Create a Flow Manufacturing Work Definition Associated with a Production Line

Welcome to the demo of the 25A feature create a flow manufacturing work definition associated with the production line in Oracle Fusion Cloud Manufacturing. Flow manufacturing is a method of manufacturing characterized by running a continuous production of similar products, often single piece flow, on a production line at a steady rate to align with customer demand.

The production workflow is designed with lean manufacturing and just-in-time principles in mind, where consistent and standardized operations are executed with streamlined cycle times, built-in quality, and minimal waste and changeovers. In the context of flow manufacturing, a work definition models the production process as the combination of the product structure with the set of operations and equipment and labor resources used in the production line.

A new flow manufacturing work method and a production line attribute have been introduced in the work definition to support creation of flow schedules that are sequence for execution and completion of multiple products on a production line. Using a Redwood user experience, you can create and update a work definition to make a standard item or an assemble to order model item using flow manufacturing on a specific production line.

It provides a modern and responsive user interface to efficiently manage flow manufacturing work definitions by allowing users to enter the product information with reference to the item structure and a production line in a few steps. It provides the ability to use keyword search and filters to quickly find an item's work definition and provides actions like copy, delete, deactivate, and reactivate to easily create and update work definitions.

Lastly, this feature allows you to align flow manufacturing activities with products produced on a line to meet the customer demand. In this demo, we will see how you can create a flow manufacturing work definition using the Redwood Experience. First, we will log into the Work Definition Overview page.

Being in the Work Definition Overview page, we will click on the manufacturing work definitions action to navigate to the work definitions page in Redwood. As you can see here, the Work Definitions page is rendered in Redwood, which displays a list of work definitions that have been previously defined. Now, let's create a new flow manufacturing work definition for an item by clicking on the Create Work Definition button.

We will enter the required details to create the work definition. As mentioned earlier, a new flow manufacturing work method has been introduced to support flow manufacturing. First, we will select the new flow manufacturing work method to create a flow manufacturing work definition. Next, we will enter the item for which the work definition would be created.

The item has been entered. The other details, such as the item structure name, item structure type, and the subinventory details are defaulted. Next, let's select a work definition name.

As you would note, the production priority is automatically defaulted. Having selected the work definition name, we will select a date to indicate from when the work definition would be effective. Next, we will enter a costing priority. We will now select a production line in the new production line attribute to indicate where the item will be produced.

Having selected the production line, we will create the work definition by clicking on the Create button. Next, we will enter the operations that will be executed on the production line to manufacture the item. First, we will modify the placeholder operation to create the first operation in sequence. We will select the work center representing the production line.

Next, we will modify the operation name. Having entered the details of the first operation, we will create the second operation in sequence. We will select a standard operation code for the second operation.

Next, we will create the third operation following the same steps as we did for the second operation. We will select a standard operation code for the third operation. Here are the details of the operations that were created. We will now save the record by clicking on the Save button.

The operation item view displays the items that got automatically assigned to the operation based on the suggested operation sequences defined in the item structure. Next, we will assign components to operations that did not have suggested operation sequences defined in the item structure. First, we will assign an operation sequence to an operation item.

Next, we will assign an operation sequence to the other unassigned item. We will now save the changes by clicking on the Save button. Here are the details of the operation items that are assigned to work definition operations. The same is also displayed in the assigned items view.

Next, we will navigate to the Operation Resources view to review the resources assigned to the work definition operations. Here are the resources that got assigned from the standard operations. Next, we will manually add a resource to the first operation.

First, we will enter the operation sequence number. Next, we will select a resource to assign to the operation. Next, we will enter the usage. We will mark the resource as scheduled.

Having entered the details, we will save the changes by clicking on the Save button. Next, we will navigate back to the Operations view. We will now save the work definition.

As you can see here, the flow manufacturing work definition has been successfully created. This concludes the feature demo. Thank you for watching.