SOP-42Q-MES0025 Serialized Item Tracker

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Shop Floor Control Production Control Serialized Item Tracker Version MES 15.75 Revision E1  

 

 

 

Serialized Item Tracker

The Serialized Item Tracker (SIT) is a 42Q module designed for effectively creating and importing large numbers of serialized components to be used in the manufacturing process. It eliminates much of the overhead of creating serial numbers one at a time. The serialized components can be created based on a starting serial number and algorithm or from a list of serial numbers scanned or copied from a text file.

SIT can receive, return, and make obsolete a range of serialized items. Serialized Item Ranges will be stored in a new SIT_Range table in the database.  Each item in the range is exploded into the serial table as tracked components.  The assignment of these items to units will be done with standard Shop Floor Control technology. There are reports and EDI extracts that will be written to support SIT. These reports and extracts are not been defined in this document as they will most likely be written outside MDS.

SIT also manages and sends e-mail alerts of the serialized items consumption by low and very low watermarks.

To access Serialized Item Tracker, navigate to Shop Floor Control > Production Control > Serialized Item Tracker

 

Figure 1: Serialized Item Tracker 

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Serialized Items 

To access Serialized Items, click on Serialized Items icon.

The Serialized Items page shows a list of locations that are based on the actual Shop Floor Control Configuration, the SIT Range List.

Users are able to perform the following actions: 

• Filter and search
• Receive
• Receive (PTS)
• Edit
• Disposition
• Resend
• Additional Info
• SIT Batch Traveler
• Print/Export
• Print/Export Filtered Ranges

 

Figure 2: Functionalities at Serialized Items 

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Filter and Search

  Users can search using the filters located at the top of the SIT Range List. There are three available searches: Status, Type, and Filter By     Figure 3: Filter options 

 

 

 

 

The serialized items created by SIT have a status. The current statuses are Received, Returned, Damaged and Obsolete. See the following descriptions for each:

• Received: Serial number created (SFDC status is the same as the location where the serial was created).
• Returned: Returns a range of serials, a specific serial, or all serials (change SFDC status to "50-Killed").
• Damaged: Serial item damaged (change SFDC status to "50-Killed").
• Obsolete: Serial will not be used anymore but continues to exist. No longer in use or valid (change SFDC status to "50-Killed").

1. To search, select a status and click Filter.

 

Figure 5: Searching by Type

 

There are four types available: COA label, EUI-48-Intel-MAC, Manually Entered, and Non-SN Batch. Selecting a type will display serial number ranges already created for all statuses (receive, obsolete, damage, return).

1. To perform a search, select a type and click on Filter.

 

Figure 6: Searching by "Filter by":

 

1. To perform a search using the "Filter by" field, select one of the available options (Part Number, Serial Number, PO, PO Line, Packing List, or Create User) and enter the information into the value field accordingly.

2. Select Filter.

Serialized Item Tracker List

The Serialized Item Tracker main page shows a list of locations that are based on the actual SFDC Configuration,

Figure 7: Serialized Item Tracker Range List

 

Edit (Update)

The Edit portlet can be used to make changes to the PO, PO line, and Packing List information.

1. To use the edit portlet, select the serial number and click Edit. The SIT Range Form displays.

Figure 8: SIT Range Form

2. Enter new values for:

• PO: The Purchase Order of the range being received.
• PO Line: The Line Number of the Purchase Order above.
• Packing List: The shipping number of the range being received.

3. Select Save. The updates are saved and the list is refreshed.

Process (Return/Obsolete/Damage)

For Return, an RMA (Return Material Authorization) number is required for the new range. The application saves this information for historical reporting.

This portlet allows the user to return a range, all available units, or a single serial item number to a vendor according to the chosen option on the Process page. The range is stored in the SIT_Range table as "Returned" for Return, "Obsolete" for Obsolete, and "Damaged" for Damage.

1. To modify an existing serial, select a serial number and click Process. The Process pop-up window appears.

2. In the Process section of the Process window, select a Type from the drop-down box.

Figure 9: Process

The following information can be entered in the page, Range ID, Part Number, and Available Units associated to the

percent of the available units to be returned.

Return/Obsolete/Damage "All Available Units"

An Operation Summary page is displayed with the result of the operation. All available units must be returned/obsolete/damaged and must be inserted in the Serialized Items List with a new status and serial range information. 

Result: An Operation Summary page is displayed with the result of the operation. All available units are returned/obsoleted/damaged and a new line on "Serialized Items List" with the new status is inserted. After any operation, the serial numbers do not appear as available units.

Return/Obsolete/Damage "Single Serial"

An Operation Summary page is displayed with the result of the operation. The single unit must be returned/obsoleted/damaged and must be inserted as a new line on "Serialized Items List" with the new status and the serial number information.

Result: An Operation Summary page is displayed with the result of the operation. The Single Serial is returned/obsolete/damaged and a new line on "Serialized Items List" with the new status is inserted. After a return operation, the returned serial numbers do not appear as "available units".

Return/Obsolete/Damage "Serial Range"

An Operation Summary page is displayed with the result of the operation. The serial range filled in must be returned/obsolete/damaged and must be inserted as a new line on "Serialized Items List" with the new status and the serial range information. After any operation, the serial range returned does not have to appear as "available units".

Result: An Operation Summary page is displayed with the result of the operation. Serial range units are returned/obsolete/damaged and a new line on "Serialized Items List, with the new status is inserted. After any operation, the serial numbers do not appear as "available units".

Choose one of the available options to return/obsolete or damage (all available units, single serial, or a range (starting and ending serials).

An operation summary is returned.

Figure 10: Operation Summary

In this summary, you can see all returned/obsolete/damaged serial numbers, statuses, and fail reasons.

A new line with the new status is created in the serialized list.

 

Resend

This functionality allows the user to create an attribute for an SIT Range. This triggers another process to send an EDI file to the vendor.

Figure 11: Serialized Item Tracker List - Resend

1. To resend a serial range, check the box of a range and select Resend. A confirmation message is displayed.

2. Select Yes to complete the action (or No to cancel). A confirmation message displays, and the serialized items are resent.

Additional Information

This Topic discusses the basic information of a selected range as Range ID, Part Number, Quantity and Serial Number List.

Figure 12: Serialized Tracker List - Received

 

1. To use the Additional Info portlet, check the box of a serial range with a Received status from the list and select Additional Info. The information of the selected range will be displayed, including Range ID, Part Number, Quantity, and Serial Number List.

2. Select Print/Export Serial Numbers to display the page that will allow the user to select the status desired. The Print Label option is available. The following report is displayed:

Figure 13: Export Serial Numbers Report Viewer

 

 

Print/Export or Print/Export Filtered

This section covers the print/export portlet on the main SIT Range List page. This portlet is used to Print or Export a selected range or a single serial number.

Figure 14: Serialized Items List – Print/Export

1. Select Print/Export or Print/Export Filtered Ranges in the Serialized Items Tracker list.

2. A PDF report is generated that the user may print or save.

Figure 15: Print/Export Report

Figure 16: Print/Export Filtered Ranges Report

 

Exporting can also be performed with multiple file formats:

• CSV
• HTML
• PDF
• XLS

 

To perform this action

1. Select Export at the bottom of the SIT Range List menu:

 

Figure 17: Export Menu

 

2. Select the format into that which you want to export the file. The file is exported and downloaded to the system in the format selected.

 

Similarly, the Custom function can be used to export the information into multiple file formats. To use this function

 

1. Select Export at the bottom of the SIT Range List screen.

2. Select the Custom option. This opens the Export Configuration window.

 

Figure 18: Export Configuration Window

 

 

3. Select the file Type to which to Export the file.

4. Select the Page Orientation from the drop-down.

5. Select the fields to be included in the exported file. Only the fields selected will be displayed in the exported files.

 

Note: The arrow and chevron icons are used to select the fields to be included in the report and also allow the user to determine the order in which the fields will appear in the same report.

SIT Batch Traveler

This section instructs users about the SIT Batch Traveler portlet. This portlet prints all the serial numbers that make up a selected range.

Figure 19: Serialized Tracker List - SIT Batch Traveler

1. To use the SIT batch traveler, select SIT Batch Traveler from the SIT Range List main page. This generates a PDF batch report that the user may save or print.

Figure 20: Batch Report

Receive

This portlet allows a user to receive (create) a range of serialized items. The user specifies the beginning and ending serial number, part number, and other miscellaneous attribute data. The range is stored in the SIT_Range table as "received" SIT status and has the same status as the location where it was created (see Location x SIT Type). Individual items are created in the database as tracked components. A serial number algorithm for the part number needs to be created and released to support generating serial numbers for the defined range.

Note: SIT works just with two algorithm types:

1. Shop Order Algorithm (created using the Algorithm Tool).

2. Manually encoded Algorithm.

The serial numbers are created and associated with the location (and unit status) that was defined on Location x Sit Type. The following attributes are linked to each serial number:

• SIT Range Pointer
• SIT Serial Number
• SIT Date Code
• SIT Lot Code
• SIT Manufacturer Part Number
• SIT PTS ID (only in case of a PTS receive)

The algorithm is updated with the last serial number received.

1. To start the receive process, select Receive from the SIT Range List main page.

Figure 21: Receive

 

2. Click on Receive button.

Figure 22: SIT Range Form for Non SN Batch, COA Label, and EUI-48 types

3. Complete the Type,Part Number, Quantity, and Starting Serial fields.

NOTE: After entering the mandatory fields, the Print Label pop-up for receive units is displayed. The user can fill the mandatory fields to print the label or cancel to proceed with the receive task. When Manually Entered is selected, the Quantity, Starting serial, and Ending serial fields are disabled. A multi-line text box appears to be filled with the serials. Paste in a list of serial numbers in the text box, one serial number per line. The quantity field will be automatically updated with the number of serial numbers in the text box. Then select Ok. These serial numbers will be used instead of calculating serial numbers from an algorithm.

A new generic attribute (project:receive_sit_range_default_optional_attributes) will control which attributes will be prompted when receiving a serial number range. The default attributes are "LOT Code, Date Code, MPN". These attributes can be added to, removed, or replaced with new attribute values. Default attribute values will be comma-separated items, allowing for multiple defaults attributes to be configured.

To edit, double-click on the attribute name.
To add, click on Add Attribute, enter the data and click on Update to commit.
To remove, select the attribute and click on Remove Attribute. Click on Yes to confirm.
 

Figure 23: Manually Entered Type

 

Part Number: The user selects one part number from the drop-down list, depending on the selected type.

Batch Quantity: Calculated if the starting and ending serial fields are populated. If the Starting serial and a specific quantity are entered, the system calculates the ending serial. If the starting serial and ending serial are populated, the quantity field is disabled.

PO: The Purchase Order of the range being received.

PO Line: The Line Number of the Purchase Order above.

Packing List: The shipping number of the range being received.

4. After all fields are populated, a confirmation message is displayed.

5. Click on Yes to confirm the range creation or No to cancel. The created range is displayed in the SIT list.

Non-SN Batch

Always create a batch serial number. The batch serial number quantity is determined by the receive quantity.

If the part number is assigned to an algorithm, the serial number will be validated accordingly; otherwise no validation will occur.

Receive PTS

This functionality is used by plants that need traceability. This is controlled using a new set of screens and portlets in profile management, so only users with access to this screen can see or use it. Conversely, if the existing screen should not be shown in a specific project, it should not be assigned to any profile.

 

Receive PTS Steps:

1. Check Receive (PTS) in the SIT Range List page. The Receive PTS Component pop-up displays.
2. Enter a PTS ID.

 

Figure 24: Receive PTS Component

 

3. Select Continue.
4. SIT calls PTS's API.
5. PTS sends real-time data for the PN associated with the PTS ID (SN) according to the following attributes.

 

Attribute Field

 

• Receipt Date: Current date and timestamp
• Date Code:
• LOT Code:
• MPN: Manufacturing PN associated with the PTS SN

 

 

Figure 25: SIT Range Form

 

 

 

Receive Field

 

1. Range Type is always Manually Entered. Because of this, the drop-down menu is disabled.
2. Part Number: This number cannot be changed. It represents the PN associated with the PTS ID.
3. Serial Numbers: Add Serial Numbers to associate with the PTS attributes.
4. SN Quantity automatically populates based upon SNs added to the Serial Number field (above).
5. Starting Serial: The first SN entered into the Serial Number field. This number is automatically populated based upon data added to the Serial Number text box.
6. Ending Serial: The last SN entered into the Serial Number field. This number is automatically generated based upon data added to the Serial Number text box.
7. Modify the PO, PO Line, and Packing List information if desired.
8. NOTE: The Part Number, Date Code, Lot Code, and MPN will contain the imported PTS information and is disabled for editing.
9. NOTE: If the generic attribute update_pts_data is defined as “Yes,” the Date Code, Lot Code, and MPN information will be available for editing as well.
10. Select Save. This action (Save) adds the attribute information to the serial numbers specified.

 

Part x Sit Type

This section covers how a part number can be assigned or unassigned to an SIT type. To access the Part x Sit Type module navigate to the Serialized Item Tracker main page (Shop Floor Control  >  Production Control >  Serialized Item Tracker) and select Part x Sit Type.   Figure 25: Part SIT Type
The SIT Type List page displays:

Figure 26: SIT Type List

1. To edit a SIT type, check the box of a SIT type from the list and click Edit. The Part x Type list is displayed.

Figure 27: Add Part x SIT Type

2. To add an association, click on Add Part x SIT Type in the Tasks panel.

Figure 28: Add Part x SIT Type

3. Select a part number to be associated and click on Save. The selected part number will disappear from this list and will be displayed in the SIT type list, for the previously selected type. To cancel this action, select Cancel.

Editing a SIT Type:

The rules for editing SIT Types are the same for COA, MAC or Manually Entered:

1. Select Edit to edit a MAC Address or COA Label Type. The Edit page is displayed.

Figure 29: Part x Type List – Edit Part SIT Type

Figure 30: Part x SIT Type Form

NOTE: Unless the user checks the check box "Do you want to manage the LVM and VLVM?" this page will not be available for editing.

• Low Water Mark: This is a value set by the user to trigger an alert when the available SN quantity for that part number is low and needs attention. This is defined when the user intends to manage the available quantity of SN. When the LWM is reached, e-mail alerts are sent for the registered addresses.

• Very Low Watermark: This is a value set by the user to trigger an alert when the available SN quantity is very low and has become a critical situation. When the VLWM is reached, e-mail alerts are sent for the registered addresses.

2. After checking the "Do you want manage the LVM and VLVM?" box, the data can be edited.

3. The N&E Rule ID field allows users to configure a specific rule in the Notification & Escalation regarding sending e-mails. If there is a previous configured rule in the N&E, just type the rule name in this field and it will be executed. In the other hand, if there is no configured rule on N&E, the Default Rule already configured will be executed.

4. Type a user name and click on add icon for the LWM and VLWM CC E-mail. The e-mail list box is populated with the e-mail from the CC E-mail textbox. The user may also select Remove (All Items or Selected Items) for the LWM and VLWM CC E-mail. This removes the selected e-mail from the e-mail list.

Notes:

• Selected users will receive e-mails frequently unless they are removed from the list.
• ACRON job must be configured to send the emails.

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Figure 31: Part x Type List - Disassociating Part Numbers

1. To delete a part x SIT type, select a part number to delete and click Delete.

NOTE: This selected part number will not be deleted from database per se; it will just be unassigned from the selected SIT type.

2. Select Yes to confirm, or No to cancel.

Location x Sit Type

This section covers how a location can be assigned or unassigned to a SIT type.

To access the Location x SIT Type module, navigate to Shop Floor Control  >  Production Control  >  Serialized Item Tracker and select Location x SIT Type from the SIT main page.   Figure 32: Location x SIT Type  

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1. To edit the Location, check the box of an SIT type in the list and select Edit.

Figure 33: SIT Type List

2. Edit the location and select Save to confirm the updates, or Cancel to abort.

Figure 34: SIT Type Form

Note: If the SIT Type already has received SIT Range, it will not be possible to change its location (see the image above).

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Appendix A

Acronyms

Acronyms are abbreviations, such as LDAP, MES, and SFDC, written as the initial letter or letters of words, and pronounced on the basis of this abbreviated written form. By developing these acronyms, it is not necessary to write the complete name all the time in the guide.

COA Certificate of Authenticity COPS Customer Order Processing System FES Factory Execution Systems LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol SFDC Shop Data Floor Collection

Appendix B

Glossary

This glossary is a list of terms with definitions for them.

Administrator

The System Administration has full access - all plants, all reports, all users.

Component

A component is a specific piece of data that appears on a label, for example: bar code, part numbers, graphic images, line or text. Hence, label components are broken down into several different types: text, graphic images, MES database values, or a combination of text and database values.

Framework

In software development, a framework is a defined support structure in which another software project can be organized and developed. A framework may include support programs, code libraries, a scripting language, or other software to help develop and glue together the different components of a software project.

LVM

Low watermark – this is a value set by the user to alert when the available SN for that part number is low and it needs attention. It ’ s defined when the user intends to manage the available quantity of SN. Always when the LWM is reached, e-mail alerts are sent for the registered addresses. Packing List Packing List is the shipping number of the range being received PO PO is the Purchase Order of the range being received

PO Line

PO Line is the Line Number of the Purchase Order above

SFDC Configuration

The rules used to define how SFDC collects data provides analysis, controls the processing, and maintains unit histories

Site Minder

Universal login of 42Q

Username

The username is the site minder username (or a partial string)

VLVM

Very low watermark - this is a value set by the user to alert when the available SN are very low and this is a critical situation.

Appendix C

Name	Type	Required	Min length / Min value	Max length / Max value	Notes
Type	alpha-numeric	x	1	30
Part Number	alpha-numeric	x	1	25
Quantity	numeric		1	999999999
Starting	alpha-numeric	x	14	14	mask: AAAAA######### / The last 9 numbers must be minor to the Ending value
Ending	alpha-numeric		14	14	mask: AAAAA######### / The first 5 characters must be equals to the Starting value
PO	alpha-numeric		1	30
PO Line	numeric		1	9999999
Packing List	alpha-numeric		1	30

 

 

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