9.6 OperatorConnect ERP Integration
If you have an ERP system where you track Job/Work Order data, you may be able to export Job information from your ERP system and import it into FactoryWiz. The data will be imported into the RefTimeData table where it will become available to various functions within the FactoryWiz system. One of those functions is to allow CNC operators to use the "New Job" Widget to start a Job at the machine.
The first step would be to export Job/PartID/CycleTime data from your ERP system and then import it into FactoryWiz.
Note: while the ERP export + Cycle Time import process may be the quickest and easiest way to get Job data into FactoryWiz,
it may also be possible to automate the data exchange process for getting ERP and FactoryWiz data synchronized.
Ask your FactoryWiz representative for more information.
it may also be possible to automate the data exchange process for getting ERP and FactoryWiz data synchronized.
Ask your FactoryWiz representative for more information.
Once you have ERP data imported into FactoryWiz, you also need to add the "New Job" widget to the OperatorConnect Human Machine Interface (HMI) to make it available for the Operator to Access the Job data.
When you add the "New Job" widget to the HMI, be sure to check the Show ERP Data checkbox, and then save the Widget and Layout.
Now when an operator wants to start a New Job at the machine, they would select the New Job widget and then select the Job from the ERP System dropdown, which will populate the newest information from the RefTimeData table into the new Job.