📕Setup - Lines

Note: If you do not have Shifts set up but have Production enabled on the line, you won’t be able to save the line without creating shifts first.

• Go to the ‘Setup’ menu and click ‘Lines’.
• Click ‘Add New’ located in the upper right corner on the ‘Lines’ bar
• Add new line information.
• Enter Line Code. Codes are locked once saved. They can be inactivated, but not deleted.
• Enter Line Name. Choose a name that is common within the workplace and understood throughout.
• Enter Abbreviation Name.
• If Line Categories have been created and are desired for this line, select the category from the dropdown.
• Select Area assigned from dropdown menu. If an Area is not available, it has either been inactivated or not yet set up (see ‘Add Areas’ in this manual).
• Enter Line Cost Center from pull down menu. Cost Centers are input in ‘Set-Up’
• Select a Default Machine from the dropdown. This is used for launching automatic dispatches.
• Default Product: Selecting a product from the dropdown allows it to be used as the default in the record_details API endpoint when there is no planned product for the line and you are submitting actuals via the API.
• External ID is only used for integrations.
• Choose a color for display on the main dispatch screen. If you know the RGB Hex Value, simply type it into the available space. Clicking in the empty field will bring up a color pallet to choose a color from as well.
• Select if inactive (should be unchecked for active).
• Enable Work Orders to be generated for this line.
• Enable Production for this line.
• Select if you wish to have Production Standard Work available on this Line.
• Select for API collection of production data (only functions if API is set-up).
• Enable automatic Production Status dispatches to be created when Line metrics go into a red status (‘Production’Module Only).
• Enable collection of scrap numbers by machine: used if you are collecting scrap at the machine level as opposed to the line level.
• Enable collection of scrap numbers by type: You can narrow your scrap numbers down to types of scrap that are collected on this line/ machine.
• Select Scrap Types from the drop down menu available for this Line. Scrap Types are set-up in the Production Module.
• Enable Product Orders (eKanban) for this line.
• Order Based Workshops allow usage of the New Operator Portal.
• Production Mode: Allows you to run one or multiple products at a time.
• Choose the number of product orders that are visible on the Operator Portal queue. This will default to the number selected in Production Settings unless otherwise noted.
• Enable to Automatically split pitches for new products. If the Product Orders box is checked above, the system will automatically split pitches. If this setting is disabled, reports will be based off of the first product in the pitch.
• Production Order is used to show the flow through various lines.
• Enable production demand on changeover setting. This is used for sites that are unable to determine a demand ahead of time (ex. job shop). Note: If you are using this and the API to create pitches, the API will overwrite your existing pitch schedule, removing the demand from changeover.
• Enable Start/ End Shift Buttons on the Operator Portal. This setting is used for inactivating the pitch schedule during times of non-production. For example, you scheduled an entire shifts’ work on one line, but they finished early and moved to a new line. This setting will allow you to ‘end shift’ essentially inactivating all the following pitches automatically.
• Choose a Pace Start Date. (Optional) This allows a single line’s pace to be reset by a specific date.
• Enable Operator Portal Checkin: to track operators time worked per line.  You can check into multiple lines at once, however, if you go to a new line and check-in separately you will get kicked out of the prior line. 
• Enable operator skill tracking (requires operators by name above). Skills are established in the Skills Module.
• Line Users: Selected Users in this dropdown can check in to the New Operator Portal.
• Create a Skill Notification Dispatch when a user checks into this Line with the following Skill Level or lower (requires operators by name above). Skills are established in the Skills Module.
• Select applicable production shifts. Production Shifts are set-up in the User/ Resource Setup.
• Default Pitch Schedule Template. Every line has a product run the majority of the time. Set this as the default pitch template. Pitch Templates are set-up in the production scheduling tool within the Production Module.
• Enter the Hourly Downtime rate. (what is the cost of downtime per hour?). This dollar amount should be the complete cost of an hour downtime to include loss of production throughput. These costs will be calculated and reported as Downtime. When reviewing these Costs please consider that if the machine is part of a Machine Group on a particular line these costs will be amortized across the entire Machine Group. (Example if machine A is down and belongs to a machine group to include B, C, and D the cost would be 25% of the hourly downtime rate due to the machine is 1/4 of the machine group). If the down machine 'A' is part of a 4 machine group the system considers the output to be reduced by 25% and the line continues at a 75% throughput rate. Downtime costs will be amortized appropriately determined by the total number of machines in the group.
• Production Thresholds are used to set visual dashboard color thresholds in the Production Module. If the Production Module is not used then there is no need to set thresholds. Note: The Pitch Pace metric needs to be turned on for the Pace Threshold to reflect green, yellow or red on the Dashboards, Operator Portal, and Pitchboard.
• You can add skills that are required for this line here. Skills need to be created in the Skills Module.
• Click ‘Save’.