Shop Order Operation
A shop order operation represents a work step required to manufacture, repair, disposition or disassembly parts on a shop order.
An operation can contain both machine and/or labor actions and is normally inherited from the routing revision/alternate of the ordered part selected on the shop order. The operations can also be inherited from order structures such as DOP and interim order. Operations may be manually entered or modified on a shop order if an order-specific list of operations are required.
Operation Lead Time Components
The operation is scheduled considering the below lead time factors:
- Queue Time - The time the operation waits at the work center before the work starts. WIP from previous operation and operation material is ordered to be available at the start of the queue time. This gives a flexibility to sequence the operations waiting at the work center in an optimal order to minimize setup times. The queue time is inherited from the work center to the shop order operation.
- Setup Time - The time required to convert the resource from the previously produced parts to produce the parts of this operation. The setup time is fixed per shop order and does not multiply by the lot size. Can be defined for machine and setup irrespectively, but only machine is used for the scheduling of the operation. The start of the setup indicates the operation start date/time.
- Run Time - The time required to perform the value adding work
on the operation. Can be defined for machine and setup irrespectively,
but only machine is used for the scheduling of the operation. The end of
the run time indicates the operation finish date/time. Depending on the
value in the Factor Unit field this value can be expressed in
different ways:
- Hours/Unit - How many hours it takes to manufacture a unit.
- Units/Hour - How many units can be manufactured in an hour.
- Hours - How many hours the manufacturing process takes, regardless of the number of units.
- Transport Time - The time required to move the WIP from the operation to the next (or to stock for the last operation).
Operation Status Codes
Operation status varies during the manufacturing process. The status tells you which step of the process the operation has reached.
| Status | Description |
| Planned | The operation is planned and no actions can be taken. |
| Released | The operation is released and manufacturing can begin. |
| Setup Started | The setup phase has started. |
| Setup Complete | The setup phase is complete. |
| In Process | The manufacturing phase is in process. |
| Partially Reported | The manufacturing phase is partially performed. |
| Interruption | The operation has been interrupted for some reason. |
| Closed | The operation is closed; the work in the operation is finished. |