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Function documentationNonconformance Disposition

 

When you use nonconformance (NC) disposition, you create separate routing records in Routing Maintenance. These separate records are called disposition routings. Disposition routings are classified as Special or NC routings. Instead of branching, you control the flow of SFC numbers primarily with NC codes.

You can use nonconformance (NC) disposition instead of branching in the following cases:

  • You have upgraded the system from an older version and have too much data to convert to branching.

  • The configuration of your routings changes frequently.

  • You import routing records that do not include branching.

  • Your routing is too detailed for a single routing record.

  • You want to reuse a Special or NC routing, such as an NC routing for rework.

Types of NC Disposition

When you use NC disposition, whenever there is more than one place to which the system can send an SFC number, the system displays a screen to the operator listing the possibilities. The system sends the SFC number to the place that the operator selects in the list.

To control both the flow of SFC numbers and the lists your operators see, you can use the following types of NC disposition in the system:

  • Routing-based disposition

  • Function-based disposition

Routing-Based Disposition

When you use routing-based disposition, you assign Special and NC routings to NC codes to control the flow of SFC numbers. When an operator logs an NC in the POD, the system sends the nonconformed SFC number to the associated Special and NC routing. If you associate more than one Special and NC routing with an NC code, the system displays a list with all options. The operator clicks an option in the list to send the SFC number to that Special and NC routing. For more information, see Setting Up Routing-Based Disposition.

Function-Based Disposition

When you use function-based disposition, you assign a group of one or more disposition functions to NC codes to control the flow of SFC numbers. When an operator logs an NC in the POD, the system displays a list of disposition functions to choose from. The set of functions the operator sees in the list is the set of functions defined in the assigned disposition group.

You can also assign disposition groups to steps on a Special and NC routing, so that those operators can select where the system should send SFC numbers when they complete them.

Function-based disposition more closely duplicates the functionality of Shop Floor Data Management and allows you to give your operators more disposition choices than routing-based disposition. For more information, see Setting Up Function-Based Disposition.

Disposition Function

A disposition function is a choice on a list the system displays to the operator in the POD (see Disposition Functions). Each choice is one of a set of the possible places the operator can send an SFC number. For some disposition functions, operators can indicate the current condition of the SFC number, such as Usable as is.

Note that if there is only one possible place for the system to send the SFC number, no list is displayed.

You can use function-based disposition to transfer one or more SFC numbers to control the flow of the SFC numbers. You can assign one or more disposition functions to a disposition group. Each disposition function you add to a disposition group controls a specific disposition behavior.

A disposition function can represent the following:

  • A choice in the list that dispositions the SFC number in a specific way

  • A choice in the list that opens another screen with another set of disposition choices

The types of disposition functions that correspond to the general way they work are the following:

  • The system can send the SFC numbers to a Special and NC routing.

    You can specify a specific Special or NC routing or allow the operator to choose it from a list of Special or NC routings.

  • In a step on a Special and NC routing, the system can send the SFC number back to any step on the routing it came from.

  • The system can send the SFC numbers to a previously defined dynamic routing.

  • The operator can create a new dynamic routing and send this SFC number to this routing.

  • The operator can scrap an SFC number.

  • The system leaves the SFC number at the current step, but adds information to it that indicates there was no defect found with the SFC number, the SFC number is usable as is, or the operator will repair the SFC number at the current step (local rework).

Operators using the nonconformance clients in the POD can work with SFC numbers in Multi mode, that is, one at a time, or Batch mode, that is, as a group. When an operator selects a disposition function for an SFC number, the system applies it to a single SFC number when the operator is in Multi mode, and to the entire set of SFC numbers if the operator is in Batch mode.

Disposition Group

You can use disposition groups to decrease the level of maintenance required for sites with large numbers of Special or NC routings. This makes it easier to maintain a set of standard dispositions without modifying all NC codes.

You create disposition groups in Disposition Group Maintenance. You can then assign one or more disposition groups to either one or more NC codes in NC Code Maintenance. You assign a disposition group to an NC code that you want operators to use at a testing operation to send the SFC number off the production routing. You assign a disposition group to an operation used on an NC routing or a special operation to return the SFC number back to the production routing.

Note that if routings are nested more than one level, the system returns SFC numbers to the previous NC routing.

For more information, see Disposition Functions.