Production shifts can be defined under the “Shifts” card. You can set the shift start and end times and select the weekdays when they apply, to which stations and also switch the templates on/off.
If your production process also has occasional extra shifts (e.g. weekend shift) that are outside the usual schedule, then you can use our extra shifts feature – read more.
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Information for the seasoned users who have shifts set up. Now, you can add multiple stations to one template. For that, do the following steps:
- Create a new shift covering all stations with the same working schedule. For example, create the Morning shift from 06:00 to 14:00 of Station 1, Station 2, and Station 3 and save it as inactive.
- Now, Delete the previously created shifts for these separate stations.
- Lastly, turn the status ON for the new shift template covering multiple stations.
Alternatively, you can turn the shift status OFF and create a new template that includes all the stations at the same scheduled time for your factory.
The new shift template will cover the stations selected within one factory.
Turning off or deleting templates during an active shift won’t affect the currently running shift in Shift View; the shift will complete as initially set in the template.
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How to create a new shift?
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Go to Settings and click on the „Shifts“ card.
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Click “+ Shift” and fill in the form
Form properties
- Shift name – name the shift (e.g. 1st shift, night shift).
- Factory - select the factory of the station(s) that this template will apply to.
- Applies to multi-factory setup only.
- Stations – select the stations you want to add the shift to.
- Please note that the stations have to belong to the same factory (applies to multi-factory setup only).
- Start time – set the start time of the shift.
- End time – set the end time of the shift.
- Days – select the weekdays when set shift times apply, or select the whole week by checking the “Select all” checkbox.
- By default all weekdays have been selected.
- Downtime auto-commenting - you can set up the auto-commenting of recurring stops, please find more information here.
- Template status - switch the template on/off.
- By default it is set to ON.
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Click „Save“.
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💡 Note: The template is saved as active by default, but in case there are overlapping shifts, it is saved as inactive and this notification is displayed:
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How to edit shifts?
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Quickly find the shift you wish to change via filters.
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To edit, click on the entire row or on the arrow on the right.
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Make the changes and click “Save”.
When will changes to shift times take effect?
Changes apply up to 24 hours into the past (if there aren't any previous shifts). Changes will not affect the shift that is currently active.
For example, it’s Monday at 13:05, the current day shift has to start at 08:00 and end at 17:00. Changes are made to the day shift and new end time at 18:00. The current shift will still end at 17:00 and the next day shift will now be running from 8:00 to 18:00.
Turn shift templates on and off
It is possible to create shift templates for different seasons/situations and enable or disable them according to your current needs.