Program WCMM, Work Center Master Maintenance, is used to add, change, and delete work center master records, including related information and comments.
Engineering Templates and Work Centers
Assigning an engineering template to a work center
Un-assigning an engineering template from a work center
Engineering templates can be added to work centers using the [Templates] button.
* Engineering templates are groups of variables from program ESVM, Engineering Variable Maintenance. They can be assigned to work centers, routings, operations, and tools.
* Variables are the basic elements of engineering specifications, and are tied to engineering templates to indicate the procedures that should be followed.
* Only engineering templates with the process flag set to on in program ESTM, Engineering Template Maintenance, can be assigned to a work center.
* The engineering templates that have already been assigned to the work center are displayed when the [Templates] button is pressed.
* Engineering specification templates assigned to work centers are global. When a change is made to an engineering specification template assigned to a work center, the change is actually made to the master template definition in program ESTM, Engineering Template Maintenance, thus all work centers that are assigned that template are also changed to match.
* The system date and time and the user that made the change are also written to the specification in program ESTM, Engineering Template Maintenance.
Some variables that were assigned to the template in program ESTM, Engineering Template Maintenance, can be defined as verbose.
* These are the variables that have the verbosity flag in program ESVM, Engineering Variable Maintenance, set to on.
* In order to view those variables that are defined as verbose, you must set the verbose flag to on in the bottom left corner of the screen. When this flag is set to on, both those variables that are verbose and those that are not displayed.
The [Specifications] button is used to view and maintain the variables that have been assigned to the work center.
* This button displays the variables in line order number, separate from the engineering templates to which they have been assigned.
* The variable value can be changed on this screen, with either the [Edit] button or by entering the variable value in the value field.
* When you set the verbose flag to on, both those variables that are defined as verbose and those that are not defined as verbose will be displayed. When the verbose flag is set to off, only those that are not defined as verbose are displayed.
1. Enter the work center number and machine number.
* Each work center record is actually a combination of a work center number and a machine number.
* If no machine is associated with a particular work center, any text can be used in place of a machine number, such as NONE or *.
2. Enter a description for the work center.
3. Enter the department to which the work center belongs.
4. Enter the queue days for this work center.
* This is the number of days that the average order waits in the work center before getting started.
5. Enter the default utilization percentage.
* This is the percentage of the available time that can be used for direct labor and setup.
6. Enter the time that work starts on this work center.
* The time should be entered based on a twenty-four hour clock. For example, seven in the morning would be 07:00 and five in the evening would be 17:00.
7. Enter the weekly capacity hours for the work center.
* This is the total hours available for this work center per week. For example, two shifts of forty hours per shift gives a weekly capacity of eighty hours.
8. Enter the default efficiency percentage.
* This is the total productivity of the employees in this work center, expressed as a ratio of standard hours to actual hours. For example, if the employees worked 55minutes out of every hour, the efficiency percentage would be 92%.
9. Enter the work center backflush location.
* This is the floorstock location from which items with a relief method of automatic are relieved for work orders.
10. Enter overhead rates for the work centers, if you want the system to calculate standard overhead costs.
* These rates are entered into the system with programs PCOM, Overhead Code Maintenance, and ICCM, Inventory Cost Data Maintenance.
* When these rates are applied to the work center and the work center is applied to a routing operation, the system will calculate the standard overhead costs for the operation. This assumes that the Allow Recalculation flag in program ICCM, Inventory Cost Data Maintenance, is set to on for the particular item whose routing you want to calculate.
11. Press [Commit].
1. Press the [Templates] button. Templates already assigned to the work center will be displayed.
2. Press the [Templates Selector] button.
3. The engineering templates with the Included flag set to off have not been assigned to the work center. To add an engineering template, change the Action pop-list to Add and press [Commit].
4. Return to the Templates screen. The engineering template that you have selected will be displayed.
5. You can modify the engineering specification template here. Select the variable and press the [Edit] button.
* Engineering specification templates assigned to work centers are global. When a change is made to an engineering specification template assigned to a work center, the change is actually made to the master template definition in program ESTM, Engineering Template Maintenance, thus all work centers that are assigned that template are also changed to match.
6. Commit the changes. The engineering template has been assigned to the work center.
1. Press the [Templates] button.
2. Press the [Templates Selector] button.
3. The engineering templates with the Included flag set to on are assigned to the work center. To remove an engineering template, change the Action pop-list to Delete and press [Commit]. This will not delete the engineering template; it will only remove the engineering template from the work center.
4. Return to the Templates screen. The engineering template you have un-assigned will no longer be visible on this screen.
Press this button to assign or un-assign engineering templates from a work center. You can also view the engineering templates that are assigned to the work center with this button.
Press this button to view the engineering templates that can be assigned to the work center and to assign or un-assign engineering templates from a work center. The engineering templates with the Included flag set to on are assigned to the work center.
Press this button to enter the variable value for this variable on this line. The value can be up to 1000 characters in length. If a default value exists for the variable, it can be changed using this button.
Press this button to view the variables that have been assigned to the work center with the engineering templates. The variables are displayed in line number order and the engineering templates are not displayed.