Setting up Shop Floor (2): functional

The functional setup of the Shop Floor always takes place in the MKG Client. This applies to both the settings and the layout and display of the screens, as they should be shown via the Smart Client. You can read more about this in the article Setting up Shop Floor (3): layout.

Step 1: Create a user account for the terminal

Open the module Users and create at least 1 "shopfloor" user. Essentially, you are creating a separate user for each terminal.

• Active = true
• Name. Advice: sf/sf1/sf2, sfc/sfc1/sfc2, shopfloor/shopfloor1/shopfloor2
• Administrator = false

General

• Password: enter a complex password
• Complex password = true

Login

• Is Shop Floor Control = true
• Shop Floor badge clocking:
• false: employees log in on the screen
• true: employees log in with a badge

Step 2: Ensure sufficient licenses

For the number of users that need access to the Shop Floor, a license is required. This entails the following:

• The Shop Floor terminal can be opened at an 'unlimited' number of workstations.
• An MKG user must be created for all employees.
• A MKG Shop Floor license must be obtained for each employee who wants access to the Shop Floor.

Step 3: Create a user for each employee

Every employee who needs to clock hours via the Shop Floor must be created as a user in MKG:

• Active = true
• Name: advice = corresponding with employee
• Is Shop Floor Control = false

Step 4: Set access to the Shop Floor

The employee must be linked to a user in MKG. Open the module Employees and ensure that on the 'General' tab the field Login name matches the user.

Images added on the 'General' tab are visible on the tiles of the Shop Floor terminal. Maintain a size of 256px x 256px for the image. Larger formats can be uploaded, but they are decoded, which can delay the screen startup.

The employee gains access to the Shop Floor and parts of the Shop Floor via the settings on the 'Time Management' tab:

• Active on Shop Floor = true
• Report ready immediately: optional
• Show planning: optional
• Show unmanned operation: optional
• Show consult hours: optional
• Show production readiness: optional
• Show material issuance: optional
• Show notifications: optional

Is working time shift applicable? Then this must be set on the employee via the setting 'Working Time Shift' = true.

Step 5: Link employees to operations and resources

To allow your employees to choose from a limited number of operations or resources on the Shop Floor terminal, you can set a selection for each individual employee. This only sets a default: the employee can select other operations and resources if necessary or desired.

• Operations: selection of standard operations (time registration based on pre-calculation operations)
• Resources: selection of standard resources (time registration based on planning operations)

Step 6: Set day and shift schedules

In the Day Schedule module, you can set a login buffer in which overtime is calculated when clocking in earlier or clocking out later than the specified time when one is supposed to be present:

• Working Time Shift = true. This setting must also be active on the employee and in the administration settings.
• Correct Presence Buffers = true. If you want a buffer between 'early from' and 'early to' that should not be clocked as overtime.

In the Shift Schedule module, you apply the day schedule to the shift schedule created for the employee. In the Shift Calendar module, you then assign the shift schedule to the employee. Make sure that you keep the start date the same as the day the employee begins and that they do not differ from each other.

Step 7: Check the administration settings

Various settings are available for clocking in and out, depending on preferences. Here you will find the setting 'Working Time Shift', which should be set to 'automatic before start' if working time shift is applicable and is active on both the employee and the day schedule.

In the 'Stop' section, various default actions can be found for starting an operation and clocking out.