Shop floor control helps you manage the flow of production inside your plant. Effective shop floor control can lead to due date performance that ensures meeting your customer service goals. The purpose of this section is to help you understand how Oracle Work in Process provides tools for shop floor control. In particular, it describes the complete life cycle of shop floor control from setup through execution.
Oracle Work in Process provides you with the features you need to satisfy the following basic shop floor control needs. You can:
Define work in process routings that model the manufacturing process
Track assembly movements throughout the shop floor
Track the status of assemblies within an operation
Use transaction information from shop floor collection devices and other external systems
Collect product and process quality information as you move assemblies
Enter alternate units of measure and quantities in move transactions
Dispatch assemblies by operation or within an operation
Backflush components automatically based on transactions
Charge resource time and overhead automatically
Track and repair rejected assemblies separately from normal assemblies
Scrap assemblies from the manufacturing process
Create requisitions for operation outside resources
Track assemblies at outside vendors
If Oracle Shop Floor Management is installed, you can create network routings with primary and alternate paths
Create electronic signatures in compliance with Federal Food and Drug Administration regulations when performing material transactions, assembly moves, and assembly completions
You can move assemblies within operations (intraoperation moves) and between operations (interoperation moves). You can also complete and return assemblies from and to jobs and schedules using move transactions. Move transactions automatically update operation completion quantities, charge appropriate resources and overheads, and backflush pull components. See: Move TransactionsOverview of Move Transactions.
You can load move transaction information from external systems - such as barcode readers and manufacturing cell controllers - into the Open Move Transaction Interface table. When this data is processed, it is validated, and invalid records are marked so that you can correct and resubmit them. See: Open Move Transaction Interface.
You define and assign shop floor statuses. You can control move transactions by assigning these statuses to intraoperation steps on the work in process routing. You can view these statuses during move transactions. See: Assigning and Viewing Shop Floor Statuses and Defining Shop Floor Statuses.
You can use dispatch reports to help you prioritize work at specific operations, production on specific lines, and to locate assemblies on the shop floor. See: Dispatch Reports.
You can automatically create purchase requisitions for resources assigned to outside processing operations. You can also control the movement of assemblies to and from your suppliers. See: Overview of Outside Processing Outside Processing Parameters and Resource Charge Types.
You can use Reject intraoperation steps, rework operations, or non-standard discrete jobs to rework problem assemblies. You have complete control over the material requirements and operations you use to complete rework. See: Rework Production.
You can scrap assemblies at any point during the production process. See: Assembly Scrap.
If Oracle Mobile Supply Chain Applications is installed, the Mobile Manufacturing component enables you to perform work in process material transactions using a mobile client device networked with a computer system. This includes:
Moving assemblies from one operation or intraoperation step to another.
Completing assemblies and jobs
Scrapping or rejecting assemblies, and reversing transactions
Resource transactions enabling you to change or add resources
Viewing transaction information including job status, completions, scrap quantities, and schedule dates
If Oracle Warehouse Management is installed, you can use License Plate Number functionality for tracking completions
Oracle Manufacturing provides electronic record (e-records) support in compliance with Federal Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) code regulation 21 CFR Part 11. Manufactured product data is electronically captured and has a complete audit trail. The Work in Process transactions supported in electronic signature support include material transactions, assembly moves, and assembly completions. See: Electronic Signature Support in Oracle Manufacturing