceling a Job with Track Stop Stages
From the Optifacts main Menumenu:
Type Select Option 7 – Tray Track and press Enter.
Type Select Option 6 – Cancel A Tray and press Enter.
No There are no new messages on the screen, but the records for the job are get removed from the tt_ststop table.
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