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Production Operator Dashboard (POD) is a primary interface between the shop floor operator and the application containing the manufacturing data. It provides a modular plug-in layout and can be configured without the need for custom code enhancements. You use POD to process product that is being manufactured on the shop floor.

The POD allows you to record your production work. The POD uses SFC numbers to represent each unit you work on (see SFC Number).

In the POD, you can do the following:

  • Start work on an SFC number

  • Complete work on an SFC number

  • Assemble components into an SFC number

  • Collect data on an SFC number

  • Log a nonconformance on an SFC number

  • View a report about product that is being manufactured

You can define PODs of the following types:

  • Operation (OPERATION_DEF)

    Used for production at the operation or resource (see Operation PODs).

  • Work Center (WORK_CENTER_DEF)

    Used for production in a work center (see Work Center PODs).

  • Message Board (MESSAGE_BOARD)

    Used for viewing and processing messages (see Message Board POD).

These standard preconfigured PODs may be used as is or copied and modified according to your needs.

You can view all the settings for each of the predefined PODs by retrieving the corresponding record in POD Maintenance (see POD Maintenance).

Note Note

You can also open any of the PODs by modifying parameter values of the following link:

http://<servername>:<serverport>/manufacturing/com/sap/me/wpmf/client/template.jsf?WORKSTATION=OPERATION_DEF&ACTIVITY_ID=DEF_OPER_POD&LOGOUT=true (see POD URL Parameters).

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Example

After the system releases a shop order and SFC numbers for a product, the SFC number is placed in queue at the first step on the routing. The operator at the routing step starts an SFC number in the POD.

When the operator finishes working with the SFC number at the routing step, he or she completes it in the POD. The system then automatically places the SFC number in queue at the next routing step.

The operator then performs start and complete for the SFC number for each routing step.

When the operator completes the SFC number at the last routing step, the system changes the SFC number status to Done.

The following figure illustrates the example described above:

This graphic is explained in the accompanying text.

Since different operator groups do different jobs, you can configure the POD to display the data formatted in different ways and to perform different activities for each operator group. For example, you can create one POD for assemblers, one for testers, and one for packers.