Enter Shop Floor Employee
Explanation
This activity is used to set up an existing employee as
a shop floor employee. Employees defined here are used for planning purposes
as well as for reporting operational and indirect time. A
person can also be seen as a resource in other areas than manufacturing, such as
project planning and maintenance.
When calculating operation hours, the
priority of calculating the operation hours should be as follows:
- Based on the calendar settings
defined in the Manufacturing Labor Class/Person
tab.
- If calendar is not defined, when
IFS/Human Resources is installed, refer the employee's work schedules
defined in the Employee
Schedules and Rules
window.
- If employee’s schedule is day type independent or
If IFS/Human Resources is not installed, and no valid schedule exists for
the employee;
then use the
labor class calendar defined in the Manufacturing Labor Class
window.
Prerequisites
- A labor class must be defined in Manufacturing
Labor Class window.
- An employee must be defined in Company/Employees tab.
System Effects
As a result of this activity:
- A new shop floor employee is created.
- Settings for shop floor reporting are defined by
company and site.
- A primary site is set for the employee, to be used
when selecting indirect job for diff.
- A primary labor class is set by site, to be used
when retrieving costs.
- The person with the employee id is made a resource
in the primary labor class.
- The person with the employee id is also a resource in the Resource
Navigator, assigned to the group representing the labor class.
Window
Shop
Floor Employees
Related Window Descriptions
Shop Floor Employees
Manufacturing Labor Class
Manufacturing Labor Class/Person
Shop Floor Employees per Site
Procedure
- Open the Shop Floor Employees window.
- Create a new line.
- In the Employee ID field, select a value from the list of values.
-
If desired, fill in information in the Time Idle and Note fields.
- In the Resume Option field, select a suitable value from the
list. (When an employee reports in, the system resumes operations
according to the value selected in Resume Option field. Only the last
stopped operation will be considered. The last operation should also have
the Auto Stopped check box selected).
-
If you
want the employee to be allowed to report time for other employees, select
the Handle Time for Others check box.
- If you want the employee to be allowed to enter and report from
Shop
Floor Workbench window, select the Workbench User check box.
- Click Save (F12).
- For each site that the employee shall be able to
report on, create a new line in the lower part of the window.
- If desired, fill in information in the Filter ID,
Indirect Job for Diff and Default Team fields.
- If the employee is able to report on several
sites, right-click then click Set Primary Site for the site that is
to be used as primary.
- Enter a value in the Primary Labor Class
field.
- Click Save (F12). If the person connected to the
employee is not a resource in the primary labor class, you will be given the
option to do add him/her to the labor class.