Add Clocking

Explanation

Use this activity to manually register a new clocking record for:

• Machine clocking for a shop order operation booked against a work center resource.
• Labor clocking for a shop order operation. Booked against an employee, if the site is configured to report in employee mode.
• Interruption clocking for a shop order operation booked against an interruption cause.
• Indirect labor clocking for an indirect job booked against an employee.
• Machine downtime clocking for a downtime cause booked against a work center resource.

Prerequisites

• To register a machine, labor or interruption operation clocking, a shop order operation must have been entered.
• To register a labor clocking, a shop order operation with a labor class connected must be selected.
• To register an interruption clocking, at least one interruption cause must have been entered in Interruption Causes window.
• To register an indirect labor clocking, at least one indirect job must have been entered in the Indirect Jobs window. In the Site window, the Report Mode must have been set to Employee and at least one employee must have been entered in Shop Floor Employee window and connected to the site which to the indirect job belongs.
• To register a machine downtime clocking, at least one downtime cause must have been entered in the Downtime Causes window.

System Effects

• As a result of this activity a new clocking record will be created or, if started for a team clocking records for all team members will be created.
• If a stop time has been entered a time result will be calculated.
• For machine and labor operation clockings an operation history will be created if a stop time has been entered.
• For indirect clockings, an indirect history transaction will be created if a stop time has been entered.

Window

Shop Floor Workbench
Shop Floor Clockings

Related Window Descriptions

Shop Floor Workbench
Shop Floor Workbench/Clockings
Shop Floor Clockings
Add Labor Clocking
Add Machine Clocking
Add Interruption Clocking
Add Indirect Labor Clocking
Add Machine Downtime Clocking

Procedure

Enter a new labor clocking for a shop order operation:

1. Right-click and click Add Labor Clocking.
2. In the Operation ID field, use List of Values to select the operation on which the time should be registered.
3. In the Time Type field, choose whether the time should be registered as setup or runtime.
4. Enter the start time and optionally the stop time in Start Time and Stop Time fields.
5. If the site to which the operation belongs is run in anonymous reporting mode a crew size must be entered.
6. If the site to which the operation belongs is run in employee reporting mode, an employee must be entered in the Employee field.
7. If you want to start a clocking record for an entire team, enter a team in the Team field and leave Employee and Stop Time fields blank. Then clocking records will be created for all employees currently in the team.
8. Click OK.

Notes: It is not allowed to register an active team clocking record on a specific employee since all employees in the team must run the same operations. It is also not allowed to create a stopped clocking record for an entire team since the system only keeps track of the employees currently in the team.
If an employee qualification requirement exists for the operation, and if the qualification check for the site is mandatory, then the reporting employee must have those qualifications. This is applicable only if you have not entered a value in the Team field.

Enter a new machine clocking for a shop order operation:

1. Right-click and click Add Machine Clocking.
2. In the Operation ID field, use List of Values to choose the operation on which the time should be registered.
3. In the Time Type field, choose whether the time should be registered as setup or runtime.
4. In the Resource ID field, use List of Values to choose the resource on which the time should be registered.
5. Enter the start time and optionally the stop time in Start Time and Stop Time fields.
6. Click OK.

Enter a new interruption clocking for a shop order operation:

1. Right-click and click Add Interruption Clocking.
2. In the Operation ID field, use List of Values to select the operation on which the time should be registered.
3. In the Interruption Cause field, use list of value to choose the cause of the interruption.
4. In the Resource ID field, use List of Values to select the resource on which the time should be registered.
5. Enter the start time and optionally the stop time in Start Time and Stop Time fields.
6. Click OK.

Enter new indirect labor clocking for an employee, or a team:

1. Right-click and click Add Indirect Labor Clocking.
2. When the dialog box is used from Shop Floor Clockings window, the user default site will automatically appear in the Site field. When used from the Shop Floor Workbench window the site currently entered in the shop floor workbench header will appear instead. Use the List of Values if you want the clocking to be registered on another site.
3. In the Indirect Job field, use List of Values to select the indirect job on which the time should be registered.
4. In the Employee field, enter the employee on whom the time should be registered.
5. If applicable enter a team that the time should be registered on.
6. Enter the start time and optionally the stop time in Start Time and Stop Time fields.
7. Click OK.

Enter new machine downtime clocking for a work center resource:

1. Right-click and click Add Machine Downtime Clocking.
2. When the dialog box is used from Shop Floor Clockings window, the user default site will automatically appear in the Site field. When used from the Shop Floor Workbench window the site currently entered in the shop floor workbench header will appear instead. Use the List of Values if you want the clocking to be registered on another site.
3. In the Downtime Cause field, use List of Values to select the downtime cause on which the time should be registered.
4. In the Work Center field, enter the work center on which the time should be registered.
5. In the Resource field, enter the work center resource on which the time should be registered.
6. Enter the start time and optionally the stop time in Start Time and Stop Time fields.
7. Click OK.