The Shop Floor Control module tracks activities and records operation status and labor times for manufacturing jobs released using the Work Orders module.

Introduction to Shop Floor Control
Describes how Shop Floor Control can be used.

Reporting Labor by Operation
Outlines how to report labor by work order, employee, and work center and explains how employee, department, work center, item quantity, times, and operation status codes are used.

Recording Nonproductive Labor
Outlines how to use Non-Productive Labor Feedback (17.4) or the Down Time field in standard labor feedback transactions to record nonproductive labor.

Reporting Scrap
Outlines how to use Operation Scrap Transaction (17.7) to report scrap component material.

Closing Operations
Outlines how to use Operation Complete Transaction (17.5) to close an operation.

Generating Reports
Lists and describes the different ways Shop Floor Control displays report data.

Deleting and Archiving Transactions
Outlines how to use Operations History Delete/Archive (17.23) to archive old transactions and delete them from the database.

Use Shop Floor Control to report setup time, hours worked, material scrapped, and the number of units completed for a specific work order operation. This information is used to track the status of work order operations, monitor performance of work centers, and update the general ledger (GL) for manufacturing costs.

The Repetitive and Advanced Repetitive modules contain reports and transactions similar to those in Shop Floor Control. Review topic and topic for information on these modules.

The optional PRO/PLUS WIP Lot Trace (WLT) module affects some features of the Shop Floor Control module. If you are using PRO/PLUS, WIP Lot Trace is available as menu option 3.22.13. When activated, additional frames display in some programs. The discussion in this chapter assumes that WLT features are not active.

For details, see User Guide: PRO/PLUS.