Re: CIM510D - Shop Floor Control/CIMpath

["oludare" <oludare@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

THANKS A LOT
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From: <MacWheel99@aol.com>
To: <BPCS-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 5:24 PM
Subject: Re: CIM510D - Shop Floor Control/CIMpath


> oludare@ix.netcom.com writes:
>
> > Do you know why this happens all the time
> >
> >  Dare
>
> We are 405 CD not using CIM but we have had same kinds of problems
regularly
>
> 90% of the times that we have these type mishaps that we have to go to the
> workstation reset menu is due to human error, that we attribute to a lack
of
> end user training & 10% is due to a power failure in an office whose
devices
> were doing interactively some job that should not be cancelled.  If you
have
> modified the software that is abnormally terminating, that could be a
factor.
>
> Example of human error.
>
> We are releasing shop floor control orders via batch or interactive or
...
> it needs to get at some record in some file that is locked up because some
> interactive job has it tied up ... second level help gives enough clues
that
> the person doing the lock up could be asked to backup so the big job
stream
> can continue ... end users involved never look at the second level help &
> they misread the message & they panic & take wrong options leading to
> canceling the job stream
>
> I can cite other examples with other applications but pattern is the same
...
> BPCS & 400 working fine, human minds not processing the information
provided,
> jobs abnormally mucked up via human error.
>
> Al Macintyre  ©¿©
> http://www.cen-elec.com MIS Manager Programmer & Computer Janitor
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