Re: Recording Machine Down Time

["Ann Neal" <Aneal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In rel 6 Employee Master now has a type 'M' for machine.  Make the machine a
badge and open an MO to record down time...


----- Original Message -----
From: "Philip Freimann" <PFreimann@cranecams.com>
To: <mapics-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 10:23 AM
Subject: RE: Recording Machine Down Time


> We do that to.  But in this case the employee is on another job - he is
not
> idle - the machine is idle.
>
> If you created a "job" for the machine down time - the hours charged to it
> would go as indirect labor hours.  Wouldn't that distort the overhead and
> labor or payroll hours?
>
> We also have a stand alone maintenance and repair system - but that would
> only record the time a repair person is actually working on the machine,
> which could be quite different from it's total down time.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leleux@shur-lok.com [mailto:Leleux@shur-lok.com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 11:24 AM
> To: mapics-l@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: Recording Machine Down Time
>
>
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> We have 'job's set up for specific activities such as
> 'waiting for raw material', meetings, 'waiting for tool
> repair' etc.  You can create a 'job' for a specific
> machine (work center) to be used when it's down.
> We have a report that analyses employees variance
> time, if they're not on a job......enquiring minds want to
> know why!
> I wonder if MAINCOR addresses it?  Since there
> is a web client that can be used in the shop, the
> machinist could enter the data.  Good question,
> especially since we have MAINCOR!
> Philip Freimann <PFreimann@cranecams.com>
> Sent by: mapics-l-admin@midrange.com
>
> 06/06/2002 07:46 AM
> Please respond to mapics-l
>
>         To:        "'mapics-l@midrange.com'" <mapics-l@midrange.com>
>         cc:
>         Subject:        Recording Machine Down Time
> Has anyone found a creative way to record the period of time that a
machine
> is not available?
> The operator is moved to another job, so he can not record time against
it.
> The Maintenance person might not get to it for days - if waiting for
parts,
> so the amount of time they spend "on the repair" is not relevant.  We
can't
> record indirect hours that would be added to the overhead.
> Philip R. Freimann
> Director of Information Technology
> Crane Technologies Group
> (386) 252-1151, ext. 1,4282
> mailto:PFreimann@CraneCams.com
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