Process material

Use the following instructions to move items through production.

1.            If you use a full version of STRUMIS, go to Production > Production Console.
The Production Console form is displayed.
If you log into STRUMIS with a Production Console Edition licence, the Production Console form is displayed when you log in.

2.            In the Not Started smart filter, select a row in the grid and click the Start button.
This indicates that you are starting to process the item. The item is displayed in the Current Activity smart filter to show that you are busy with it.

3.            When you finish processing the item, go to the Current Activity smart filter, select the item, and click the Stop button.
The Quantity to Move form is displayed.

4.            Specify the quantity to stop and click OK.
The finished items are moved to the next process and a timesheet entry is created to show the time that it has taken to process the item.

§               Instead of using the Start and Stop buttons, you can click the Move button to move the item to the next process. No employee timesheet entry is created.

§               If you select multiple lines on which to work, and then click Start, the items that you selected are considered to be in a batch for the purposes of the production console. You must process the items in a batch together. The rules are:

§               The items in a batch are stopped together.
On the Quantity to Move form, you must enter the total quantity to move all of the items in the batch to the next process. You can also enter a quantity of 0; if you do this, the items remain at the current process and a timesheet entry is created to show that you have worked on them.

§               The items in a batch are cancelled together.

When the batch moves to the next process, the next operator can work on the items individually.

§               If you start a work order by accident, you can cancel it. On the Production Console form, in the Current Activity smart filter, select the work order and click the Cancel button. This returns the work order to the Not Started smart filter and does not create a timesheet entry. You can then start the work order at a later time.

§               If you start a work order and then need to take a break, you can log the amount of time that you have spent on the work order so far, return the work order to the Not Started smart filter, and re-start it when you get back from your break. To do this, stop the work order in the Current Activity smart filter, and on the Quantity to Move form, click Clear, then OK.
A timesheet entry is created for the time that you spent on the work order but not for the break time.

§               If you select the Specify Returned Offcuts check box, when you click the Stop button, the Quantity to Move form looks like this:

You can specify an offcut length and width to return to the inventory.
This is only available for mark item type work orders.
The offcut is only returned to the inventory when the cutting plan is complete.

§               If you select the Enter Cutting Info check box, when you click the Stop button, the Quantity to Move form is replaced by the Production Console - Simple Cutting form, where you can enter offcut and traceability information.