Create a Regular or Batch Operation for a Configured Product

When you click Operations in the Configured Product Maintenance (MBM) program and select a regular or batch operation code, you can create a new regular or batch operation, change, or delete it.

  1. Enter data in these fields:

Field Name

Type / Max Length

Action / Description

Machine number

Required
10 alphanumeric

Accept the displayed machine number for this work center.

The work center and machine number combination identifies a specific work location.

Oper desc 1-4

Optional
20 alphanumeric per line

Accept the displayed description of this operation or enter a one- to four-line text description of the process performed in this operation. This description prints on the shop paper.

Tool number

Optional
12 alphanumeric

Accept the displayed tool number or enter a different tool that this operation uses. This field is not used by the system, but you can use it in custom reports.

Setup labor cd

Optional
2 alphanumeric

Select the setup labor code that represents the hourly labor rate required to set up this operation.

Work in process and labor reporting programs use this code to calculate actual labor costs.

Direct labor cd

Optional
2 alphanumeric

Accept the displayed labor rate code that represents the hourly labor rate for this operation or select a different code.

Work in process and labor reporting programs use this code to calculate actual labor costs.

Std/Alt oper

Required
1 alphanumeric

Select S if this operation is standard or select A if you expect to use it occasionally.  

Alternate operations are not automatically included in a manufacturing order. Use the Chg routing button in Manufacturing Order Maintenance (MIM) to include alternate operation sequences for the order before you release it. You also have the option to recalculate your standard costs using the new operations.

Dept number

Optional
5 alphanumeric

Accept the displayed department where the operation takes place or select a different department. The default comes from the work center's record in the Work Center Maintenance (WCM) program. This field prints on shop paper and can be used by the Manufacturing Order Picking Selection (MSS) program.

Multiple setups?

Optional

Selected: Multiple setups per manufacturing order
Blank: One setup per manufacturing order

This field applies to Batch, Regular, and Unattended operations. For batch operations, this field is always selected.

For batch operations, the program uses the Pieces per batch quantity to calculate the number of setups required: Quantity ordered / Pieces per patch

Note
If the parent item has Unique CP RRL selected in the Enterprise Item Maintenance (IM) program, the system calculates only one setup per order.

Setup time

Optional
7 numeric in the format 99999.99

Accept the number of hours it takes to set up this operation or enter a different number. The system uses setup time when it calculates standard setup labor costs.

Pieces per hour
Pieces per batch

Optional
12 numeric in the format 9999999.99999

Accept the number of output units processed in an hour or in a batch, enter a different number, or leave blank to have the program calculate this field based on the Hours per piece field. You can set this field to 0.

If you leave Pieces per hour blank, the program calculates the field when you complete data entry. If you enter both Pieces per hour and Hours per piece, the program uses Pieces per hour to calculate the Hours per piece.

Hours per piece
Hours per batch

Conditional
12 numeric in the format 9999999.99999

Accept the number of hours required to process an output unit or batch, enter a different number, or leave blank to have the program calculate this field based on the Pieces per hour field. You can set this field to .00000.

If you leave Hours per piece blank, the program calculates the field when you complete data entry. If you enter both Pieces per hour and Hours per piece, the program uses Pieces per hour to calculate the Hours per piece.

Process UOM

Optional
2 alphanumeric

Accept the displayed unit of measure this operation processes or produces or select a different UOM. The process UOM may be different from the stocking unit of measure for the final product. For example, in a hole-punching operation, an operation may punch one hole or several in a single operation.

UOM conversion

Required
9 numeric in the format 99999.9999

Accept the 1.0000 default or enter the number of conversion units per stocking unit.

The conversion factor converts processing (input) units and hours to standard (output) units and hours. In the hole-punching operation example, if only one hole is punched at a time and there are 10 holes to punch, the conversion factor is 0.1; but if an operation punches all of the required holes in 10 pieces simultaneously, the conversion factor is 10.0.

The program calculates the Pieces per hour, Hours per piece, and Hours per batch fields based on this field.

Op pieces per hour
Op hours per batch

Display

The number of pieces per hour or hours per batch output for the next operation

For a regular operation: UOM conversion / Hours per piece

For a batch operation: UOM conversion x Hours per batch

Crew size

Optional
5 numeric in the format 999.99

Accept the displayed number of workers required to perform the operation or enter a different number. This field is not used by the system, but you can use it in custom reports.

Move time

Optional
7 numeric in the format 99999.99

Enter the number of shop days the manufacturing order spends intransit from one operation to another.

Capacity planning and priority dispatch programs and the Accumulated Lead Time Calculation (MLT) program use the Move time field.

Send ahead qty

Optional
7 numeric

Enter the quantity that can be sent ahead to the next operation, splitting lots into a smaller quantity in order to begin the next operation before completing the current operation.

Capacity planning programs use send ahead quantity when calculating load.

  1. Choose the appropriate options:

To

Do This

Change a field

Click Modify.

Delete a saved record

Click Delete. See Delete.

Exit without creating this operation

Click Cancel.

Change the Work center no field

Click Other info and then Modify.

Enter line for this operation

Click Notes. See Enter Notes.

Display changes made to this operation

Click Audit. See Display an Audit Trail. Click Exit after you view the audit trail to return to this program.

Note

This button displays only if you have activated this audit trail in the Audit Trail Maintenance (XAT) program.

Accept the data

Click OK. The program prompts Operation seq no. Enter another sequence or leave blank to exit add mode.