Execute Flow Schedules on a Production Line

Welcome to the demo of the 25A feature, Execute Flow Schedules on a 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.

Flow manufacturing applies to a subset of manufacturers that run uninterrupted production lines at a constant rate to make similar products. Based on customer orders production is managed through flow schedules that are created and scheduled based on the line rate and available working hours. Flow schedule contains information about what needs to be produced, on which production line, by when, and in what quantity. With this feature, for any given production line, you can efficiently report completion of flow schedules after completing a product at the end of the line using the Quick Complete or the Complete with Details action.

If no additional information is required to be entered, you can report completion of a flow schedule using the Quick Complete action. On the contrary, if any additional information, such as lot number or serial number information related to the product or material are needed, then you can report completion of a flow schedule using the Complete with Details by providing the details in the Product and Material Details tabs.

The flow schedules are presented in the order of the build sequence. Completing a flow schedule automatically brings up the next schedule and sequence for reporting completion. You can, however, select any schedule from the list to report completion for. You can also print labels prior to reporting completion of a flow schedule. Through a modern and responsive user interface it provides a means to users to report flow schedule completions with the essential production data, and minimize time spent in the system to focus more on completing their production tasks efficiently.

To summarize, these capabilities enable users to efficiently report completion of flow schedules at the end of the production line and automatically transition to the next schedule and sequence, thus minimizing the time spent in the system. In this demo, we will see how you can execute and report completions of flow schedules using the Redwood Experience.

First, we will log in to Work Execution Overview page and click on the Flow Schedules Execution action. Being in the Work Execution Overview page, we will click on the Flow Schedules Execution action to select a production line to review the flow schedules that are sequence for execution. As you can see here, the production lines that are defined in the organization are displayed.

Now we will review the flow schedules that are sequence for execution on a production line. As you can see here, the flow schedules are displayed and ordered based on the build sequence. Now we will report completion of the first schedule. As mentioned earlier, you can report completions using either the Quick Complete or the Complete with Details action. If no additional information is required to be entered, you can report completion of a flow schedule using the Quick Complete action.

We will now report completion of the first schedule and sequence by clicking on the Quick Complete button. As you can see here, a toast message is displayed confirming that the flow schedule has been successfully completed. Upon completion, material and resource usages for the flow schedule are automatically reported based on the associated flow manufacturing work definition. Reservations, if any, are relieved and transferred to on-hand inventory. Also, as you would notice here, the next schedule and sequence is automatically moved up for reporting completion, thus ensuring seamless transitioning of one schedule to the other based on the build sequence.

Now let's review the ability to report flow schedule completion using the Complete with Details action. As mentioned earlier, you must use the Complete with Details action. If you need to report any additional information, such as lot number or serial number information related to the product or material as part of reporting completion of a flow schedule. We will now report completion of the flow schedule by clicking on the Complete with Details

Upon clicking on the Complete with Details button, the product and material details tabs are rendered as part of a drawer where the additional information needs to be entered. The product that is being completed is a serial-controlled product and hence it requires entry of a serial number. We will now select a predefined serial number for the product.

Having entered the serial number, we will click on the Material Details tab to enter additional information required to complete the transaction. We will now scan a component that requires a serial number to be entered. Next, we will select a serial number for the component. You can also scan the serial number.

The serial number has been entered. As you can see here, the green status indicator for all the material records indicates that all the required details have been entered. Next, we will click on the Save and Close button to save the transaction. Upon saving, a toast message indicates that the flow schedule has been successfully completed. This is how completion of flow schedules are reported. This concludes the featured demo. Thank you for watching.