Have an instance where engineering drawings need to be approved before production can start. I know this can be managed several different ways, but if I want to see this happening on the Job Scheduling Board and push or pull it in and out as the schedule changes, what is the best way to achieve this? Should we add a subassembly for the drawings with operations and if we need these complete before production subassemblies can start, will that require a directive? There are two sets of drawings that need to be approved, was thinking maybe set those up as Subassm 1 and 2 and add a directive to prevent 3 and later from starting until 1 and 2 are complete? Any suggestions would be appreciated. I may be looking at this wrong altogether.
Actually, that sounds like a decent solution. Drawings, mold preparations, machine reconfigs - the system doesn’t care - you just want to create operations that are required, in a specific order. I’m not sure you need the SubAssembly at all but might be easier at this point to retrofit the subassembly as a required part to the first operation in the MOM.
Thanks Mike, this will work. However, I have 2 drawing operations that would need to start simultaneously, which I could easily achieve as op 10 and 20 with 20 being Start to Start, but within those 2, there are multiple operations that need to be completed, one before the other.
ie. op 10 > op 10a, 10b, 10c and op 20 > 20a, 20b, 20c
To handle this, should I add operations at the beginning as you mentioned and then make parts with the 3 operations on each? My biggest concern is shifting the entire project around the schedule with everything staying in order.