Rockwell Automation Arena Packaging Users Guide - Manual (Page 35)

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The state Off-Duty is automatically assigned to an operator when the operator follows an
Operator Schedule and that schedule has the operator unavailable. This includes any
Break and Lunch periods specified by the schedule.
If cost statistics are used, operators accrue cost whenever they are available, busy, or in a
lunch or break.
If an operator follows an Operator Schedule and is scheduled for either Off-Duty, Lunch,
or Break at a specific time, the task will be suspended immediately. The task will wait
until the specific operator (or another operator from the group if a group was specified)
becomes available. At that point, the task will resume with the remaining time adjusted by
the appropriate labor skill factors.
Statistics may be obtained and displayed for operator states by checking the Statistics
toggle. Refer to the Statistic dialog box for more information.
The following table summarizes how the states relate to each other, when they are entered,
and the costing considerations.
Activities that may require operators include changeovers (specified in Production and
Changeovers dialog boxes), failure repairs (specified in Reliability dialog boxes), and
scheduled stops (specified in Scheduled Stops dialog boxes). Refer to these dialog boxes
and the Operators dialog box for information on specifying operator requirements.
Operator Group module
D ESCRIPTION
The Operator Group module may be used in conjunction with the Operator module to
define a group of operators that may be referenced with a common name. For example,
the operators Bill, Tom, and Joe may be grouped into a set of operators named Mechanics.
Statistics for the operator group may be collected and reported by checking the Statistics
option.
Operator State When Assigned Cost Applied?
Working or User-Defined Upon allocation to any activity Yes
On-Duty Idle When the operator is scheduled, but not
busy Yes
Off-Duty (including Lunch
and Break) When operator is unavailable due to the
Operator Schedule Yes–Lunch and Break
No–Otherwise