Enhanced Work Location Control for Employee Time Tracking in Cetec ERP
Cetec ERP’s latest enhancement introduces Work Location Controls, allowing administrators to specify which equipment, machines, or workstations (referred to as work locations) an employee can log time against. This targeted functionality ensures that employees can only log work in areas where they are trained or certified, reinforcing process integrity and compliance.
Manufacturing often involves highly specialized roles and processes. Allowing employees to log work on equipment they’re not certified to use can lead to errors, inefficiencies, or even safety concerns, and in many cases, is a compliance requirement.
The Work Location Control feature in Cetec ERP addresses this by acting as a process control mechanism, ensuring labor is only logged where it belongs. Some of the key benefits include:
- Enhanced Process Compliance: Prevent unauthorized time logging on sensitive or specialized equipment.
- Improved Accuracy in Manufacturing Tracking: Ensure work is only attributed to certified or trained employees.
- Streamlined Quality Assurance: Maintain better records of who worked on which operations, critical for audits or troubleshooting.
Implementing this functionality is straightforward, requiring just two simple steps.
1) User Qualification Setup: Navigate to the user’s profile. In the Qualified Work Locations section, multi-select the work locations (or OrdlineStatuses) where the employee is allowed to log work. Use the CRTL key for multi-selection when assigning multiple locations.
2) Enforcement Scope: This control applies specifically to time tracking in the New version of the Work Order system.
By aligning these permissions with your training or certification records, you can effectively ensure that employees only access the areas they are authorized to work in. This feature is especially relevant in industries or processes requiring stringent oversight:
- Aerospace & Defense: Ensure compliance by limiting access to sensitive production stations or equipment to certified employees.
- Medical Device Manufacturing: Maintain a clean and traceable production process by enforcing role-specific work location permissions.
- Electronics Assembly (PCBA or Wire Harness): Prevent errors by allowing only trained employees to log time on complex machines or workstations.
Cetec ERP’s Work Location Control feature introduces a practical layer of oversight to manufacturing operations. It empowers businesses to align labor tracking with training and certification processes, reducing errors and enhancing compliance. To learn more about other features of Cetec ERP that can elevate your manufacturing processes, visit Cetec ERP’s resource center.