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Introduction

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

Procedure

The appropriate Job Routing Reasons or Group Controls and Track Stages need to be entered and met to identify production processes for a job. In addition, some 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.

• 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.

Menu Option 2 - Group Control Editor

The important field to note is the Control Name Set 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. 

Job Routing Reasons

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 is 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.  After the “PF” indicator, any other combination of letters and numbers is allowed.

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

Track Stages

The Group Name (starting with “PF”) as used in the Job Routing Reasons gets used in the “GROUP NAME” field of 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:

• 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.

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 get 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 you can use it as a descriptor for this record.
• The Step Number is not used, but you can use it as a descriptor for this record.
• The Step Name is the code 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:

Select Option 4 - Run Layout and press Enter.

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

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