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Component documentationProduction Operator Dashboard (POD)

 

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).

Features

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).

  • Mobile (MOBILE_DEVICE)

    Used in the mobile manufacturing and production environment (see SAP ME Mobile and Mobile POD)

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

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You can move splitter bars that separate POD plug-ins and save their positions based on the site, user, and POD name.

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You can open the Operation Touch POD or Work Center Touch POD on a touch screen monitor or a large tablet. You must choose Touch Screen in the Display Device field in POD Maintenance.

The following display sizes are supported:

  • Small: Medium tablet device

  • Medium: Large tablet device

  • Large and Extra Large: Touch monitors (minimum supported resolution is 1024x768 pixels)

The following layouts are designed to use POD on a touch screen device:

  • 1 Panel Horizontal Layout

  • 2 Panel Horizontal Layout

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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Note Note

You can open no more than three instances of the same POD during the session. For more information, see SAP Note 2170299Information published on SAP site.

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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:

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.