The Shop Module

The Shop module is where you define the routes your products take through your factory, record the progress of works orders as they are made, print progress reports and create job costing and WIP valuation reports.

Workcentres
The various machines and areas on your shopfloor should be divided into workcentres. These workcentres are entered into Herschel using the workcentre tool...
Fri, 26 Feb, 2016 at 2:10 PM
Operators
A file of operator details is held by Herschel. This contains details of your shopfloor employees, and is maintained using the operator tool: ...
Fri, 26 Feb, 2016 at 2:17 PM
Routes
For each manufactured partnumber one or more routes can be held. A route describes the sequence of operations a partnumber follows during its manufacturin...
Fri, 26 Feb, 2016 at 2:57 PM
Assemblies and routes
The transfer route costs option in the assemblies module can be used to calculate the total overhead and labour costs for a route and transfer the totals ...
Fri, 26 Feb, 2016 at 3:00 PM
Works orders and routes
When a works order for a partnumber is created (using the Make module’s works order tool) the route file is examined. If a route is found, you can copy the...
Tue, 10 Nov, 2015 at 2:29 PM
Route cards
A route card is a list of the operations required to manufacture a works order. Each works order should be accompanied by its route card as it progresses ...
Fri, 26 Feb, 2016 at 3:06 PM
Shopfloor bookings
As an operation (or part of an operation) is completed on a works order it is recorded on the route card by your staff and then entered into Herschel using...
Fri, 26 Feb, 2016 at 3:12 PM
The Shop module enquiries
The partnumber enquiry is identical to that in the Store module - there is no need to leave the Shop module to look at the details of a partnumber: ...
Fri, 26 Feb, 2016 at 3:20 PM
The Shop module reports
Many of the Shop module reports print details for a range of items. This allows you to select the amount of information listed. However, you should take c...
Tue, 1 Mar, 2016 at 8:48 AM
Job costing
By entering the components of a product into an assembly and its operations into a route it is possible to roll up the cost of the assembly components, add...
Tue, 1 Mar, 2016 at 8:50 AM