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Secondly, workflows need to be defined in the MES. Workflows consist of a number of steps that need to be carried out to produce a part according to the specified requirements. Each of the steps in a workflow can be linked to one, multiple or no workstations. If no workstation is specified for a step, jobs can not be scheduled for this particular step of the workflow. A workflow can be set as default for a specific material in the materials “General” section.
While setting up workflows and their steps, one can specify for every step if it should be listed on the production sheet, which can be exported as a .pdf from part and job detail as well as the parts list. Default step durations can be assigned to every workflow step, which will be used to automatically calculate estimated finish dates for parts. Workflows need to be assigned to parts. Before parts are associated with a workflow, no scheduling or part progression actions can be performed for this part.
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