Project and manufacturing
How to plan the steps for a card
Summary The Steps tab in a card is used to plan labor time, equipment time, equipment used and steps will be made when passing the card through the value stream. Plan the Steps Go to Planning -> Projects. Select a project, click on Cards at the top ...
How to Use the Production Release Panel of the Operation Board
Summary This article explains how to use the Production Release Panel in the Operation Boards. Depending on your different roles and permissions, this functionality may not be visible. How to send cards to production In the Operations tab, display ...
How to Use the Operation Board
Summary The Operations Board is the ideal tool for monitoring operations. It allows you to see the cards in production, the cards on hold and the equipment occupied at a glance. Depending on your different roles and permissions, some elements ...
How to ship inventory
Summary Once the shipment is planned, verification is needed to ensure that inventories leave the warehouse to the right destination. This article shows you how to ship sales lines. To learn more about shipment planning, click here. Ship inventory ...
How to add equipment
Summary Equipment can represent any machine or tool used in the manufacturing process. Their creation is essential to manage their maintenance and obtain data on their performance. They can be inserted into a value stream. Adding Equipment Go to ...
How to schedule a shipment
Summary This article explains how to schedule shipments. Shipment scheduling helps organize shipping information, such as shipping address, expected delivery date, and more. It is possible to ship sales lines of a project. Create or assign a shipment ...
How to consume inventory in a card
Summary Inventory consumption in a card allows you to deduce quantities from your inventory and know its destination. Unplanned consumption Open the desired card, then go to Consumption. Scan the inventory to be consumed. The inventory will appear in ...
How to schedule and perform inventory consumption
Summary Inventory consumption can be done in several ways. This can be done manually or automatically when the card arrives at a stage of the value stream. The quantities to be consumed can be planned in the item or changed manually during ...
Value Stream Explanation
Summary The value stream is the central element of operations management. This can be adjusted to represent any manufacturing process or business process. The value stream can contain equipment, standby steps and value-added steps. Configure the ...
Project types
Résumé Following the project module redesign, it exists 4 project types : Standard, Sales, Manufacturing and Template. In this article, you will learn about the different type and when to use them. To access projects go to Planning -> Projects. Type ...
How to manually add or remove work time
Résumé Even if a value added-step is set up as manual or automatique work time, it is possible to add work time on a card. In the event, there is an error in a work time, it is also possible to remove work time from a card. It is important that the ...
Work time - manual vs. automatique
Summary There is two ways to enter work time per card in ALIX : manual or automtique. With either choice you can still manually add time in a card when the card is in operations table. This article explains the two choices and what configurations ...