Overview of Shop Floor Control
You use shop floor control to manage the flow of production inside your plant.
Move Transactions
You can move assemblies within operations (intraoperation moves) and between operations (interoperation moves). You can also complete and return assemblies from and to jobs and schedules using move transactions. Move transactions automatically update operation completion quantities, charge appropriate resources and overheads, and backflush pull components. See: Overview of Move Transactions..
Open Move Transaction Interface
You can load move transaction information from external systems -- such as barcode readers and manufacturing cell controllers -- into the Open Move Transaction Interface table. When this data is processed, it is validated, and invalid records are marked so that you can correct and resubmit them. See: Open Move Transaction Interface.
Shop Floor Statuses
You define and assign shop floor statuses. You can control move transactions by assigning these statuses to intraoperation steps on the work in process routing. You can view these statuses during move transactions. See: Assigning and Viewing Shop Floor Statuses and Defining Shop Floor Statuses.
Dispatch Reporting
You can use dispatch reports to help you prioritize work at specific operations, production on specific lines, and to locate assemblies on the shop floor. See: Dispatch Reports.
Outside Processing
You can use Work in Process to automatically create purchase requisitions when you use suppliers to perform part of your manufacturing process. You can control the movement of assemblies to and from your suppliers. See: Outside Processing and Work in Process.
Managing Rework Production
You can use Reject intraoperation steps, rework operations, or non-standard discrete jobs to rework problem assemblies. You have complete control over the material requirements and operations you use to complete rework. See: Rework Production.
Managing Scrap
You can scrap assemblies at any point during the production process. See: Assembly Scrap.
See Also
Overview of Resource Management
Setting Up Shop Floor Control
Move Transaction Options
