Ensure Equipment and Operator Qualifications
For manufacturing processes that include complex operations and specialized equipment, quality and compliance requirements may stipulate that both the equipment and labor resources at a workstation are qualified to perform production execution.
The equipment resource instances at the workstation are qualified based on the equipment profile information defined for the work order operation resource. An operator is qualified based on the job profile information in the work order operation resource.
If qualification requirements are in place, then the production operator can start a work order operation only if both the operator and the resource instances at the workstation are qualified for the operation. If there are more than one job profiles for a work order operation, then the operator would need to qualify for all the job profiles before execution can begin. If an equipment resource instance is not qualified, the manufacturing engineer can remove it from the workstation by removing the assignment and assigning another appropriate qualified equipment resource instance to the workstation.
When a production operator checks in to a workstation, scans a work order, and selects an operation to execute, the work order operation page displays the qualification results. If any of the resource instances at the workstation do not qualify for the equipment profile associated with the operation resource, or if the operator does not qualify for the work order operation job profile, then the appropriate error banner is displayed. The Start button for the work order operation is enabled only after all qualifications have passed.
- To use labor resource instance qualifications, talent profiles must be enabled in Oracle Fusion Cloud Human Capital Management. After enabling the profiles, talent profile content sections, content items, and rating models must be created and made available for use in the job profile and employee profile. Refer to the feature description and resources for the Qualify Operators When Assigning Work Or Reporting Labor Usage feature.
- To use equipment resource instance qualifications, asset numbers must be associated with the equipment resource instances. In Oracle Fusion Cloud Maintenance, define qualification requirements that belong to a qualification profile. You can then define qualification records for the eligible asset numbers. Refer to the Qualify Equipment when Assigning Work or Reporting Resource Usage Readiness Training.