Operation Times settings are entered on the Operation Times tab in Works Orders Settings.
The following descriptions summarise the different ways you can use Operation Times.
Operation Times works with one company at a time. This prevents posting information to the wrong company.
By default, Operation Times works with the company chosen when it is installed.
To choose a different company, you must select the Allow selection of company check box on the Operations Times tab.
If you select the Retrospective Posting check box, you enter the job details after you finish the job.
If you leave the check box blank, you enter information in real time. In real time, you log on to the works order in the Operation Times module when you start the job. You log off the works order in the Operation Times module when you stop the job, even for a break. It is vital that you do this otherwise the time recorded for the jobs will not be accurate.
If you are working in real time, you can prevent employees logging on to many jobs at once as this can affect the accuracy of job times and costs.
You can also allow confirmation of job times when you log off jobs.
If you select the Monitor barcode reader check box, you can automate entry of job and employee details.
When you log on to Operation Times, you scan employee and operation details from previously prepared barcodeA unique code identifiable by a barcode reader. This can be printed out on various works order documentation, such as picking lists. Using barcodes allows you to speed up the entry of information into the system. reports. To produce barcodes for employees, you must add employee records, and print employee barcode reports. To produce barcodes for operationsThe labour, machine and tool processes required to manufacture an item., you must enable barcode reports, and print a route cardA report on the route of components and operations within production. with the barcodes.
You can assign sound files for accepted and rejected transactions in Operation Times.
We recommend that you assign a sound file for rejected transactions as this ensures you are prompted to problems with transactions as soon as they arise.