1. Using Manufacturing
  2. How You Create and Edit Workstations

How You Create and Edit Workstations

Use workstations to assign locations in a work center where operators execute work order operations.

Manufacturing operators execute work order operations at an assigned physical location, which can be a machine or a workbench. You can model this physical location as a workstation that is part of a work center, and associate equipment resource instances to perform in-house operations.

Manufacturers can perform the following workstation set up and management tasks:

  • Create workstations under a work center in the manufacturing plant.
  • Add equipment instances to a workstation.
  • Search for workstations using attributes, such as name and code.
  • View workstation information, such as the workstation description, work center, and the list of equipment instances for the workstation.
  • Edit or delete workstations.

Manufacturers can manage and track workstations, which provides visibility into labor and equipment activity during production. Production supervisors can increase productivity by helping operators address production issues quickly.

To create a new workstation, or to search and edit a workstation:

  1. Navigate to the Work Definition work area.
  2. In the Tasks pane, select Workstations under Plant Setup.

When creating a new workstation from the Workstations page, use a workstation Name and Code that is unique within an organization. Each workstation must be associated with a work center. You cannot change the work center after creating the workstation.

Once you create the workstation, you can go ahead and add one or more equipment resource instances from the work center to the workstation. An equipment resource instance can only be assigned to one workstation at a time.

Access Requirements

Users who are assigned a configured job role that contains the following privileges can create and edit workstations:

  • View Workstations (WIS_VIEW_WORKSTATIONS)
  • Manage Workstations (WIS_MANAGE_WORKSTATIONS)
  • Get Manufacturing Plant Set Up Data by Service (WIS_GET_MFG_PLANT_SETUP_SERVICE_PRIV)
  • Manage Manufacturing Plant Set Up Data by Service privilege (WIS_MANAGE_MFG_PLANT_SETUP_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)