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Labor Allocations

You use this program to view operation allocations for a job.

Operation allocations can be added using the WIP Add an Operation program and maintained using the WIP Job and Op Maintenance program.

Toolbar and menu

Field Description
File  
Zoom Select this to view additional information for the allocation, including narrations (see Zoom on Internal/Subcontract Operations).
Graph Select this to use the WIP Job Graph program to view a graphical representation of all operations allocated to the job.
Edit  
Copy Select this to copy a labor allocation (see Copy Labor Allocations).
Maintain Detail Costing Select this to use the WIP Co-Product Maintenance program to maintain the detail co-product cost apportionment for the operation.

This option is only enabled if the job is for a notional part.
Details  
Details Select this to view the detailed labor postings for the operation (see WIP Browse on Labor Details).

Listview columns

When you select the WIP Browse on Labor Allocations program, a listview displays the current labor allocations for the selected job.

Column Description
Milestone Refer to the Milestone operation entry in the Glossary for additional information on milestone operations.
Total quantity The total quantity is only displayed for subcontract operations. The quantity is calculated by multiplying the quantity per against the subcontract operation by the quantity to manufacture against the job (see WIP Add an Operation).
Job Indicates the job number to which the operation allocation is assigned.

Detailed Labor Postings for Operation

You use the Details option from the Details menu of the WIP Browse on Labor Allocations program to view details of any labor postings made against the operation for the job.

Zoom on Internal/Subcontract Operations

Additional information for an operation can be viewed by selecting the Zoom option from the File menu of the WIP Browse on Labor Allocations program or the Zoom option from the toolbar of the WIP Job and Op Maintenance program.

Field Description
Narrations Select this to view the Bill of Material narrations for the operation.

Zoom on Internal Operations

The following information is included for the selected internal operation:

Column Description
Narrations Display the narrations currently defined against the operation.
General  
Work center

This indicates the work center against which the operation must be performed.

  • Work Center Quick View
  • Query (see Browse on Work Centers)
Description This indicates the work center description and is displayed for information purposes.
Operation dates
Field Description
Planned queue Indicates the planned queue date for the operation.
Actual queue Indicates the actual queue date for the operation.
Planned start Indicates the planned start date for the operation.
Actual start Indicates the actual start date for the operation.
Planned finish Indicates the planned finish date for the operation.
Actual finish Indicates the actual finish date for the operation.
Scheduled Information is displayed in these fields if you are using the Factory Scheduling module.
Days
Field Description
Queue time Indicates the number of days for which the operation is queued.
Elapsed time Indicates the elapsed time of the operation expressed in days.

This would have been entered if you selected the Fixed elapsed time option when adding the operation to the job. Otherwise, this reflects the elapsed time that is dynamically calculated by the system.

A dynamically calculated elapsed time means that if the batch size changes then the elapsed time is amended automatically. This enables the Requirements Calculation and Forward Finite Scheduling programs to take account of this when calculating suggested job start and delivery dates.

The Lead Time Calculation program re-calculates dynamic elapsed times providing the elapsed time is not defined as fixed.
Move time Indicates the time (in days) required for the operation to move between work centers.
Time
Field Description
Unit of measure Indicates the time unit of measure defined against the cost center (Cost Centers) defined against the work center.
Required setup Indicates the time taken to prepare a specific machine, process or work center for use. No usable items are produced during the setup period. It forms part of the operation elapsed time.
Issued setup Indicates the setup time currently issued to the work center for the selected operation.
Required startup Indicates the time taken to gradually bring the specific machine, line or work center up to full production speed while producing usable product. It forms part of the operation elapsed time.
Issued startup Indicates the startup time currently issued to the work center for the selected operation.
Required run Indicates the time taken to produce one unit during full speed production. It forms part of elapsed time.
Issued run Indicates the run time currently issued to the work center for the selected operation.
Required teardown Indicates the time taken to close down the specific machine, line, or work center used in the operation after production is complete. It forms part of the elapsed time. Typically, no usable items are produced during the teardown period.
Issued teardown Indicates the teardown time currently issued to the work center for the selected operation.
Progressive scrap

This only applies if you selected the setup option: Progressive scrap (Bill of Materials Setup).

Field Description
Scrap percentage Indicates the scrap percentage for the operation
Scrap quantity Indicates the scrap quantity for the operation.
Panned quantity Indicates the planned scrap quantity for the operation.
Quantities
Field Description
Startup Indicates the quantity of product manufactured during the start up period. This is deducted from the actual quantity to be manufactured when the run time is calculated.
Completed Indicates the quantity of the product currently completed.
Scrapped Indicates the quantity of the product currently scrapped.
Additional  
Hierarchy This indicates the hierarchy to which the operation is linked (see P&C Maintenance of Job Hierarchies). This is only applies to hierarchical jobs.
Rate indicator This indicates the work center rate applicable to this operation.
Machine This indicates the default machine for the operation during labor postings (see Machines).
Scheduled machine  
Maximum units This indicates the number of productive units for the work center. This is the lowest common denominator in which the productive unit capacity of a work center is grouped within a factory.
Unit of measure This indicates the time unit of measure for the work center.
Maximum operators This indicates the number of operators available at the work center.
Milestone

This indicates whether this is a milestone operation. Milestone operations enable you to post labor to key operations and update all prior operations with labor postings.

Milestones are used when machines operate in tandem and bookings are made only after a series of operations. A quantity made or scrapped at a milestone operation is assumed to have been made at standard for prior operations up until the previous milestone.

For each prior operation to be updated:

  • set-up and startup time is issued only if it has not yet been booked
  • operations are marked as complete when the milestone operation is defined as complete
  • teardown is only issued when the milestone operation is defined as complete.

Subcontract operations are always marked as milestone operations.
Inspection This indicates whether or not the operation requires inspection.
Complete This indicates whether or not the operation is complete.

Zoom on Subcontract Operation

The following information is included for the selected subcontract operation:

Column Description
Work center

This indicates the work center against which the operation must be performed.
Description This indicates the work center description and is displayed for information purposes.
Operation dates
Field Description
Planned start Indicates the planned start date of the operation.
Actual start Indicates the actual start date of the operation.
Planned finish Indicates the planned finish date of the operation.
Actual finish Indicates the actual finish date of the operation.
Scheduled Information is displayed in these fields if you are using the Factory Scheduling module
Days
Field Description
Lead Indicates the date on which a purchase order should be raised to reserve capacity (see also Lead time).
Offsite Indicates the number of days that the component is off site. This is added to any dock-to-stock days to determine the elapsed time.
Dock to stock Indicates the number of days required for the inspection of the item. This is added to the offsite time to establish the elapsed time of the operation.

The due date of the purchase order is set as the due date of the operation less the dock-to-stock time.
Move time Indicates the time required for the operation to move between work centers.
Hierarchy This indicates the hierarchy to which the operation is linked (see P&C Maintenance of Job Hierarchies). This is only applies to hierarchical jobs.
Progressive scrap

This only applies if you selected the setup option: Progressive scrap required (Bill of Materials Setup).

Field Description
Scrap percentage Indicates the scrap percentage for the operation
Scrap quantity Indicates the scrap quantity for the operation.
Panned quantity Indicates the planned scrap quantity for the operation.
Value
Field Description
Required Indicates the total value required for the operation.
Issued Indicates the value currently issued against the operation.
Supplier This indicates the preferred supplier of the service.
Planner This indicates the planner for this operation.
Buyer This indicates the buyer for this operation.
P/o stock This indicates the notation that entered under the stock code when a purchase order is generated.
Quantity per This indicates the quantity of the purchased service required to make a single parent stock code.
Unit of measure This is used for documentary purposes only.
Inspection This indicates whether or not the operation requires inspection.
Complete This indicates whether or not the operation is complete.

Copy Labor Allocations

You use the Copy option to copy labor allocations.

If you are copying labor allocations to a hierarchical job, then you must allocate all labor to one or more hierarchies before you can finalize the job creation process.

Field Description
Copy Allocations Select this to accept the information you entered and to copy the labor allocations to the non-stocked job.
Close Select this to return to the previous screen without performing the copy.
Non-stocked Select this to copy the labor allocations from a non-stocked parent item (Browse on Non-Stocked Codes). For example, you can copy labor allocations from a non-stocked item created for quotations.

This is useful if you have a job for a non-stocked item which is similar to a standard made-in item for which an Estimate already exists. The labor allocations can be copied rather than entering them manually.
From stock code Enter the code of the item from which you want to copy the labor allocations.
Description This indicates the description for the item entered in the previous field.
Revision

Enter the revision number of the stocked item from which you want to copy the labor allocations.

This only applies for items defined as ECC controlled (Stock Codes).

The wording for this field defaults to Revision, but is replaced by whatever wording you have assigned to these user-defined fields (Bill of Materials Setup).
Release

Enter the release number of the stocked item from which you want to copy the labor allocations.

This only applies for items defined as ECC controlled (Stock Codes).

The wording for this field defaults to Release, but is replaced by whatever wording you have assigned to these user-defined fields (Bill of Materials Setup).
Route

Indicate the stock item's routing number from which to copy.

This only applies if you selected the setup option: Alternate routings (Bill of Materials Setup). If you did not select this setup option, then all allocations are copied to Route 0.
Copy options  
Delete existing allocs

Select this to delete the existing labor allocations against the job and copy the labor allocations from the item entered above.

This has the effect of replacing the current labor allocations against the job with the labor allocations from the item entered above.

You cannot select this option if any time has been posted to any existing operation or if the job has already been started.

If you have already issued some time against an operation for the job and want to replace other existing operations (for which you have not issued any time yet), then there is a manual process to delete these operations before you initiate the Copy operation function. This scenario needs to be controlled manually since the job has already been started at this point.

Add new allocs after existing

Select to add labor allocations (from the item entered above), that do not already exist against the non-stocked job.

For example:

The non-stocked job currently has work center allocations X and Y allocated to it. The item you entered on this screen has work center allocations X, Y and Z in its bill of materials. If you select this option, then work center Z is added as a labor allocation to the non-stocked job.

Notes and warnings

Program access

  • This program can be accessed by selecting the Operation Allocations option from the Query menu of the WIP Query program.

Restricted maintenance

  • You cannot maintain information displayed in this list view if access for this program is set to Browse only but access to the corresponding maintenance program is not allowed (see Security Access).

  • The Editoptions are not available when this program is accessed from the Job Review program.

  • You cannot copy allocations from hierarchical jobs. In addition, you cannot copy allocations from items defined as Phantom parts, Planning bills, Kit types and Notional parts (Stock Codes).

Deletion considerations

  • You cannot delete an operation if the Time issued for the operation is not zero.

  • If you select to delete an operation against which transactions have been processed (i.e. a partially posted operation allocation), then the status of the operation is set to Complete. The line cannot be deleted as transactions already exist against it.

eSignature considerations

Electronic Signatures provide security access, transaction logging and event triggering. This enables you to increase control over your system changes.

Access to the following eSignature transactions within this program can be restricted at Operator, Group, Role or Company level. You configure this using the eSignature Setup program.

eSignature Transaction Description
WIP Labor allocation added

Controls access to the Add function in the WIP Browse on Labor Allocations and WIP Add an Operation programs.
WIP Labor allocation changed

Controls access to the Change function in the WIP Browse on Labor Allocations and WIP Job and Op Maintenance programs.
WIP Labor allocation deleted

Controls access to the Delete function in the WIP Browse on Labor Allocations and WIP Job and Op Maintenance programs.
WIP Labor allocation copied

Controls access to the Copy function in the WIP Browse on Labor Allocations program.