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Introduction

This document provides instructions for the setup of Track Stop Stages. It allows the processes for a job within the production environment to be defined, assigned, and followed. In addition, jobs can be stopped if the job has not passed through a previous stage.

Procedure

The appropriate Job Routing Reasons or Group Controls and Track Stages need to be entered and met to identify Track Stop Stages jobs. In addition, a Custom Configuration setting needs to be enabled.

Custom Configuration

From the Optifacts main menu:

Select Option 3 – Editor Utilities and press Enter.

Select Option 6 – Configuration Editor and press Enter.

Select Option 6 – Edit Custom Configuration and press Enter to display the Custom Configuration Editor window.

Press “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 in Optifacts menu 3-6-6.

Press Escape to save the data.
Press "E" to exit.

Group Controls

From the Optifacts main menu:

Select Option 3 – Editor Utilities and press Enter.

Select Option 11 – Job Routing Menu and press Enter.

Select Option 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.

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 used in the Track Stages Editor.

Job Routing Reasons

Next, you need to set up a Routing Rule for the Group Name Set that you have just created.

From the Optifacts Main Menu:

Select Option 3 – Editor Utilities and press Enter.

Select Option 11 – Job Routing Menu and press Enter.

Select Option 8 - Route Reason and Control Editor and press Enter to display the Job Routing Reason and Control Editor window.

Press “A” to add a new record.
Enter 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. It gets used in the Track Stages Editor. We also use the same priority numbers for consistency and make them easier to identify in our example.

Press Escape to save the data.
Press "E” to exit.

Track Stages

The Group Name used in the Job Routing Reasons gets used in this table’s “GROUP NAME” field. 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, then “Required” should be set to ‘Y,’ otherwise set to ‘N.’

From the Optifacts Main Menu:

Select Option 7 – Tray Track and press Enter.

Select Option 12 – Tray Track configuration and press Enter.

Select Option 11 - Track Stages Editor and press Enter to display the Configure Track Stop Stages window.

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 track out of Surfacing.

Then through Coating, Inspection, and track through Coat Complete.

Then through the Frame Received Station.

Then, through Edging.

Finally, through Mounting and Final Inspection.

If more than one tray track station completes the step required (for example, more than one edger), you can add it as an identical record with just the station number changed.

Entering a Job

From the Optifacts main menu:

Select 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 menu:

Select Option 7 – Tray Track and press Enter.

Select Option 7 – Station Assignment and press Enter.

If the job 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 gets 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 gets missed, it only shows the immediately previous step required. In addition, interface files get temporarily moved. So, the job cannot be processed until it has passed through the previously required step. Once passed, the interface files get restored.

Changing a Tray with Track Stop Stages

From the Optifacts main menu:

Select Option 7 – Tray Track and press Enter.

Select Option 5 – Change A Tray Number and press Enter.

Canceling a Job with Track Stop Stages

From the Optifacts main menu:

Select Option 7 – Tray Track and press Enter.

Select Option 6 – Cancel A Tray and press Enter.

There are no new messages on the screen, but the records for the job get removed from the tt_ststop table.

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