Mechanic’s Workbench screen - HxGN EAM - Version 11.07.01 - Feature Briefs - Hexagon

HxGN EAM Mechanic's Workbench

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HxGN EAM Version
11.7.1

The Mechanic’s Workbench screen has the following important attributes:

  1. Employee - The Employee code is automatically populated based on the logged-on user. If the logged-on user is not associated to any Employee, the Employee field will remain empty and must be entered manually.

  2. Shift - Shift is related to a Shift Scheduling Session, a Shift Start and a Shift Duration. The lookup will show all sessions that the Employee is associated to. These sessions could be in the future but also in the past. You can always use the lookup on this field and select a particular shift, but after Employee is populated, the system will automatically try and find the shift for that employee as follows:

    1. System searches for the earliest shift for the employee that starts within the next 8 hours.

    2. If nothing is found, then the system searches for the latest shift for the employee that ended within the last 8 hours. Note: The word "latest" shift here is based on the Shift Start. Also note that an ongoing shift satisfies this selection and therefore would normally appear automatically as well.

    3. If still nothing is found Shift will remain blank.

  3. Shift Scheduling Session—Automatically populated based on the selected Shift.

  4. Shift Start - Automatically populated based on the selected Shift.

  5. Shift Duration - Automatically populated based on the selected Shift.

  6. Type of Hours - Enter the Type of Hours (normal time, over time, etc.). Make sure you select the correct type before you start the job. The selection you make before you start the job will be used on the labor booking when you stop the job.

  7. Password - Enter the password of the user that is associated to the selected Employee. The password is optional and is only verified if you enter it. If you leave it blank no password, check will be performed. However, if you did start the job with a password, you will have to supply a password to stop the job as well. See later in this document on how you can use the Password and how it may relate to the way you implement this screen.

  8. Clear Employee/Password - This button will clear the screen.

    In the Work Details section, the scheduled work order activities will be displayed, based on the selections made in the header of the screen. Jobs associated to the work order activity will also be displayed. Most fields in this grid are obvious, but the following fields are worth mentioning:

  9. Started - Selected if the work order activity or the job is started, otherwise it will be unselected. You can leave the screen when a job is started. The system will remember and when you come back the job will still be listed as started and the Timer will indicate the updated time passed since you left the screen.

    The default Dataspy sorts by this field. So once a work order activity or a job is started, it will go to the top of the list. You can change this behavior easily by using a different Dataspy.

  10. Scheduled Trade - The trade that was stored on the scheduled labor record.

  11. Planned Trade - The trade that was stored on the work order activity. Jobs will inherit this value from their parent work order activity, but only if it can be unambiguously determined.

  12. Main Resource - Selected if the trade of the scheduled labor record matches that of the work order activity or plan labor record, otherwise it will be unselected. Jobs will inherit this value from their parent, but only if it can be unambiguously determined.

  13. Due Percentage - For PM and maintenance pattern work orders the system calculates where the work order is in the release cycle. A work order executed once every 100 days where the last work order was executed 90 days ago will be at 90%. Twelve days from now that same work order will be at 102%. Note that if the PM releases on calendar and meter interval the highest percentage of these release methods will be displayed.

    Below the grid you can find the following buttons and the timer:

  14. Link Buttons

    • View Comments - The comments of the Task Plan, Job Plan, PM Schedule, Maintenance Pattern, or work order activity will be displayed.

    • View Documents - The documents of the Task Plan, Job Plan, PM Schedule or Maintenance Pattern or work order activity will be displayed.

      Click on Actions to find these link buttons.

  15. Buttons

    • Start Job - Select the work order activity or job you want to start and then click Start Job. The system will perform several checks and make sure the activity or job can be started. If all checks pass validation a temporary start record will be created, the - flag will be selected, and the Timer starts running.

      Start Job will be disabled once the activity or job is started, but only for the activity or job you started. At any time, you can start any of the other activities or jobs on your list. The system will automatically stop the current activity first, as if you clicked Stop Job indeed, and start the new one.

    • Stop Job - Click Stop Job to stop a started activity or job. Since the system knows what is currently started you do not have to select the started activity or job. The system will perform several checks and make sure the activity or job can be stopped. If all checks pass validation the temporary start record will be removed, the Started flag will be unselected, the Timer stops running and most importantly a book labor record will be created. If a check fails for any reason the system will perform the same actions but will not create the book labor record. The reason that the check failed will be posted by the system and you must manually create the labor record, as required.

    • Complete Job - Select the activity or job you want to complete and then click Complete Job. The system will perform several checks and make sure the activity or job can be completed. If all checks pass validation the activity or job will be updated. The Completed checkbox will be selected, Percent Complete will be set at 100 and Hours Remaining will be set to zero. If an activity is completed, then the associated jobs may also be completed providing no Plan labor records exist for the activity.

  16. Timer - Indicates the time difference between the current time and the moment you started the activity or job. Whenever you see the Timer running, a work order activity or job is started. This is true even if that activity or job is currently not displayed on the screen. If no activity or job is started the Timer will be stopped as well and will show zero.