Multiple Production Clock Entry

Form ID: (AM316000)

You use this form to make the system record labor time that you spend for operations of production orders. For this, you clock in for a production order operation when you start working and clock out for the operation when you finish. You can simultaneously clock in for multiple operations assigned to work centers for which the Allow Clock Entry for Multiple Production Orders check box is selected on the Work Centers (AM207000) form; each operation must be from a different production order.

When you clock in for multiple operations, the system divides overlapping time by the number of production orders and rounds the time to the whole number of minutes when calculating labor time. For example, suppose that you work in the painting shop floor and at 10:00 AM you receive parts to be painted for production order #1. You clock in for this production order, and the system starts recording time. Further suppose that at 11:00 AM, you receive parts to be painted for production order #2, and you clock in for this production order as well because you can paint these parts while the parts for production order #1 are getting dry. At 12:00 PM, you move the parts for production order #1 to the next operation and clock out for this order. At 2:00 PM, you move the parts for production order #2 and clock out for this order as well. The system calculates labor time for each order as follows:

• Production order #1: 1:00h+(1:00h/2)=1:30h
• Production order #2: (1:00h/2)+2:00h=2:30h

On this form, you can also record the quantity of completed items and the quantity of scrapped items for an operation of a production order. However, if the production order has lot or serial numbers preassigned on the Production Order Maintenance (AM201500) form, for recording scrapped items, you must use the Labor (AM301000) or Move (AM302000) form. For operations with the Quarantine scrap action specified on the Production Order Details (AM209000) form, the system changes the scrap action to Write-Off, and you can record the scrapped items. If you need to track movement of the scrapped items to quarantine, you must use the Labor (AM301000) or Move (AM302000) form.

If the Restrict Clock Entry to Current User check box is cleared on the Production Preferences (AM102000) form, you can record labor time and completed quantity for any production employee, that is, the employee for which the Production Employee check box is selected on the Employees (EP203000) form.

The completed clock entries are displayed on the Approve Clock Entries (AM516000) form and must be approved.

Form Toolbar

The form toolbar includes only standard buttons. For the list of standard buttons, see Form Toolbar and More Menu.

Selection Area

In this area, you select the employee for which you would like to record labor time. On the Clock Entries tab, the system displays only clock entries related to this employee.

Clock Entries Tab

On this tab, you can view clock entries for operations of production orders that are assigned to the employee, which is specified in the Selection area. A clock entry in the table is assigned to a particular operation of a production order.

On this tab, you can manage clock entries as follows:

• Create a clock entry for a production order operation
• Clock in for an operation for which the clock entry has already been added
• Clock out for an operation that is in progress of time tracking
• Record the quantity of completed items
• Record the quantity of scrapped items
• Specify lot or serial numbers for items being produced

Operations Tab

On this tab, you can view all production operations for which you can record labor time and completed quantity. The tab displays only the operations in production orders with the Released, In Process, or Completed status on the Production Order Maintenance (AM201500) form. Information about production operations in the table is read-only.

You can also clock in for operations for which you would like to start time recording. The system will create clock entries and display them on the Clock Entries tab.

To reduce the number of rows in the table, you can use filters to display only the operations assigned to work centers in which you work. For details, see Filtering and Sorting Capabilities: General Information.