Working on an operation

To start working on an operation, click in the top right corner of the operation's detail screen.

You may not be allowed to start more than one operation at a time. In this case, when you select another operation on top of the one that you still have in progress, the Start button will be disabled on the selected operation's detail screen, and a warning modal will be displayed.

An operation can be started by more than one operator, so you may work in parallel with your colleague(s) on the same operation.

When you pick a row from the All operations list that has not been on the My operations list yet, it will be added to the My operations list.

If your ERP system is SAP Business One, you may see an Instructions in the bottom right corner (in red frame in the screenshot below). Instructions will be displayed in a popup modal.

The Instructions button is available only if the instruction text has been specified in SAP Business One, on a Text row in the production order. If the Text row contains a hyperlink as plain text, that plain text segment will appear as a clickable link for operators who select the Instructions button in Produce / Operator.

As soon as you start to work on an operation, the header of the detail screen turns yellow and a time counter starts ticking to show how long you have been working on the operation.

Select the View link (in a red frame in the screenshot below) to display a modal that shows all important information about the production order that your operation belongs to. For example, you can check the status, the planned, remaining, completed and scrap quantities. The modal also shows the history of each operation in the production order, with the operator's name, time and quantity information.

The last column in the bill of materials (Booking) indicates whether you need to book materials yourself when registering work for this operation, or they will be booked elsewhere: either backflushed in the ERP system or booked in another department, e.g. logistics. The column may display one of the following three values:

• - The material is backflushed in the ERP system.
• - The material will be booked in another department, e.g. logistics.
• - You have to book the material in Produce / Operator.

When the job is finished or you need to stop working for any other reason, the time and materials used as well as the items produced and any scrap need to be registered. Click in the top right corner of the operation's detail screen to stop working and start the registration process, i.e. the production data collection (PDC) workflow.

In case your ERP system is SAP Business One, your operation may contain an inspection step. To see how to complete it, read Viewing and executing inspection orders during production.

A quality issue in a previous operation may affect the next, upcoming step. Therefore, Produce / Operator displays a warning if the operation preceding the one you are about to start has a failed inspection order assigned to it.