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Feature · Shop Floor

Shop Floor

Record material use and production intervals, then receive only accepted finished output.

OverviewAvailable Lot Inventory
Textiles ERP · Shop Floor

Available Lot Inventory

Lots

New
Lot numberProductSupplier lotWork orderReceived dateExpiry date
L26-8466PRD-2998SL-909WO-3175801 Oct05 Oct
L26-4786PRD-9548SL-452WO-2973708 Oct15 Oct
L26-9364PRD-8385SL-168WO-2540111 Oct13 Oct
L26-1221PRD-7719SL-395WO-1372014 Oct17 Oct
L26-5297PRD-1169SL-687WO-4488911 Oct17 Oct
6 of 6 records
SL-909Lots · LTS-31978
Available
Lot numberL26-8466
ProductPRD-2998
Work orderWO-31758
Received date01 Oct
Expiry date05 Oct
Example screen with sample data

What you can do

Explain what entered and left production

A production interval tells the supervisor how much work happened at an operation. A stock movement tells the store how much material moved. Keep those facts connected through the work order. Shop Floor Supervisor records good output and scrap against the operation, while Operator handles authorized material movements. The completion review uses accepted output from the terminal operation to determine what can enter finished stock.

How the work is organized

  • Material issue. Check the product’s stocking unit, free quantity and intended work order before issuing material. Lot-controlled material needs an Available lot of the correct product that has not expired.
  • Production reporting. Record the operation, work center, responsible employee and completed interval. Separate good quantity from scrapped quantity so the supervisor can explain how the job progressed.
  • Finished output. Review accepted terminal-operation output before receiving it into finished goods. Retain the original production-log identity when a completion request is repeated so the same output is not received again.

What to agree during setup

Walk through the physical issue point with the floor and warehouse teams. Agree which stocking unit operators use and how they identify the yarn or fabric lot. Reconcile free stock before the first issue, including quantities already allocated elsewhere. Identify the person who records production intervals and the person who checks their completion.

Agree which operation represents finished output for the pilot route. Explain how the supervisor hands inspection evidence to Quality Inspector and how accepted output reaches the finished-goods warehouse. If a scanner or terminal will supply records, include that connection and its duplicate-handling rules in the setup plan.

Check the handoff on an actual case

Start a garment job with a lot-controlled yarn component. Operator selects the intended material and confirms its lot identity with the store. Try an expired lot during rehearsal and make sure it does not satisfy the issue. Repeat the check with an eligible lot and confirm that the quantity issued matches the requirement and the available stock.

Shop Floor Supervisor then records the first completed production interval. Review the good and scrapped quantities at that operation before continuing. When the terminal operation finishes, inspect its accepted output and identify the quantity that has not yet been received into finished goods. Receive that eligible quantity and compare the resulting work-order completion figure with the stock movement.

Repeat the same completion request. The existing completion must remain the explanation for that output; another finished-stock receipt would overstate available garments. Also inspect an earlier operation’s good quantity. It remains evidence of progress at that operation and must not be counted again as separate finished output.

Use the notes on the production interval to explain an unusual run. Keep the reported time and quantity understandable to the next supervisor, especially when the work continues across shifts.

What your team sees

  • Production Interval Review — Completed operation intervals with good quantity, scrap and the responsible employee.
  • Assigned Operations — The work sequence and assignments behind the reported interval.
  • Production Schedule — The job’s planned quantity and accumulated completion position.

Follow the work through

Use production to finished stock for the complete rehearsal and shipment to period close for the later stock and finance effects.

What it keeps track of

Data model
Work orders
Shop-floor orders to produce a specific product in a specific quantity.
Work order components
Exploded BOM demand for a work order.
Work order operations
Exploded routing steps for a work order.
Production log
Shop-floor time and quantity transactions against a work-order operation.
Stock movements
Every physical movement of stock - receipt, issue to WIP, completion, transfer, scrap.
Products
Catalog of all items: finished goods, sub-assemblies, raw materials, components and consumables.
Inventory
On-hand stock per product per warehouse.
Lots
A quantity received or made together, traced through issue, production and shipment.

Who uses it

Permissions
Shop Floor Supervisor
, Operator, Production Planner.
The supervisor records production and manages operations.
Operator
Performs authorized material handling.
The planner reconciles job progress.
Quality Inspector
Supplies required inspection decisions before held output enters the completion handoff.

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