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In our flat sheet processing dept we run multiple parts per sheet (nesting).  So the employee will Start Production on multiple Shop Orders (same WC on Shop Orders).  

Example:  Employee is working on 3 Shop Orders.  Total time = 3 hours

Currently 3 hours is added to each Shop Order for a total of 9 hours

We would like to to split the time either evenly across (1 hour for each Shop Order) or split up based on qty/est.  

I’m sure there is a set up we are missing, but I’ve been searching for an answer without luck.

We are on Cloud 23.1.7

Thank you, in advance for your help.

Joy

GCX

 

Yes, this is possible. There are two ways to split the time depending on how you want the system to treat concurrent operations:

1. In Sequence

  • Set Concurrent Operations on the Work Center to Allowed – Group Start in Sequence.

  • Example: One employee starts 3 operations and stops them 3 hours later.

    • Each operation receives 1 hour of Labor Time (duration).

    • Crew Size = 1, since the employee worked 100% on each operation during its 1 hour.

    • Man Hours = Labor Time × Crew Size = 1h × 1 = 1h per operation.

      • Cost is calculated based on this value.

2. In Parallel

  • Set Concurrent Operations on the Work Center to Allowed – Group Start in Parallel.

  • Example: One employee starts 3 operations and stops them 3 hours later.

    • Each operation receives 3 hours of Labor Time (duration).

    • Crew Size = 0.33, since the employee worked approximately 33% on each operation during those 3 hours.

    • Man Hours = Labor Time × Crew Size = 3h × 0.33 ≈ 1h per operation.

      • Cost is calculated based on this value.

Note that the above is a simplified explanation. In practice, the Labor Time and Crew Size may not be split evenly — they depend on the remaining labor time or crew size defined for each operation.

I hope this clarifies how to control time allocation across concurrent operations!

Bjorn, 

Thank you for this great information.  Following your First, In sequence option, I checked the Work Center for which we use concurrent operations, and the Concurrent Operations has Allowed - Group Start in Sequence chosen.  Yet, each shop order/WC receives 3 hours, instead of an 1 hour each.

So, we must not have something else flagged appropriately or we perhaps we are doing something wrong when we Start Production?    Through Shop Floor Workbench the employee is using Filter by: Shop Order.  He inputs one Shop Order # and Start’s Production one Shop Order at a time, choosing Run in Parallel on the Ongoing Operations pop up.  

I appreciate any guidance as we a fairly new to IFS.

I see. The work center option only applies if you actually group start the operations. I.e., you select them all and click Start Production. 

If you start them one-by-one, the system will assume they are performed in parallel, and the crew size will be distributed between the operations as in example 2

Ah, yes, so the employees will need to choose a different Filter By in the Shop Floor Workbench.  So we’ll look at using the Predefined Filter or Manual Filter. 

 

Thank you so much for your help!!

Joy

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