Hi everyone we have a scenario in which we have an inline part inspection operation running in tandem (start to start) with the prior production operation.
Simply OP10 begins and runs for 5 hours. As parts are completed OP20 - inspection begins. Op10 production runs continuously for the 5 hours. OP20 inspection happens in batches during that 5 hour run. So clock in inspect X qty clock out. Come back later inspect X qty clock out ect. Once OP10 in complete op20 completes shortly after.
I am looking at this through the lens of scheduling and resources. OP10 and OP20 utilize different RG/Resource. We have a single inspection operator. My initial thought is to make this inspection resource infinite. Because we do not want to “book” this resource for the full 5 hours of the run, they need to be free to complete other tasks in between batches. The fear however is literally overloading this operator on the floor as Epicor will continue to schedule on top. Ive attached an image of what the clock in/clock out look like between the part run and inspection op.
Any thoughts on this, has anyone encountered something similar?
I personally am not a fan of having inspection be an operation. It is too variable to reliably schedule.
In your example, I believe I would create something like this:
I’m assuming that the operator/machine is reporting qty completed at intervals.
I would add a boolean UD field to ECOOpr and JobOpr that indicates the operation requires inspection.
I would create a dashboard that identifies operations that have the inspection flag as true and a quantity completed. The inspector can use this to identify inspections that can be done.
I would have the inspector log into the same operation to perform the inspection under a different Role Code to identify them.
Now, I am not sure what your inspection % is as this would make it trickier to identify when there are parts ready to inspect. Another issue will be how does the inspector report how many they have inspected. All feasible to get around, but tough to come up with a solution without knowing more.
Another potential thing to look at if you own Advanced Production is the Concurrent Process Mode. It is on the Job header and I believe in the method. That might give you some other options on how you can set up a run. I have never used it and have no idea what it even does, just somethign I thought of.
Thanks for the response, I would agree having an inspection operation is not my preferred. In this instance it is performed by direct labor and we need to capture this labor to cost the job appropriately. 100% of this parts are inspected, usually in batches of 100 - 200 parts at varying intervals depending on flow of the day. Lets say every 30 min to 2 hrs they perform inspection.
