The recommended practice is to have staff scan their start and finish times + the materials used into the scanning stations. This achieves the following:
- Updates work in progress with the current status of a job
- Updates job costing information allowing comparison to quoted times
- Updates the production schedule
- Updates productivity figures
- Updates inventory figures
Providing staff are doing this in a systematic way it provides valuable information for customer service and for job costing and general KPI figures.
The scanning figures also provide a feedback loop that allows us to check the accuracy of quoting
Note:
At the end of the day it is
recommended that the Operations Manager review the days work and ensure that
staff are logged out of the system. This is carried out in settings/productivity area. They can also
review the days work and counsel staff who are not diligent in their scanning
Getting the Most Out of Scanning
The
following guidelines will assist in getting the most out of scanning
- Ensure that operations you wish to scan are shown on the job card with barcodes
- Ensure that staff scan the operations barcodes off the job card – this updates WIP with the next process on the list
Troubleshooting Scanning Problems
People forgetting to scan off when they leave for a day or at a break.
While the next time they log on they
will be prompted to log off, for accuracy that record needs to be fixed by
manually entering finishing time.
A person is unable to
scan on.
Occasionally due to a network problem, and operator is able to log on two jobs
at the same time, this causes the scanning system to stop working – an error
correction tool is found in productivity reports section.
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