| visual factory |
A system of organizing a workplace with visual cues so the operators are quickly aware of the status of materials and activity. |
| Waiting for Work |
A machine status indicating an absence of machine data. Waiting for Work occurs when (1) the machine is scheduled available; (2) no job is running; and (3) no other operator transactions (setup, downtime, etc.) account for the state of the machine. In the absence of other data for a timeslice, ShopVue infers Waiting for Work.
Example: Machine M211 ran order 101 from 7:00 to 11:00 a.m. and order 103 from noon onwards. The hour from 11:00 a.m. to noon is waiting for work.
See also Scheduled Idle. |
| warning |
An automatically generated record based upon employees committing a number of infractions (e.g., being tardy) and accumulating a predefined number of points for those infractions. Warnings become a part of the employee's permanent record.
Example: Ted Curtis was tardy three times in a month and receives a warning with a statement of disciplinary policies.
See also points. |
| Watchdog |
A background process within ShopVue that performs time calculations such as computing/apportioning labor and machine hours, and flags exceptions.
window (time adjustment)
A rule that adjusts actual time to expected time if the actual time is within a certain distance (window).
Example: Ted Curtis timed in at 6:44 a.m. ShopVue takes this to be a 7:00 a.m. punch because it is within a predefined 20-minute window of 7:00 a.m.
See also rounding. |
| Week-at-a-Glance (WAG) |
A screen within the ShopVue Management Client which shows a group of employees (typically one supervisor's reports) and a summary of their data for the week, including actual and planned work hours and current status. |
| WIP |
Work-in-process.
Example: 140 widgets which have been cut but have not yet been polished are WIP. |
| WIP tracking |
The process of monitoring all pieces of a manufacturing order including the pieces’ progress through the routing and where any of them were scrapped.
Example: Order 101 started with 100 pieces, five were scrapped at operation 20, 85 are waiting for operation 40, and the other 10 are waiting for operation 50. |
| work center |
A specific production area, consisting of one or more people and/or machines with similar capabilities, that can be considered as one unit for purposes of capacity requirements planning and detailed scheduling. Also known as a load center.
Example: An area with several lathes might be a lathe work center. |
| workforce management (WFM) | A classification of business software that helps organizations more effectively manage time and task planning and scheduling for employees. |
| workforce scheduling |
The process of adjusting the schedules of individual employees to make sure the factory is properly staffed in the near future after taking into account vacations and demand for overtime. |
| workpoint |
The lowest level at which ShopVue tracks the location of work done. If a work center contains several machines that ShopVue tracks, then each machine is considered a workpoint. If a work center consists of only one tracked machine or the work center is a non-machining area, then the work center is also the workpoint.
Example: Machine M211, Work Center W41 (Paint Line). |
| workpoint group |
A logical, user-defined classification that groups workpoints together for the purposes of stationing and data collection.
Example: Ted Curtis divides his time among four workpoints in his workpoint group- two machines in the Fabrication department, an assembly station in the Assembly department, and helping out with packing in the Shipping department. |
| workpoint home page |
A screen on the ShopVue Console in which salient information for one workpoint is displayed to facilitate the entry of new shop activity transaction.
Example: A screen showing that CNC Machine 121 ran order 345 from 7:00 to 8:00 a.m., was on Setup for order 346 until 8:30 a.m., and is currently running order 346 with the expectation of running order 433 later.
See also employee home page. |
| workstation |
The terminal that runs the ShopVue application. Data associated with the WorkstationID allow ShopVue to choose the right data presentation and validations for that particular computer.
Example: Workstation #444 is the touch screen just to the left of the CNC machine. |
| yield |
The quantity of successfully completed pieces at any single operation.
Example: Operator worked four hours on order 101-Step 20, and produced a yield of 83 good pieces. |