Overview of Production Process Design
A manufacturing engineer can use the work definitions feature in Oracle Fusion Cloud Manufacturing to design and manage production processes. In the case of discrete manufacturing, an Assembly could be a standard item or configured item that's based on an Assemble to Order (ATO) model that's completed in discrete units, at the final operation. In the case of process manufacturing, this will be a batch production where manufacturing involves moving batch quantities through each stage of the production process instead of the individual discrete units. You can design a work definition that represents the production operations, materials, outputs, and resources needed to make a product or a production batch.
In mixed-mode manufacturing, producing bulk intermediate material that's packaged into finished goods typically requires a hybrid of process and discrete manufacturing capabilities within the same plant. This is achieved through the plant setup with the help of two plant parameters; Enable Process Manufacturing and Default Work Method. If you select the Enable Process Manufacturing attribute in plant parameters, the capabilities for process manufacturing work definitions become available. If the plant is enabled for process manufacturing, you can optionally set the default work method to process manufacturing.
Oracle Application Development Framework Desktop Integrator (ADFdi) enables you to mass create and update the work definitions using Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. The work definitions are uploaded into and downloaded from the Oracle Fusion Manufacturing.
You can import process manufacturing work definitions through FBDI or using the REST services. Separate FBDI templates are available to import discrete and process manufacturing work definitions.
Based on planning and costing priorities, you can define primary and alternate manufacturing processes. The manufacturing lead times are calculated based on the primary work definition. Work definition versions are used to monitor and implement the changes that occur in the manufacturing process. The work definition report includes information on all the operations and their associated materials, outputs and resource requirements. This report can be shared internally within the enterprise or externally with the contract manufacturers, as in the case of a discrete manufacturing.
Item structure changes implemented by a product engineer in Product Management are either automatically or manually synchronized to the impacted work definitions. When an item structure change requires a manual user action, a work list notification is sent to manufacturing engineers or cost accountants having the function Receive Item Structure Change Notification for Work Definitions (WIS_RECEIVE_ITEM_STRUCTURE_CHANGE_NOTIFICATIONS_PRIV) privilege.
To summarize, you can perform the following tasks in the Work Definition work area:
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Manage the work definition names
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Manage the work definitions in user interface
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Assess the item structure change impact on the work definitions and make changes accordingly
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Create the work definition versions
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Calculate the manufacturing lead times
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Mass create and update work definitions using ADFdi
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Import manufacturing work definitions using FBDI templates