Production Operator Dashboard (POD)

The primary interface between the shop floor operator and the database containing the manufacturing data.

The Production Operator Dashboard (POD) is used to process product that is being manufactured on the shop floor.

There are three types of POD: Standard, Integrated, and Rich. Standard and Integrated PODs queue product at an operation and resource, whereas the Rich POD queues work at a work center.

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

Structure

You can define PODs of the following types:

Standard
Used for production at the operation or resource (see Predefined Standard PODs).
Integrated
Used to display components to be assembled, data to be collected, and work instructions at the operation or resource (see Predefined Integrated POD).
Rich
Used for production at a work center (see Predefined Rich PODs).

Note Note

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

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

http://<servername>:<serverport>/manufacturing/com/genrad/app/core/prod/client/Pod.jsp?OPERATION=TESTOP&RESOURCE=DEFAULT&SITE=TEST&LOGON=TESTER1&WORKSTATION=BUILD&WORKSTATION_TYPE=S

Example

After the system releases demand for a product, the operator at the first step on the routing starts an SFC number in the POD.

When the operator finishes working with the SFC number, he or she completes it in the POD. The system queues the SFC number to the next step on the routing.

When the operator at the second step completes the SFC number, the system queues the SFC number to the next step on the routing, which is the last step.

When the operator completes the SFC number at the last 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 behave differently for each operator group. For example, you can create one POD for assemblers, one for testers, and one for packers.