Entity Capabilities Overview

Capabilities define which functions the entity can perform such as, scheduling jobs or storing materials.  On the General tab of the Operations Capability Object editor, you can specify which capabilities the object will have. You can use this tab to configure different properties of an entity to perform some action, such as creating jobs for this entity, capturing production and consumption counts, and storing items.

The capabilities of an Operations Capability Object correspond to the main options on the General tab:

• Entity Can Run Jobs – The Job Defaults and Job Execution tabs appear in the object editor. You can use the Job Defaults and Job Execution tabs to configure default attributes for a job and to execute jobs respectively.
• Entity Can Store Items – When you select this capability, a new Storage Execution and Inventory Transfer tabs appear in the object editor to configure the storage execution and inventory transfer attributes. Select this capability to allow an entity to store items for tracking inventory. If you do not select this capability, the entity cannot store items. When an entity is designated not to store items and track inventory, it cannot store items and track inventory outside the Operations Capability Object as well.
• Entity Can Schedule Jobs – Select this capability to schedule jobs to the entity, and indicate that jobs can be assigned to this entity, and a work queue is maintained. Child entities that do not have the option configured “can schedule jobs” generally inherit their schedule from a parent entity.
• Enable Specifications – When you select this capability, a new Specifications tab appears in the object editor to manage the specification attributes. If you do not select this capability, you cannot use specification values for external input or output devices.
• Enable Production Events Module (PEM) Attributes – The PEM functionality within the Operations Capability Object lets you monitor, report, and analyze production history and genealogy of lots, batches, and serial numbers without having to define the full MES model. The PEM functionality on the Operations Capability Object delivers information defined in the ISA-95 Production Performance category. This category includes the Material Produced Actual, Material Consumed Actual, Material Consumable Actual, Personnel Actual, Equipment Actual, and Production Data. You can use PEM attributes for creating new work orders, jobs, or items and generating genealogy ID to trace all the source material of a product. When you select the Enable PEM Attribute capability, a new PEM Attributes tab appears in the object editor. You can use this tab to configure Common Data Attributes, Genealogy, Production Attributes, and Extended Production Attributes. Select this capability to add production and consumption, log consumable, capture production data, capture equipment data and capture personnel data.

The General tab contains the following sections:

• Job Execution – You can enable capabilities to create and configure work orders and jobs.
• Miscellaneous – You can enable capabilities to store inventory, schedule jobs, manage specifications, and PEM usage.
• Event Settings – You can select the response type capabilities.

Each of these capabilities will be discussed at greater length on the following pages.

Job Execution

When you select the Entity Can Run Jobs option the Job Defaults and Job Execution tabs appear in the object editor. You can use the Job Defaults and Job Execution tabs to configure default attributes for a job and to execute jobs respectively. The following options are enabled in the Job Execution section when the Entity Can Run Jobs option is selected

Miscellaneous

The Miscellaneous section, you can select the following options:

Event Settings

In the Event Settings section, you can select one of the following modes in the ResponseType list: