Product Lifecycle Management Blogs by SAP
Dive into product lifecycle management news, learn about digitalizing PLM for the digital supply chain, and stay informed with product updates from SAP.
cancel
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 
ManoelCosta
Product and Topic Expert
Product and Topic Expert
Introduction

In 23.08 Release, SAP Digital Manufacturing introduced Indirect Labor Tracking capabilities, where workers can track time for activities not directly related to specific SFCs or with the manufacturing process it self, like trainings, cleaning and others.

In this blog post, I will show you a comprehensive demo and in detail how to configure and use Indirect Labor Tracking within SAP Digital Manufacturing.

Demo

https://sapvideoa35699dc5.hana.ondemand.com/?entry_id=1_6ga1ya7p&source=Manoel+Costa+(Influencer)+Li...

Configure

To get started, in Manage Business Settings app, you can create the Indirect Labor Tracking Activities that you would like to track, like Cleaning, Training, etc.


Notice that Allow Parallel Tracking of Direct and Indirect Labor flag is available here, to enable / disable both Direct and Indirect labor tracking in parallel.

If set to No (default), production operators can't track direct and indirect labor simultaneously.
If set to Yes, production operators can track direct and indirect labor simultaneously.


Next, you must add Indirect Labor On and Off plugins to your POD in POD Designer under Assign Actions button for an Action Button.



Notice that, for both Indirect Labor On and Off plugins, you have a couple flags and settings that can be adjusted like showing or hidding Comments field, selecting which Activities are shown during Indirect Labor On and if the Indirect Labor Tracking can be started on behalf of another User or not.

You can use Indirect Labor plugins in a Custom POD, Order POD, Work Center POD, and Operation Activity POD. To use the plugin in a POD, you must assign it to an action button.

Use

Once all needed Configurations are in place, you can open your POD and try it out.


When a Worker starts tracking Indirect Labor, the system creates a record that contains the user ID of the logged on user as well as the indirect labor activity. The system also saves other conextual data such as the date / time and the plant.

All Time Tracking Records, including Indirect Labor, can be seen in Manage Time Tracking app.


On this app, Time Records can be filtered, checked, created, edited, approved and deleted.


Demo

https://sapvideoa35699dc5.hana.ondemand.com/?entry_id=1_6ga1ya7p&source=Manoel+Costa+(Influencer)+Li...

Conclusion

Indirect Labor Tracking capabilities were introduced to SAP Digital Manufacturing in 23.08 Release, where workers can track time for activities not directly related to specific SFCs or with the manufacturing process it self, like trainings, cleaning and others.

Experiencing SAP Digital Manufacturing

You can have a glimpse and experience several aspects of SAP Digital Manufacturing via the Interactive Value Journeys below:






























Discrete within SAP Digital Manufacturing and S/4HANA Cloud
Process Industry within SAP Digital Manufacturing and S/4HANA Cloud
Tool Management within SAP Digital Manufacturing
Resource Orchestration within SAP Digital Manufacturing
Production Process Design within SAP Digital Manufacturing
Shop Floor Orchestration with SAP Digital Manufacturing
Time Tracking within SAP Digital Manufacturing
SAP Digital Manufacturing for Insights
Nonconformances Processes within SAP Digital Manufacturing

 

Do you like this post? Please let me know in the comments section what you think. Any feedback is highly appreciated.

Or, if you have any questions, please check SAP Community Q&A Area, or comment down below.

Thanks,

Manoel Costa
2 Comments