Entering Test Results for Manufacturing (Shop Order)—Key Exercises
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Basic Data Setup
Viewing a Control Plan for Manufacturing
Purpose: The purpose of this exercises is to view a
Manufacturing control plan used for entering test results for a shop order.
Menu Path: Quality Management/Control Plan/Control
Plan – Manufacturing
- Open the Control Plan – Manufacturing window.
- Query for the control plan for part no. 29-321, Camshaft.
- Verify that a control plan with Active status exists for the part.
General
Exercise for Control Plan—Manufacturing (Shop Order)
Required Data
Creating a Shop Order
Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to show how to enter a
shop order that will later be used to create an analysis.
Menu Path: Shop Order/Shop Orders/Shop Order
- Open the Shop Order window.
- Create a new record.
- Enter part no. 29-321 and a lot size of 20.
- Enter a need date two weeks from now.
- Save the record.
- Verify that the control plan has been added on the Control Plan tab.
- Right-click in the header and then click Release.
- Verify that the shop order status has changed to Released.
Receiving Purchased Parts into
Inventory
Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to show how to receive
parts into inventory.
Menu Path:
Inventory/Handle Parts/Receive
Inventory Part
- Open the Receive Inventory Part window.
- Query for part no. 29-525, Camshaft, Blank.
- Select a line and then create a new record.
- Enter 1000 in the Qty Received field.
- Enter 29 Camshaft in the Location No field.
- Save the record.
Main Exercises
Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to show how to connect a control plan
other than the default control plan to a shop order.
Menu Path: Shop Order/Shop Orders/Shop Order
Note: You probably want to use the control plan from earlier
exercises. In that case, you should not change the control plan.
- Open the Shop Order window and query for the shop order you
created.
- Click the Control Plan tab.
- Right-click in the top of the tab and then click Connect Control Plan.
- The Connect Control Plan for Order Line window appears. The current
control plan is shown under Existing Control Plan.
- You can connect another control plan to the shop order under New
Control Plan. Click the List button to view the existing
control plans.
- Choose a control plan and then click OK. Note: Do not change
the control plan if you want to
use the control plan you used in previous exercises.
Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to show how to reserve parts for a shop order.
Menu Path: Shop Order/Shop Orders/Shop Order
- Open the Shop Order window and query for the shop order you
created.
- Right-click in the header, point to Material Actions, and then
click Reserve. The Reserve Shop Order window appears.
- Enter a value in the Reserve to Date field.
- Click OK.
Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to show how to issue parts for a shop order.
Menu path: Shop Order/Shop Orders/Shop Order
- Open the Shop Order window and query for the shop order you
created.
- Right-click in the header, point to Material Actions, and then
click Issue. The Enter Criteria for Issue window appears.
- Select the Issue all reserved material check box.
- Click OK.
From here you can continue with the exercise without reporting operations. Or
you can report operation 10, complete the Entering
Test Results for Purchasing (Outside Operation) exercise, and
then continue with this exercise when you are done with that exercise.
Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to show how to create an
analysis from a shop order.
Menu Path: Shop Order/Shop Orders/Shop Order
- Open the Shop Order window.
- Right-click in the header and then click Report. The Shop
Order Operations Reporting window appears.
- On the Operations tab, select the line with operation 30. Right-click on the line, point to Shop Order Analysis,
and then click Create.
- The Create Analysis – Shop Order window appears. Selecting
the Print Test Instruction check box is optional. For this exercise,
select the check box. Then click OK.
- You receive a message informing you that an analysis has been created and asking
you whether you would like to enter test results. Click Yes.
- The Report Print window appears. Click Preview.
- View the report and verify that the right test operations are listed. Then
close the report.
- The Analysis Results – Shop Order window appears.
- Verify that the status of the test operation lines is Incomplete.
Note: You can also create analyses from the following windows:
- Shop Order/Shop Orders/Shop Order/Operation
(select an operation line, right-click, point to Shop Order Analysis,
and then click Create)
- Shop Order/Shop Order Operations/Work Center Operations
Reporting/Operations (select an operation line, right-click, point
to Shop Order Analysis, and then click Create)
- Shop Order/Shop Order Operations/Dispatch List (select an
operation line, click on the Inspection button, or right-click, point to
Shop Order Analysis, and then click Create)
Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to show how to enter test results
with Variable data.
Menu Path: Quality Management/Control Plan/Control Plan –
Manufacturing
Quality Management/Analysis/Analysis Results
- You can begin this exercise in three ways:
Go back to the Analysis Results – Shop Order window, which you opened in the previous exercise.
OR
Open the Control Plan – Manufacturing window and query for your current
control plan. Click the Shop Order Analysis tab and select the analysis you created in the previous exercise. Then right-click
and click Analysis Result. The Analysis Results – Shop
Order window opens.
OR
Open the Analysis Results window from the Navigator and query for
your analysis. The Analysis Results – Shop Order
window opens.
- Select the test operation line Measure Outside Diameter in the upper
table. The
results will be shown in the
lower table.
- Enter your test results and save the record. If you have entered results
outside the inner/outer min/max, you will receive a message and
the status of the test result line is set to Out of Specification. You can go ahead and save the record
if the test results are correct. If you have entered results inside the inner/outer
min/max, the status will be set to Within Specification.
- Right-click on the test
operation line and then click Complete Registered Results.
- Verify that the status of the test operation line has
changed to Complete.
Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to show how to confirm test
results. When the test results are confirmed, they can be
included in control charts and capability indices calculations.
Menu Path: Quality Management/Control Plan/Control Plan – Manufacturing
Quality Management/Analysis/Analysis Results
- You can begin this exercise in three ways:
Go back to the Analysis Results – Shop Order window, which you opened in a previous exercise.
OR
Open the Control Plan – Manufacturing window and query for your current
control plan. Click the Shop Order Analysis tab and select the analysis you created in a previous exercise. Then right-click
and click Analysis Result. The Analysis Results – Shop
Order window opens.
OR
Open the Analysis Results window from the Navigator and query for
your analysis. The Analysis Results – Shop Order window
opens.
- Right-click in the header and then click Confirm Registered Result.
- Verify that the status has changed to Confirmed. Once the
analysis is confirmed, you can use the data for SPC follow-up.
Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to show how to create
additional analyses from a shop order.
Menu Path: Shop Order/Shop Orders/Shop Order
Quality Management/Control Plan/Control Plan – Manufacturing
- Create another 19 analyses
from the shop order you created earlier.
- Enter test results for these analyses.
- Open the Control Plan – Manufacturing window, click the Shop
Order Analysis tab, and view the created analyses. These analyses will
later be used in
control chart and capability indices exercises.