Access an Operation

About this task

As an operator, you can access the operations in the Released (that is, Ready or In Progress), on Hold, and Completed statuses associated with a machine in the Non Conformance application.

Procedure

  1. In the Unit Operations page, in the Machines box, select the machine on which the operation is performed.
    Tip: If the machine that you want to select appears in the workspace heading, you can select that button instead of using the Machines box.
    The Open workspace appears, displaying a list of open operations in a table with an ascending sort applied in the PRIORITY and MODIFIED ON columns (the field values of the operations with highest priority and the latest modified date appear first in the table). The machines that you have selected appear in the workspace heading. The number of operations that appear in a page depends on the resolution of your computer screen. The following table provides information on each column in the table.
    ColumnDescription
    STATUSThe status of the serial/lot at the operation.
    SERIAL/LOTThe unique identifier of the serial/lot associated with the work order.
    WORK ORDERThe unique identifier of the work order.
    PRIThe priority assigned to the work order.
    MATERIALThe material number of the serials/lots in the work order.
    MATERIAL DESCThe description of the material of the serials/lots in the work order.
    MATERIAL FAMILYThe material family of the serials/lots in the work order.
    OPERATIONThe name of the operation.
    OPERATION DESCThe description of the operation.
    MODIFIED ONThe date and time when a serial/lot is clocked on first for the operation.
    USER(S)The name of the user who is currently clocked on to the serials/lots in the operation. If multiple users are clocked on currently, the number of users appears in this column for that operation. Select <number_of_users> to access the list of names of the users who are working on the operation.
    ON/OFFContains buttons to clock on or clock off the serial/lot for the operation. These buttons are disabled for an operation that does not require clocking on.
    Tip: You can perform the following tasks:
    • Access the operations that are on hold or complete by selecting On Hold or Complete, respectively. When you select Complete, by default, the list of operations completed in the past seven days appears. You can, however, specify a different date range.
    • Manually refresh the list of operations by selecting .
    • Add or remove columns from the table by selecting .
    • Filter the list of operations by selecting in a column heading.
    • Search for an operation in the queue using the Search box.
    • To access an operation using a barcode, select for an option and scan for the barcode specific to the option. Use your device's front camera only for Barcode/QR code scanning. The application supports one-dimensional (Aztec, Data Matrix, MaxiCode, PDF417, UPC-A, UPC-E, UPC/EAN Extension) and two-dimensional (Codabar, Code 39, Code 93, Code 128, EAN-8, EAN-13, ITF, QR Code, RSS 14, RSS Expanded) types of standard codes.
    • In iPad, you can use only in the Safari browser.
  2. If you want to access the details of an operation, select the operation.
    The workspace for the operation appears. The left pane contains a list of serial/lots available at the machine on which you are performing the operation (or a list of search results if you have searched for a serial/lot). The following table provides information on each section in the workspace.
    SectionDescription
    DocumentsContains the documents associated with the operation. These documents can be instruction manuals or technical publications associated with the operation. They have been added to the corresponding route using Route Editor or the ERP system.
    BOMContains a list of BOM items to be consumed for each lot during the operation. For information, refer to About BOM Items.
    QualityContains a list of quality variables for which you can enter values while performing the operation. For information, refer to Access the Quality Variables of an Operation.
    NCRContains a list of defects created for the serial/lot at the operation. For information, refer to About Creating a Non-Conformance.
    PropertiesContains a list of properties associated with the route, operation, or material. A property is an additional attribute that is assigned to a route, an operation, or a material to produce a product. Properties are assigned values in the following ways:
    • Properties for routes and operations are assigned values in Route Editor.
    • Properties for materials are assigned values in an ERP system. These materials are imported to Plant Applications using import services.
    In Unit Operations, you can view values of properties assigned to the following types of records:
    • Route: Properties assigned to a route are applicable to all the operations in the route (for example, ERP project number).
    • Operation: Properties assigned to an operation are applicable only to that operation (for example, process capability index of the operation).
    • Material: Properties assigned to a material are applicable to all the routes that are associated with the material (for example, material grade).
    Note: Documents, BOM, Quality, NCR, Properties, and History are standard tabs. You can show or hide them using the Configuration Management application. You can also rearrange the order of the tab display.