Execute Production at a Workstation and Automate Resource Transactions

Run work order operations at a workstation using the Redwood user experience. You can record completed and rejected quantities, and track progress during execution. You can also automatically report resource transactions at the workstation.

Workstations created in the Work Definition work area are available for selection in the Work Execution work area for production operators to check in and execute work order operations.

Operators can access production execution capabilities from their workstations through a single user interface that provides a smooth and intuitive digital experience. Operators can focus on their manufacturing tasks with handy access to all the information required to efficiently perform these tasks.

As a production operator, you can log in to your workstation to begin work. To check in to your workstation:

1. Navigate to the Work Execution work area.
2. In the Tasks pane, select Execute Production at a Workstation under Execute Production.
3. On the Select Workstation page, scan or select the workstation name.

You can check in to only one workstation at a time. No other user can check in to the workstation while you are checked in.

To begin work on a work order, scan or select your work order number. All work order related information, including operation attachments and previous shift activity, is available from a single page. After you start the work order operation, you can pause and resume execution at any time. Report completed and rejected quantities during execution, and view real-time progress towards operation completion with automated transaction updates of completed quantities. The real-time target is the quantity a user should have produced based on the elapsed execution time and the cycle time of the operation. You can report any exceptions directly from the workstation to help identify issues that may disrupt production and request support.

The following prerequisites and conditions currently apply when executing production at a workstation:

• Only work order operations belonging to discrete manufacturing work orders can be executed at workstations. Process manufacturing work orders cannot be executed at a workstation.
• Work order operations that are enabled for serialization can be executed at a workstation only if the assembly serial numbers are pre-assigned to the work order.
• Work order operations for lot-controlled items can be executed at a work station only if the lot numbers are pre-assigned to the work order.
• Work order operations with serialized or lot-controlled operation materials cannot be executed at a workstation.
• Work order operations with resources requiring equipment or labor qualifications cannot be executed at a workstation.
• Product completion transaction for items that are serialized at receipt cannot be completed at a workstation.
• Work order operations for organizations with project tracking, country of origin tracking for inventory, or with warehouse management integration cannot be executed at workstations.

Automate Resource Transactions

As all operator check-ins and checkouts are recorded, you can track the time an operator spends at an assigned location.

If you wish to report the actual time spent by a resource executing a work order operation, then set the charge type for the work order operation resource to manual and add equipment instances to the workstation. During execution of a work order operation, an operator can pause and resume execution at any time. The actual time spent executing an operation is calculated as the time elapsed between start and end minus the pause time.

If you want to report the checked in user's actual time spent executing a work order operation as a labor resource transaction, then configure the production operator as a labor resource instance belonging to the work center that the workstation is part of.

For automated resource usage transactions, the execution time is converted from time elapsed unit of measure (seconds) to the resource's unit of measure using the profile Hour Unit of Measure (ORA_RCS_HOUR_UOM). The UOM set in this profile and the resource must belong to the UOM class specified in the other profile, SCM Common: Default Service Duration Class (RCS_DEFAULT_UOM_CLASS_CODE_FOR_SVC_DURATION). Oracle recommends that you set this profile to a UOM class that represents units of measure for time. The operation cycle time, setup time, and real-time target displayed while executing a work order operation also rely on the preceding UOM configuration.

Access Requirements

Users who are assigned a configured job role that contains the following privileges can execute production at a workstation:

• Execute Production at a Workstation (WIP_EXECUTE_WORKSTATION)
• Override Existing Check In of an Operator at a Workstation (WIP_CHECKOUT_OVERRIDE_WORKSTATION)
• Get Manufacturing Plant Set Up Data by Service (WIS_GET_MFG_PLANT_SETUP_SERVICE_PRIV)
• Get Work Orders by Service (WIP_GET_WORK_ORDERS_SERVICE_PRIV)
• Report Operation Transactions (WIP_REPORT_OPERATION_TRANSACTIONS_PRIV)
• Report Production Exceptions (WIP_REPORT_PRODUCTION_EXCEPTIONS_PRIV)
• Manage Work Execution Work Area (WIP_MANAGE_WORK_EXECUTION_WORK_AREA_PRIV)
• Report Resource Transactions (WIP_REPORT_RESOURCE_TRANSACTIONS_PRIV)
• View Workstations (WIS_VIEW_WORKSTATIONS_PRIV)
• View Work Orders (WIP_VIEW_WORK_ORDERS_PRIV)
• Get Work Definitions by Service (WIS_GET_WORK_DEFINITIONS_SERVICE_PRIV)
• Use REST Service - Guided Journey Responses (PER_REST_SERVICE_ACCESS_GUIDED_JOURNEY_RESPONSES_PRIV)
• Use REST Service - Guided Journeys Read Only (PER_REST_SERVICE_ACCESS_GUIDED_JOURNEYS_RO_PRIV)
• Manage HCM Non-Person Note (HRT_MANAGE_HCM_NON_PERSON_NOTE_PRIV)
• Get Item Rest (EGP_GET_ITEM_REST_PRIV)
• Access HCM Common Components (HRC_ACCESS_HCM_COMMON_COMPONENTS_PRIV)
• Configure Inventory Barcode Formats (INV_CONFIGURE_INVENTORY_BARCODE_FORMATS_PRIV)

In addition to the preceding privileges, users should have item class data security configured with the View Item Basic action set to allowed.