SFC Manual

Terminology

Definition

Add On

Additional SMV add-on adjustments for standard operations that don't change due to batch size changes, to normalize efficiency calculations

Accounts

Accounts are for management purposes within the web based overview system and are not to be confused with users.

App

The shopfloor tablet application

Awaiting

User waiting for offstandard approval

Base Rate

Base rates are the base hourly rates for users or departments, used to calculate the actual paid piece rates

BOL

Bill of Labor, List of operations required to produce a product. Define the steps and the order that they should be done in

BOM

Bill of Materials, list of materials required to produce a product.

Categories

Can be used to categorize users, operations, locations, etc for report and filtering purposes.

Conditional SMV

Controlled by the tags attached to the unit for unit level operations or to the work order for work order level operations

Customers

Customers are used to tag workorders with a specific customers. Can be used to see which workorders are related to which customers

Dashboard

The main overview screen accessible by clicking the Aptean logo in the header

Demand

Desired production count for a specific time period

Department

A group of machines / locations / tablets

EC Add On

Extra Credit Add On assigned to specific operation

Efficiency %

Cumulative SMV / Time worked

Extra Add On

Extra SMV assigned to a specific operation, for example in different sizes of clothes.

Gross Pay

Total calculated pay for period

Incentive Pay

Platform for payroll management within shopfloor

Jobs

Jobs are processes that can be run to reset production, calculate pay, roundings etc.

Labels

Labels are the printable labels with QR codes the users will scan in the production. Can also be ID cards.

Line Balancing

Tool to compare expected production versus actual production

Live Production

Production views showing real time and past data

Locations

 A location is a Shopfloor tablet typically a tablet is at a machine location

Logs

Logs can be used to see all transactions by all users within a selected time period.

Manage

Configuration menus, used to set up and configure most parts of shopfloor

Milestones

aka Stage, Milestones are used in order to track certain goals that have been reached during the production of an item based on the operations that have been completed

Offstandard

Non Working Time.  Training, no work, on break

Operation

individual processes that have to be performed to produce a particular item

Operation Sequencing

Using prerequisites to create an operation sequence that must be followed to progress

Operator/User

User in the production primarily using the shopfloor app

Pace

Actual pace of production

Pacing Tool

Not to be confused with Takt, this is a tool for the operators individual pace of production for the current unit/work order

Piece Rate

SMV * Base Rate, users can be paid as a Piece Rate or Labor Cost. Labor cost would be equivalent to 100% of SMV

Prerequisites

Prerequisite operations needed to start the next operation

Processes

Manufacturing processes, different ways to set up Shopfloor depending on how the manufacturing is structured.

Production Intervals

A single day where shopfloor was used for production. A production interval is generated after production is reset (if there was production that day)

Products

Products are the lowest level of production and are the actual pieces being produced.

Quality %

Good products produced / Total Produced

Reports

Reports are used to summarize different data, there are standard reports, custom reports can be requested

Roadmap

Roadmaps are used to see how different parts of the system are set up and connected.

Roles

Roles can be assigned to accounts to manage what access different accounts have in the system

Sales Order

 this is used if a group of different products are being made for one customer. Grouping the product into a Sales Order view allows you to keep track of products that have a customer in common

Schedules

Schedules are used to schedule jobs and reports to be automatically generated at specific dates and times.

Shifts

Users and teams can be assigned into shifts, this is part of the incentive pay platform

Skills

The different skills users have, used for line balancing and seeing which users are effective at specific operations

SKU

Stock Keeping Unit,  Record of materials stock

SMV

Standard Minute Value, also known as SAM. The standard amount of time required for a single operation.

Sub Route

Used when two operations can be started at the same time in two different locations

Tags

Information about the workorder. This could any data, for example color, material or size

Takt Time

Production demand rate i.e. The rate of production required to keep up with production demand.

Team Leader

Team leaders manage offstandard approvals and see an overview of daily production

Teams

Groups of user within a department

Time Keep

Users who do not produce on the floor can use time keep to log their work hours.

Traits

Part of the planning system to identify products with different traits.

Transactions

All scans in the production are logged as transactions. Transactions can be modified and inserted by management.

Units

Units are a sub-level of workorders, often called bundles. A workorder can be split into several units.

Uptime %

On-Standard / User Work Time, aka Performance

WIP

Units Produced in specified location

WIP End

The last operation in a product BOL - when this operation is completed the product will no longer count as WIP but a finished product instead.

WIP Start

The first operation in a product BOL - when this operation is completed the product counts as WIP

WIP Tracking

Visual tracking of produced vs demand and to spot potential bottlenecks

Work Order

 Item or group of items that will be produced,  The workorders can be broken down into units if the order is large

Work Order Unit

Units can be thought of as bundles. Workorders can be broken into units

Work Time

All time a user has spent on and off standard while logged in within a single production interval.