Clocking in

Labor Tracking begins with clocking in. When a user arrives at work at the beginning of a shift and clocks in, Labor Tracking begins tracking the user’s time and charges it to the user’s default LCC. There are several ways you can allow users to clock in, depending on how you run your plant and the information you need. For more information, see Clock In and Clock Out.

Working in the Production Operator Dashboard (POD)

The system generates SFC numbers when you release product demand to the shop floor. The system assigns the LCC associated with a shop order to each SFC number as it generates them.

If a production operator begins recording work in a POD, the system charges time against the LCCs assigned to each SFC number that the operator starts and completes.

You can allow users or supervisors to change the LCC associated with an SFC number after the system assigned it. For more information, see Setting Up Default SFC LCCs.

Working outside the POD

You can track the time of employees who do not work in the POD by having them change their user LCC to the work they are doing. For example, a user can change his or her LCC to RESTOCKING while restocking product in a warehouse. When the user goes on break, he can change his or her LCC to BREAK. For more information, see Setting Up Default User LCCs.

Handling clock-in problems

If you have a strict clock-in policy, users may forget to clock in or out or try to clock in too early or late. When this happens, the supervisor can clock users in or out using the Supervisor Clock-In/Out production activity.

Changing user LCCs

You can require your users to clock out for breaks and meal times, or you can allow them to change their labor charge codes manually.

For example, when it is break time, the production operator opens the Change User LCC activity and enters the LCC for the break. When operators return from break, they can manually change the LCC back to their default LCC. For more information, see Defining User Shifts.

Changing SFC LCCs

If changes on the shop floor during production require you to change the LCC for an SFC number, you can allow operators to make changes in the Change SFC Labor Charge Code activity.

Clocking out

At the end of a shift, users clock out, and the system stops tracking their time. For production operators, you can set up Labor Tracking to automatically sign off their SFC numbers when they clock out.

Rolling up

Rollup is a background feature of Labor Tracking, which you can use to periodically summarize labor tracking data in the database. To determine what data you want to collect, configure the settings on the Labor Rule Maintenance screen.

To perform rollup automatically, you can run a batch file at intervals, such as every hour, every four hours, or once a day. For more information, see Determining Labor Rules.

Editing and approving time records

Once the system rolls up time records, cost center supervisors can edit and approve time records for their employees on the Supervisor Time Edit Approval screen. You can export these records to another system.

Viewing Labor Tracking reports

Some Labor Tracking reports are available in real time. For more information, see Labor Reports.