Role Center & Information Board¶
Overview¶
Operators work from the Online Production Control Role Center. It shows activity cues for the logged-in user's work centers, a list of information messages, and the Information Board. The Information Board is the shop-floor landing screen: it lists the resources shown in OPC and gives large buttons into the main tasks.
To use the Role Center, assign the Online Production Control profile to the operator (Settings → My Settings → Role), or set it as the default role for shop-floor users.
Activities Cues¶
The Activities part shows count tiles. Each tile drills down to the underlying list. Tiles are filtered to the logged-in user's work centers (see Enabling OPC & Permissions) and the work date.
| Cue | Drills down to | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Resource Status | Resource Status board | Resources currently clocked onto an operation (open run-times). |
| Production Order - Released | Released Production Orders | Released production orders. |
| Firm Planned Operations | Operation list | Firm-planned, unfinished operations for the user's center. |
| Released Operations | Operation list | Released, unfinished operations for the user's center. |
| Capacity Entries | Capacity Ledger Entries | Capacity ledger entries posted today. |
The Role Center also has a Post Output action and a Production Order - Shortage List report.
Information Board¶
Open the OPC Information Board to reach the operator task buttons. The board lists every Machine Center whose Show in OPC flag is on, showing its No. and Name.
Board buttons¶
| Button | Opens |
|---|---|
| Time Registration | The time register list, where operators clock in and out. See Time Registration. |
| Operations | The operation list of released operations for the center. See Operation Registration. |
| Planned operations | The operation list filtered to firm-planned operations. |
| Indirect Time | The indirect time list. See Indirect Time. |
Information Messages¶
The OPC Information Message part shows announcements to the shop floor. Messages appear on both the Role Center and the Information Board.
To publish a message, open OPC Information Message (or the message list) and add a line:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Entry No. | Automatically assigned line number. |
| Description | The message text, up to 250 characters. |
Supervisors and administrators maintain these messages. Operators read them.