Completing an Operation

About Completing an Operation

An operation is completed when all the activities or jobs associated with the operation are completed. As an operator, you can complete an operation only when one or more of the following conditions are true:
  1. The operation is clocked on and is in the In Progress status. You can also clock on an operation from the Search window.
  2. The BOM parts required to complete the operation are consumed. Only if all the mandatory BOM items have been consumed for all the serial numbers, you can mark the operation complete.
  3. All the quality variables associated with the operation are specified.
  4. If needed, you can create a defect for the serial number.
  5. Mark the operation as complete.
Note: When an operation is clocked on by multiple operators and an operator completes the operation, the operation is marked as Complete for all the operators.

After all the operations in a work order are completed, the work order is marked complete in the Plant Applications Universal Client. You can view the completion status of the work order in Order Management.

Access the Documents

About This Task

The Operations application enables you to access the documents associated with a work order as a PDF file. These documents are defined while creating the work order or route. The documents can be instruction manuals and technical publications associated with the operation. As an operator, you can use the Documents section in the Operations application to access the documents.

The documents available in the Plant Applications Universal Client are imported using the Plant Applications Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) scheduler or from the Route Management application.

Procedure

  1. Select Operations.
  2. In the Machines drop-down list box, select a machine.
    The Open page appears, displaying a list of operations associated with the selected machine.
  3. In the Open page, select an operation.
    The Documents section appears, displaying the documents associated with the operation.
  4. Select a document in the General section to access the instruction documents defined at the route level for that operation.

Results

The instruction documents associated with the operation appears in the Documents section.

Specify a Quality Variable

Before You Begin

Clock on an operation for which you want to provide data for quality variables.

About This Task

The Quality Data section in the Operations application displays the quality variables that are defined in the Plant Applications Administrator. To complete an operation, the operation associated with a machine must meet the quality variable specifications.

For example, suppose you have been assigned the testing operation in a manufacturing unit. Quality variables can include the pressure and temperature of the product. When you test each product, you must enter the pressure and temperature values for the corresponding serial number. A quality supervisor can then verify that the pressure and temperature fall within the acceptable range.

You can provide data for quality variables only for serial numbers that you have clocked on.

Procedure

  1. Select Operations.
  2. In the Machines drop-down list box, select a machine.
    The Open page appears, displaying a list of operations for the selected machine.
  3. In the respective application page, select an operation in progress.
    The Documents section appears, displaying the documents associated with the operation. You can refer to the documents that appear in the Documents section for instructions or any other reference material.
  4. Select Quality.
    The Quality page appears, displaying the variables defined for the selected operation.
    Tip:
    • By default, only the mandatory quality variables appear. If you want to access all the quality variables, switch the Dynamic Rows toggle.
    • If you want to view the lowest, highest, lower quartile, upper quartile, and median values for each variable, select . If you want to view the same values plotted on a chart, select .
    • If you want to add a comment, select .
  5. For each variable, enter data in the SPEC column.
    Tip: If you want to plot the value on a chart, select .
    If acceptable limits have been specified for the variable, the box in the SPEC column displays a color, indicating whether the value that you have entered is within the acceptable range.
  6. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for each serial number in the operation.

Results

The data for the quality variables is saved.
If a part contains a defect, create a defect. Otherwise, complete the operation.

Complete an Operation

About This Task

After you completed working on an operation, you must mark the operation as complete for the corresponding serial number.

An operation is completed when all the activities or jobs associated with the operation are completed. After all the operations for a work order are marked complete, the work order is marked complete in the Plant Applications. You can view the completion status of the work order in the Order Management application.

Before You Begin

  1. Consume all the required BOM parts for all the serial numbers that you want to mark complete.
  2. Specify the Quality Variables for all the serial numbers that you want to mark complete.

Procedure

  1. Select Operations.
  2. In the Machines drop-down list box, select a machine.
    The Open page appears, displaying a list of operations for the selected machine.
  3. In the respective application page, select an operation.
    The Documents section appears, displaying the documents associated with the operation. You can refer to the documents that appear in the Documents section for instructions or any other reference material.
  4. Select the button for the operation you want to complete.

Results

The operation associated with the work order is completed, and the completed operation appears in the Complete page.