As part of the integration with Shop Floor Time (SFT) and/or Manufacturing Execution (MES), you can:
Export work center information
Export labor and subcontractor operations
Import generic part routings from MES to Costpoint
You can now export work center information from the Manage Work Center application. This is possible if you are licensed for SFT and/or MES and your products are enabled for use by the company associated with the work center. You can also add timesheet defaults for a work center such as, default Labor Location and default General Labor Category (GLC). In addition, you can specify the Plant ID that will identify which plant the SFT and/or MES is assigned and will be exported to. Plant IDs are set up on the Manage Plants screen in the Inventory module.
You can also export labor and subcontractor operations when you enable it on the Configure Routing Settings screen through the check box Allow PLC assignment in Labor Operations. When you select this check box, you can set PLC defaults on the Manage Labor Operations screen such as project and project labor category (PLC). Aside from the PLC defaults, you can also specify the default General Labor Category (GLC) for the labor operation, which will be used against the MO routing operations.
It is also possible to import generic part routings from MES to Costpoint. Since the part routings in MES have components that are required for each operation step of the routings (based on the Manufacturing Bills of Materials from Costpoint to MES), the Manage Routings screen can store components by operation. You can easily identify routings from MES when the MES Routing check box on the Manage Routings screen is selected. The Last ECN ID field shows the last ECN that updated the part routing. You can see the Bills of Materials (BOM) components of a routing step through the Routing Line Components subtask. This subtask is populated once you import routings from MES and displays information such as, find number, component part, revision, quantity, unit of measure, and reference number.
On the Configure Routing Settings screen, you can indicate whether or not MO requirements that are based on the Manufacturing Bills of Materials will be segregated by MO routing operations through the Use Operationalized Bills of Materials check box. This feature can be used for subsequent pick list printing and MO issues. When you are licensed for MES, this check box is selected and disabled. Otherwise, you can manually specify the value.