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You use User Shift Maintenance to tell the system when your shifts start and end. You can specify the following values:

  • The earliest time users can clock in

  • The latest time users can clock in

  • The earliest time users can clock out

  • The latest time users can clock out

  • How the system allocates time past midnight on a shift

  • Scheduled breaks for the shift

Features

Creating Variations of the Same Shift

Characteristics of your shifts may vary due to such factors as union rules or seasons. You can include shift variations in Labor Tracking by creating a row for each variation on the Main tab page in User Shift Maintenance and specifying the dates for which the variation is in effect. For example, your plant starts shifts in summer earlier than it does the rest of the year.

Note Note

Only one row can be current. You cannot create a row that has the same Valid From date as an existing row. If dates in the Valid From and Valid To columns overlap the dates in another row, the system marks the row with the Valid From value that is closest to today as current.

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Classifying Days in a Shift

You classify each shift for each day of the week as one of the following:

  • Production

    When a shift or plant is scheduled to work

  • Non-production

    When a shift or plant is not scheduled to work

You also classify each day of the week as one of the following:

  • Normal

    Not a holiday or weekend

  • Holiday

    Set aside for a special observance in your country or culture

  • Weekend

    The close of one week and the beginning of another

For more information, see Production Calendar.

Scheduling Breaks for the Shift

The system allows you to schedule breaks for your shifts by specifying one of the break types. For more information, see User Shift Maintenance.

You can create new break types by adding entries in the IDAT file.

Handling Shift Exceptions

The system allows you to be flexible while enforcing your shift definitions.

You can allow users to do the following:

  • Clock in on non-production days

    To allow all users to clock in on non-production days, select the Allow Clock-In on Non-Production Day checkbox in Labor Rule Maintenance. To allow only certain employees to clock in on non-production days, set the Allow Clock-In on Non-Production Day labor rule to true for the employee’s user record on the Labor Rules tab page in User Maintenance.

  • Clock in or clock out early or late

    If you want to allow all users to clock in or clock out before or after the time you specify in their shift definition, use the Clock-In/Out Range Control field in Labor Rule Maintenance. On the Labor Rules tab page in User Maintenance, you can override this rule for employees, whose clocking in and out you want control differently. For more information, see Labor Rule Maintenance.