Enter Operation Information

When you click Detail and then click Operation in the Warranty Tracking Maintenance (WTM) program, these fields display for existing operations:

Field Name	Displays
Wrty oper seq	The sequence number assigned to this operation
Parent item no	The parent item covered by this warranty
RRL	The Routing Revision Level for this item
Oper seq	The operation sequence
Oper	The operation code
Type	The operation type: B: Batch I: Indirect P: Purchased service R: Regular U: Unattended

Select the operation you want to change, click Select, and click Modify.

Click Add to add a new operation and accept the assigned sequence number.

Enter the data in these fields:

Field Name

Type / Max Length

Action / Description

Operation code

Optional
4 alphanumeric

Accept the displayed operation code, enter a code, or click the Lookup icon and use the standard lookup options to select the operation from a list.

Operation type

Optional
1 alphanumeric

Accept the displayed operation type or select a type:

Select	For operation type
B	Batch
I	Indirect
P	Purchased service
R	Regular
U	Unattended

Work center no

Optional
6 alphanumeric

Accept the displayed work center number or enter a work center number. For a purchased service operation, enter VENDOR.

Machine number

Optional
20 alphanumeric

Accept the displayed machine number for this work center or enter a machine number. For a purchased service operation, enter the vendor number.

In combination with the work center, the machine number identifies a specific work location.

Oper desc 1 - 4

Optional
20 alphanumeric per line

Accept the displayed text description for the process performed in this operation or enter a description to print on the shop paper.

Tool number

Optional
24 alphanumeric

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

Dept number

Optional
5 alphanumeric

Accept the displayed department code or select a department that is responsible for this work center.

Setup labor cd

Optional
2 alphanumeric

Accept the displayed setup labor code or select a code for the hourly labor rate required to set up this operation.

Direct labor cd

Optional
2 alphanumeric

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

Std/Alt routing

Required
1 alphanumeric

Accept or select S for a standard operation or select A for an alternate operation.

Crew size

Optional
5 numeric in the format 999.99

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

Setup time

Optional
5 numeric in the format 99.999

Accept the displayed number of hours it takes to set up this operation or enter a number.

Pieces per hour

Optional
6 numeric in the format 999999

Accept the displayed number of output units processed in an hour or enter a different number.

Hours per piece

Optional
8 numeric in the format 999.99999

Accept the displayed number of hours required to process an output unit or enter a number.

Cost per piece

Conditional/Optional
14 numeric in the format 999999999.99999

For a purchased service operation type, accept the displayed cost the vendor charges to perform this operation or enter a cost.

Process UOM

Optional
4 alphanumeric

Accept the displayed unit of measure that this operation processes or produces or select a unit.

This unit of measure may be different from the purchasing, stocking, and sales units of measure. For example, in a hole-punching operation, an operation may punch one hole or several in a single operation.

This field is not used by the system, but you can use it in custom reports.

UOM conversion

Optional
9 numeric in the format 99999.9999

Accept the displayed number of conversion units per stocking unit or enter a conversion factor.

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.

Move time

Optional
5 numeric in the format 999.99

Accept the displayed number of days the manufacturing orders spends intransit from one operation to another or enter a number.

Send ahead qty

Optional
11 numeric

Accept the displayed quantity that can be sent ahead to the next operation or enter a quantity. The system can split lots into a smaller quantity in order to begin the next operation before completing the current operation.

Choose the appropriate options:

To	Do This
Change a field	Click Modify.
Delete this operation	Click Delete. See Delete. Note You cannot delete a record until it has been saved; use Cancel.
Exit without entering or changing this operation	Click Cancel. For an existing operation, the program prompts Exit without updating? Click Yes to exit without updating the record or click No to retain the changes that you made. For a new operation, the program prompts Oper seq no. Enter another operation or clear the field to exit.
Enter notes for this operation	Click Notes. See Enter Notes.
Change the Oper seq no field	Click Change no. This button displays only for a new record.
Enter cost information	Click Detail. See Enter or Change Cost per Piece. This button displays only if you selected the Track operation detail? option in the System Options Maintenance (XM) program (Warranty Tracking Options).
Accept the data	Click OK. For a new operation, the program prompts Oper seq no. Enter another operation or clear the field to exit.
Exit and return to the menu	Click Quit.

Choose the appropriate options when you click OK or Cancel:

To	Do This
Add another operation	Click Add.
Delete the selected operation	Click Delete. See Delete.
Copy the selected operation	Click Copy. See Copy.
Display the selected operation	Click Select.
Display operations from a specific sequence	Click Restart. The program prompts Oper seq no. Enter the first sequence you want to display or leave the field blank to begin with the first sequence in the file.
Print the operation listing	Click Print. See Print.
Display the previous set of records in the file	Click Page up.
Display the next set of records in the file	Click Page down.
Exit operations	Click Exit. See Change Items Covered.
Exit the program	Click Quit.