The production work is divided up among several departments. Some products may require work to be done in all departments, while other products may require that work be done in only a few of the departments in operation. In order to identify the work processes for each product, manexSQL allows the user to define Work Centers (WCs)WCs usually describe a physical aspect of production operations that applies a specific type of labor to the product. Examples of WCs could be: 
  1. SMT: where the product is assembled on a surface mount line
  2. AI: where parts are Auto-Inserted into the product
  3. Wave: where the parts are wave soldered 

Each WC contains a common aspect of production. For example, in SMT, the surface mount operator’s pay scale is probably higher than other parts of production, the parts are all contained within one area, the setup time is appropriate to one lot of a given product, and the parts are contained within the work area. If inventory counting is necessary, the user can identify that the parts are in the WC.


The user may create as many WCs as necessary to define the production activities that occur within the operation. Additionally, within a WC, the user may establish additional definitions called, "Activities." Activities may be set up separately from the WCs, and then used as needed within individual WCs. Moreover, the activities may be assigned their own hourly charge rate.

 

Also, within an Activity, there is another classification called, "sub-activities," which have activity costs associated with them. These activity costs are established in the "Activity Cost & Volume Type setup." In this section, the setups for quality items are accomplished, and will be discussed in each setup. "Outside Program Calls Setup" is also available. 


The user must have full rights to the System Setup in System Security to set up these modules. Users with supervisor rights will automatically have access.