A key feature of the Mobile Manufacturing functionality are the task lists. From the role center you can view the tasks that are in Progress and in Queue. The task that are displayed are based on the setups in the Mobile Manufacturing User Setup table. With this setup different users can see different tasks, for example an operator or a device in a certain area of the manufacturing can be setup to only see tasks on those Work Centers of Machine Centers. It can also be setup to not show tasks where the previous tasks have not started or been completed, those options makes the task list very user-friendly.

Tasks in Progress

The Tasks in Progress shows tasks from production orders that are allocated to Work Centers or Machine Centers and are matching the options configured for the user in the Mobile Manufacturing User Setup table. Tasks are considered in progress if any Setup or Run Time has started. Selecting this cue will display the Task List where the related actions can be performed.

Tasks in Queue

The Tasks in Queue shows tasks that have not yet been started and that are allocated according to the same criteria as the Tasks in Process described above. Selecting this cue will display the Task List where the related actions can be performed.

Task List Actions

The Task List is the main page from where the actions are performed. The task list shows the operations ordered by starting date. It has information from both the production order line and the routing displayed at ones.

From the Task List you can perform various activities such as Starting and Stopping Operations, Posting Output and Consumptions, etc.. Those activities are described in separate articles.

Part of the task list are the Routing Progress and Operation Status progress field.

Operation status changes color according to the status; Setup Started = Blue, Run Stared = Green, Stopped = Red.