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To accommodate both of these scenarios when working with a full tracking operation in a non-serialized production process, there is a new global option in NPI (NPI > System Configuration > Settings): Allow entering of the quantity of Non-serialized batches on the Start (also referred to as quantity on WIP start). The option allows shop-floor operators to identify the number of units they will work on when they start a WIP transaction.
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When the Allow entering of the quantity of Non-serialized batches on the Start option is set to True, operators have four methods to record their work in Production, as described in the following table.
Method | How operators record production work | Options and results |
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Method 1 | Select the WIP Start drop-down to start a quantity of 1. | The operator has the option to convert any or all of the units in the WIP transaction to serialized units. When the WIP transaction is started, the started item is shown in the drop-down list in the WIP gadget. |
 Note The started item can be a quantity of units, a serialized carrier containing a quantity of units, or a single serialized unit. Only one item may start a WIP transaction when using a non-serialized process. | ||
Method 2 | Select the WIP Start drop-down, then enter a quantity of units about to be worked on. | The operator has the option to convert any or all of the units in the WIP transaction to serialized units. When the WIP transaction is started, the started item is shown in the drop-down list in the WIP gadget. |
Note The started item can be a quantity of units, a serialized carrier containing a quantity of units, or a single serialized unit. Only one item may start a WIP transaction when using a non-serialized process. | ||
Method 3 | Select the WIP Start drop-down, then enter the serial number of a serialized carrier containing a quantity of units about to be worked on. | One serialized carrier/unit is started per WIP transaction. |
Method 4 | Select the WIP Start drop-down, then enter the serial number of a unit about to be worked on. | One serialized carrier/unit is started per WIP transaction. |
When the started item identifies a quantity of units (the operator started a quantity of units using Method 1 or Method 2) the WIP gadget allows the operator to press a button to do one of the following:
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Consider the following non-serialized process example: 
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The batch quantity is 10.
All 10 units are transacted through Operation 1 as a quantity of 10.
At Operation 2, issues are found on every unit and all 10 are serialized. These units go to an out-of-route operation where issues are resolved, then come back into the route at Operation 3. All 10 units are transacted though Operation 3 as a quantity of 10.
At Operation 4, all 10 units are started but issues are found on one unit. The operator needs to serialize the unit but there are already 10 units associated to the batch—the limit for that batch.
In this situation, a new UID cannot be generated since it would exceed the batch limit. The UIDs already associated to the batch cannot be used since they are inbound to Operation 3 which was flagged as completed for the required batch quantity.
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When printing the label for a newly-serialized unit, the system uses the printed label template defined in the Unit Printed Label value in the Edit Batch dialog in the Production client application.
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If the Unit Printed Label value isn't defined, the system uses the default Product Label Template defined in the Printed Label Templates area of the NPI client application:
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Determine the label printer
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If set to False, labels will be printed on the printer defined in the label template.
If set to True, labels will be printed on the printer last used to print labels at the operator’s workstation. This selected printer is already saved to the local machine by FactoryLogix. If no labels have been printed from the workstation (determined by not finding the printer identified in the settings saved to the workstation by FactoryLogix) the operator is prompted to select a printer.
Replicate data collection activities states and values
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