Data Collection activities for real-time data entry are grouped within the database by user-defined Work Sets. You create Work Sets so that your Operators can quickly open all the charts needed for a certain process operation or Work Cell. Name each Work Set so that Operators can easily figure out which one to open for given tasks.
The three Work Sets shown below are examples of 3 different ways you might be doing data collection.
· Bob Jones CNC Lathe: A Work Set for each Operator. This is useful if each Operator collecting data has their own computer, and they always collect data for the same Characteristics. Consider renaming Work Sets to Employee Folders. (We'll see how to do this shortly).
· P/N 17359a: Outer Torsion Pin: A Work Set for each Part, or each Process on each Part. This is useful if you produce many different parts, and each process works on only one Part at a time. Consider renaming Work Sets to Part Folders.
· Work Station 745 Cell 3: A Work Set for an Inspection Station. This is useful if you have a shared Inspection Station.
You might have combinations of these examples throughout your plant, but since a Work Set can include up to 255 Characteristics from multiple processes or parts, there is a lot of flexibility built into them.
We can switch to the Work Set view by selecting Work Set from the View menu. If we haven't opened a Work Set there yet, we'll be prompted to open one. The last Work Set used by this workstation is pre-selected in the list shown below. This dialog box is presented immediately after log on to users who closed the application from the Work Set view.
Once we select the Work Station 745 Cell 3 Work Set, the Data Form Chart window will open. As you can see, only two rather simple dialog boxes were needed for these users to access the database and start collecting data.
