Change overs on Machines

Question

Has anyone implemented a process in Acumatica to track machine changeover time between SKUs?

Currently, we only log labor hours against Production Orders and do not track machine setup or changeover time separately. As a result, it becomes difficult to reconcile machine runtime and downtime hours against employee labor hours and understand overall equipment utilization.

I'm interested in learning how others have approached this. Specifically:

Do you track changeover time separately from production labor?
Are machine downtime and setup hours recorded in Acumatica?
What processes or customizations have you implemented to capture and report on this data?

Any recommendations or examples would be appreciated.

valentynbeznosiuk · Answer

Hi ​@JReppard,Acumatica doesn't have a fully separate way to track changeover time, but here are a couple of ideas on how you could do it and report on this data:Labor TransactionYou can record labor transactions against a fully separate changeover operation, or any other operation using a dedicated changeover labor item, then build a GI filtering the data by operation/labor item to extract pure downtime hours.Use Setup Time on Production Order DetailsThis is normally populated from the BOM, but you can manually update the setup time during production (putting the order on hold) to reflect actual downtime, then extract that data the same way.Machine data integrationIf you have (or are considering) a system that captures downtime directly from the machine, like MES or PLC, you could integrate it to feed that data into a fully custom table in Acumatica, then build GIs combining your existing production data with the data from the machines.There are definitely other ways to do this through customizations, but it would require a better understanding of your processes to design an appropriate solution.Hope this gives you some food for thought and helps you design a suitable process.

Sign up

Social Login

Login to the community

Social Login