Order management enables simple and efficient centralised management of production orders in ELAM Administration.
The feature includes the following functions:
This article explains the supported order management functions and shows how production orders can be started in the ELAM Assistant.
Before you start reading the next sections, we will briefly explain the terminology:
The order overview can be found in ELAM Administration on the Orders page. This is the place where you can schedule and manage your production orders.
Note: The order overview page is only displayed to users if the necessary rights for the user group are active. Authorizations are managed in group details.
The following information is displayed in the order overview:
This section explains how production orders can be created manually or via a csv-file import.
A production order can be created using the New order button. The following information is displayed in the details:
The following data must always be entered in order to create a new production order:
Once a production order has been created, it appears in last place in the order overview list.
The sequence of the production orders can be changed. This allows you to control which production orders are to be started first at the stations.
Note: Changes such as creating, blocking, releasing and deleting production orders are updated live in the ELAM assistant. If a product is blocked that is actively being processed, the flowchart is canceled and the employee would see the start form. We plan to improve this function so that the user can see in the assistant the reason why the product was blocked.
One or more production orders can be imported via a csv file.
In this example, we want to create a production order with a batch size of 20. To do this, we enter the following information in the file:
The saved csv file is imported at the end on the orders page.
The sequence of production orders can be changed at any time using drag & drop. This allows you to specify which production orders can be started first and last at the stations.
To do this, drag a production order with the mouse to the desired position in the sequence.
Note: If you change the order, the list in the start form of the assistant is updated live.
Finished. The production order has been successfully imported and created in the last position in the list.
Open products of a production order can be blocked or released at any time using a multi-select function. Products with the following statuses count as open products:
Warning: Open products can be deleted. Please note that deleted products can no longer be restored. We recommend only assigning this function to certain groups of people in the system via the rights so that your data is not deleted by mistake.
Note: Completed products are no longer displayed in the order management list and can no longer be changed.
Every production order with a batch size >= 1 contains at least one product that must be produced. The products must be traceable via serial numbers as standard. A serial number may only occur once in the system and is therefore always unique. This prevents errors in the scheduling of production orders from the outset, and products can be traced without errors.
You can define n-serial numbers according to your requirements and change them at any time.
Click on "+ New template" on the interface to create a new template. The following information is required to create a template.
A number of different shortcodes are available to define the structure of the serial number. To do this, enter the @ symbol in the field and select a shortcode. Free text and separators can also be entered to create an individual serial number structure.
As an administrator, you can assign authorizations to certain user groups so that users can use order management in ELAM Administration.
To activate or deactivate the authorization:
You can activate or deactivate central order control for each station. If this function is active, the start form in the ELAM assistant changes and shows a list of production orders that can be started.
Open the ELAM assistant and select the station at which central job control was previously activated.
The start form displays a list of production orders that can be started. The production orders are displayed individually and always correspond to the batch size created in the order management. Operators can either select and start production orders manually or scan a production order, serial number or variant.
When data is scanned and found, a single product is automatically started and a flow chart is displayed.
When a flowchart is completed, the next pending product in a production order automatically continues until the last product is completed.
When the production order is completed, the operator must start a new production order.
