Training Curve Management 

This new feature introduces a "Training Curve" mechanism designed to accurately measure and manage the efficiency of new employees during their development time. Its primary goal is to ensure that a trainee's initial learning phase does not negatively impact the overall efficiency calculations of a production module.

User Story: Training Curve Contribution to Efficiency

The system will now use a "Training Curve %" to determine an employee's effective contribution to the "worked minutes" in efficiency calculations. When a new employee is in a development phase on the line, their total worked time will be conceptually split into non-productive (learning) and productive (contributing to standard work) segments. The training curve percentage will ensure that only a portion of their working time is considered "on-standard," preventing a disproportionate negative impact on module efficiency. This will result in a "split transaction" for employees in a training curve.

1. Table Changes and Configuration

New fields have been introduced on training curve levels to define how training curve work contributes, specifically focusing on the portion that remains "off-standard":

  • New % field for Off-standard Work: A percentage field on training curve levels will determine the percentage of an employee's worked time that should be classified as "off-standard" for that level.
  • Default Behavior: If this field is left null, it will default to 100% off-standard, meaning all time for an employee in that training curve level will be considered non-productive by default.
  • Configuration: This new field will be configurable within the "training curve levels" setup.

2. Real-Time Operations and Modifications

The system's real-time processing and modification capabilities will be updated to correctly apply and manage these new percentages, including a specific mechanism for SAM transfer:

  • Transaction Creation: When transactions are created by an employee in a training current level, the configured % of off-standard from their training curve level will be applied, dictating the split of their worked minutes between on-standard and off-standard.
  • SAM Transfer Mechanism: For certain manufacturing types, all earned SAMs from offstandard activities are currently transferred to "on-standard." To facilitate this, two distinct transactions are required for each offstandard record with an on-standard SAM component: one transaction will contain the earned SAMs (no cycle time), and the second will contain the cycle time.
  • Aggregates Update: User and location aggregates will be updated to reflect these new percentages and the SAM transfer, accurately distinguishing between on-standard and off-standard contributions.
  • Modifying to On-standard: If an offstandard transaction is moved to "on-standard," its associated percentage fields for work time and SAM should be reset or removed.
  • Temporary Offstandard Approvals/Unapprovals: Approval processes for temporary offstandard states will correctly trigger updates based on applied percentages and SAM transfer.

3. Job Changes

Background jobs responsible for data processing and payroll preparation will be modified to handle these distinctions:

  • PayDaily Job: Will ensure on-standard portions of hours, SAM, and piece rate from offstandard activities (including Training Curve splits) are transferred to "on-standard pay records."
  • UserDaily Job: Will separate on-standard portions of hours and SAM from HoursOff/SAMOff into new HoursOn/SAMOn fields for user-level daily aggregates.
  • ProductDaily Job: Will separate on-standard portions of hours and SAM from CycleTimeOff/SAMOff into new CycleTimeOn/SAMOn fields for product-level daily aggregates.


  • Live Production and KPIs: Calculations under "Live Production" and "KPIs" will respect the percentage of time and SAM transferred from offstandard activities to on-standard, including Training Curve splits.


  • Efficiency and Work Time Reports: Any report calculating efficiency or work time based on transactions will be modified to respect the percentages of work time and SAM transferred from offstandard to on-standard, including Training Curve splits, ensuring consistent and accurate reporting.

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