Now that the work order is released to production, its status can be updated using shop floor transactions. Shop floor transactions are posted against the work order and operation. They must be entered with a valid employee code. In this simplified example, all of the shop floor reporting will be done by the senior assembler, Angela Patens, employee 11-EMP01.

When the route for the medical ultrasound was set up, each operation defaulted to milestone. This indicates that each operation is to be reported when it is complete.

Angela Patens uses Labor Feedback by Work Order (16.20.1) to record labor for operation 10 on the work order. In addition to the employee ID, other information included is the work order number, operation, and work center, which must be recorded on all labor feedback transactions. When you enter the work order and operation, the system defaults the department and work center with the standard department and work center for the route and operation. These should be changed if the work is done in a non-standard work center.

Based on the quantity of units completed (5) and routing details for operation 10 (entered in Routing Maintenance), the setup time should be 1 hour and run time 5 hours (5 units × 1.0 hr/unit). If actual setup or run time varied from the standard times, usage variances are generated. Depending on how you organize your shop floor reporting, you can use either the elapsed time for the operation, or enter the start and stop time for the operation.

If you are reporting labor before the completion of the operation—for example, at the end of a shift—but the work is not complete, then the Operation Complete field would be unchecked, and only the units complete would be reported.

The check box for Move Next Operation, if checked, will change the status of the next operation to Queue, and move the quantity complete from this operation into WIP at the next operation.

The check box for Previous Operations Completed, if checked, will close all previous operations with the processing of this transaction.

Operations 20 and 30 will be reported in the same manner. This example uses standard times for each operation.

GL accounts for manufacturing costs are attached to the department in Department Maintenance.

Rates are specified at the work center level. These include the standard labor rates per hour for setup and run operations, and the variable burden rates that apply to all work done in the work center.