About the Operations Application
Overview
As an operator, you can use the Operations application in the Plant Applications Universal Client to access the operations associated with a work order. Each row in the Operations page represents an operation to be performed or has been completed. By default, the Operations application contains the operations of the Machine that you select.
You can perform the following tasks in the Operations application:
About Work Orders and Operations
A work order is a request to manufacture a certain quantity of products in a given time. The work orders are grouped by product and are assigned to a specific Production Line for manufacturing.
Note: To execute a work order on a Production Unit and manufacture products on a Production Line, you must enable the Production Line to use routes in the Plant Applications Administrator. For more information, refer to the Proficy Plant Applications Help.
A work order comprises the job details and operations. An operation in a work order is an executable job performed on a Production Unit of a Production Line. When all the operations are completed, the status of the work order changes to Completed in the Order Management application.
Note: If BOM parts are configured for an operation and marked as mandatory, the operation is marked complete only if the BOM parts are consumed. Similarly, if quality variables are configured for an operation, the operation is marked complete only if values for the quality variables are provided.
The operations that appear in the Operations application are either created in Route Management or imported to the Plant Applications database by using the Plant Applications Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) scheduler and import services.
Tip: For information on the import process, refer to the Plant Applications ERP Integration Guide.
Operation Status Indicators
The following table describes the color-coded status indicators of a serial number with respect to an operation that appears in the Operations application.
| Status Indicator | Description |
|---|---|
 | Indicates that the serial number in the operation is in the Ready status. This status indicator appears when an operation is ready to be performed on the serial number. |
 | Indicates that the operation is in the On Hold status. This status indicator appears when a defect has been created for a serial number in the operation. After the defect is closed, the status of the operation is modified to the In Progress status and the operation appears in the Open page. |
 | Indicates that the operation is in the Complete status. This status indicator appears when an operation, the quality variables associated with the operation, and the mandatory BOM items associated with the operation are completed for all the serial numbers in the operation. Note: Defining quality variables and BOM items for an operation are optional. However, if they are defined, they must be completed for all the serial numbers in the operation for the operation to be marked complete. |
 | Indicates that another user has clocked off the serial numbers in the operation. |
 | Indicates that the serial numbers in the operation are currently clocked on by multiple other users, and none of the serial numbers in the operation is currently clocked on by you. |
 | Indicates that the serial numbers in the operation are currently clocked on by you and multiple other operators. |
 | Indicates that the serial numbers in the operation are currently clocked on by you. |
 | Indicates that work has been started on the operation, but no one is currently clocked on to any of the serial numbers in the operation. |