Enter Production Change Event

Explanation

Use this activity to register a production change event. A production change event contains information on the product that is produced by your production unit, its quality, the production speed as well as the reason for the speed change.

Prerequisites

• The product must have been connected to a production unit in the Connect Production Units and Products window (setup OEE).
• In order to retrieve relevant information for the production change event, values for maximum production rate and goal production rate must have been entered in the Define Goals/Production Rate Goals tab (setup OEE).

System Effects

• A production change event with a unique ID is registered and available for use (e.g., for analysis) in IFS/OEE.
• The production change event record will be available in the Production Unit and Production Unit Overview windows.

Related Window Descriptions

Production Change Event
Cause - List of Values
Reported By - List of Values
Production Unit

Procedure

1. Open the Production Unit window for the production unit you want.
2. Click Report Production Change (found in the Actions area) to open the Production Change Event window. If you already have this window open, click Create New on the toolbar to create a new production change event.
   Note: You can also open the Production Change Event window by selecting the right mouse button option View Event for an existing produced event record in the Production Unit window.
3. In the From field, enter the date and time for when the new production rate is to be valid. By default, the system date/time will be displayed in the fields. Note however that these values can be manually changed if necessary.
4. In the Product ID field enter the ID of the product affected by this production change. Use the List of Values to select a valid value.
5. In the Quality ID field enter the quality affected by this production change. This field is only available for editing once a value is selected in the Product ID field. Use the List of Values to select a valid value.
6. Enter the value for the new production rate in the Prod Rate field.
7. Enter the cause for the production rate change in the Loss Cause field. Use the List of Values to select a valid value.
8. Enter relevant information for the production change event in the Note field.
9. Enter the ID of the user who registered the production change event in the Reported By field. When a value is entered in this field, the given user's default maintenance organization will be populated in the Maintenance Organization field. Note: You can change the default value in the Maintenance Organization field if necessary.
10. You can also enter additional information, e.g., a unique ID, in the Tracking ID field. This is helpful when you want to easily identify and keep track of a particular production change event.
11. Verify the information you have entered and then click Save and Exit.