Defining Shift Codes
To define shift codes, use the Shift Code Definition (MG_SHIFTS) component.
This section discusses how to define shift codes associated with production calendars. When setting up production and alternate calendars or the default production calendar week, you can specify which shifts are in operation for a given day. To set up the five-day work week or any calendar, first define shift codes.
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Define shift codes. |
Use the Shift Code Definition page (MG_SHIFTS) to define shift codes.
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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Shift Code Definition page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.
Shift Code
While you can specify only three shifts per calendar day or one for the work week definition, you can maintain an unlimited number of shift codes. Designate a start time and end time, depending on the calendar day.
For example, you can define three shift codes, spanning all 24 hours in a day, and associate them with Monday through Friday. You can then define a fourth shift code with a start and end time of 8 a.m. and 12 p.m. respectively and associate that shift code only with Saturday. When associating a shift code to the five-day work week, the hours of operation defined for the shift code are applied to Monday through Friday.
Production date and shift information is defined as the working day and shift where component and production scheduling can be accomplished. Although you define the shift codes here, use these codes, along with the production dates, to define the default production calendar week and production and alternate calendars. For example, on the production calendar for the month of March, specify that you are working three shifts on 3/27/03. You've just defined a production date of 3/27/03 with three production shifts: 1, 2, and 3. If you are using the system production work week, then the system automatically defines the production dates as the calendar dates associated with Mondays through Fridays. Because you can associate only one shift for all five days, the production shift is always defined as 1. For example, the last Friday for the month of March is 3/26/03. The production date is 3/26/03 and the production shift is 1.
Actual date and time is defined as the actual physical date and time that the production is scheduled to begin or end based on the standard calendar. In most cases, the production dates and actual dates are the same. If you have a production shift that spans two days, the actual date for production may be different than the production date. The system determines the actual date by the actual time that the production is scheduled to start or end within the production shift.
If you are defining a shift that spans multiple dates, select a production date time. Values are:
Start Time: The manufacturing production date to be the date associated with the start of the shift.
End Time: The date associated with the end of the shift.
If the shift doesn't span multiple dates, the production date time is automatically set to Start Time, because both the start and end time of the shift is associated with the manufacturing production date. In this case, this field is unavailable.
The system determines the production date and shift information based on the actual start time or end time of the shift. These examples illustrate how the system determines the manufacturing production date based on whether you want the start time or end time of the shift to define the manufacturing production date.
Example 1: Production Date Time Set to Start Time
A company runs three shifts where the third shift starts at 8 p.m. and ends at 2 a.m. This shift is defined with the start time associated with the production date. A production schedule can now be defined for a production due date and due shift. In our example, production is due to complete on 3/26/03 at 1:30 a.m. Because the shift in which production takes place actually begins on 3/25/03 at 8:00 p.m., the production date and shift is recorded as 3/25/03, shift 3. The actual date and time still appears as 3/26/03 at 1:30 a.m.
Example 2: Production Date Time Set to End Time
A company runs three shifts where the first shift starts at 10 p.m. and ends at 6 a.m. This shift is defined with the end time associated with the production date. A production schedule can now be defined for a production due date and due shift. In our example, production is due to complete on 3/27/03 at 5:30 a.m. Because the shift ends at 6:00 a.m. and the Prdn Due Date (production due date) field is set to the shift's end time, the production due date and shift is 3/27/03, shift 1. The actual date and time still appears as 3/27/03 at 5:30 a.m.
Note: Visibility of the production date and shift, as well as the actual date and time for production IDs and production schedules is available throughout PeopleSoft Manufacturing. This applies for both actual start and due production information.