DC-B  Enter Production Only

Purpose of Program

If you wish to use data collection solely to record parts made and scrapped, this program is an alternative to DC-A  Enter Labor/Production, which records both time and parts counts.

Recording the parts made updates the completion status of work order sequences (operations), which is essential information used by the Work Center Backlog report and all the Scheduling module reports and inquiries.  NOTE: this updating will not occur until you run DC-H  Post Labor Transactions.

If your company is driven primarily by scheduling and not by job costing, this program is ideal and involves minimal data entry.  The only data to be reported are the employee number, work order, sequence, parts made, and parts scrapped.

Using standard times

If you do not plan to record actual time, but wish to charge work orders with standard times, set the Use Standard Time? switch in SD-I  Routings Defaults to Y and set the Std Time? fields in all existing routings to Y.  Each time parts are reported produced the program will multiply the standard Time/Part from the work order routing to the quantity reported and will post that time to  the work order.

General Program Operation

Enter the employee number via the numeric keypad or by wanding a bar coded shop traveler (printed through WO-C  Print Travelers) or a bar coded labor ticket (printed through DC-E  Print Labor Tickets).  The employee name will be displayed.  You are asked if the entry is correct.  You can press <Enter> or Y to move on, or, if you press N, you are returned to the employee number prompt where you can enter another number.  The employee number must be a valid number in the employee file.

The employee number provides a record as to who made the entry.  If you don't wish to track entries to specific employees, you can always set up a dummy employee number in SM-G  Enter Employees and use that number for all entries.

Next enter the work order number.  It must be a valid, non-closed work order number.  The product being manufactured is displayed and you are asked if it is correct.  If you enter N, you are returned to the work order prompt where you can re-enter the work order number.

Enter the sequence (operation) number.  It must be a valid sequence number from the work order's routing.  The sequence description is displayed and you are asked if it is correct.  If you enter N, you are returned to the Sequence Number prompt where you can reenter the sequence number.

You are then asked to enter parts made.  After entering a quantity, you are asked to enter the  parts scrapped.  You are then asked if your entries are correct.  If you press <Enter>  or Y, you are returned to the employee number prompt where you can make your next entry.  If you enter N, you are returned to the Parts Made field where you can re-enter the quantities.

NOTE:  If you receive the message "Someone is already entering labor for this employee" and you know this is not the case, then on the DC-B screen before entering the employee number press the F9 key and then enter the employee number.  This will clear the record.