Setup

Locations are a powerful way to take control of order and task management throughout your manufacturing operation. At its core, the MES Location field is used to assign orders, line-items, and/or manufacturing resources to a specific location. This subsequently dictates which users can see and edit these items based on their assigned location-based role(s). The list of locations and assignments of users to location-based roles can be edited by the Bureau Administrator. Sub-Locations are areas within a broader Location that can contain Assets, Workstations, and Material Lots and Batches. Generally Sub-Locations are used to define specific rooms within your manufacturing facility where similar activities are being completed: think Metal Printing Lab, Storage Room A, or Quality Clean Room.

How do locations work?

Locations represent independently running manufacturing centers. You will see 'Location' related fields for printers, post-processors, and user administration and may have them added to Orders, upon request. System administrators are also able to self administer the list of Locations as needed. 

Adding a new location:

• Navigate to "Organize" > "Locations"

• Click the Add Location button and fill in the form

Each location requires a Name, Address, and Country. Optionally you can specify a phone number and the primary Contact for that location. For the user that's assigned as the Contact, you can configure the set of email notifications that are sent to that user.

Sub-Locations:

When you create a new Location, we will automatically create a Default Sub-Location too. Optionally, you can subdivide your Locations into smaller subsections by adding additional Sub-locations. Each Asset, Workstation, and Material Lot/Batch will be assigned down to the Sub-location level, so the oppurtunities for organization and improve warehouse management abound!

Location Resources:

If you want a quick snapshot of the resources that are assigned to a Location, this can be seen on that Location's Resources tab. It will offer you a quick tabular view of the Assetes and Materials that are available at that Location.

Location-based Roles: 

Creating a Location will generate an associated Location-based role in the User Administration Page. By assigning a User as a 'Location User', that user will be limited to seeing orders or line-items assigned to that specific location. This will prevent, for example, users with the role "Location: New Jersey", from seeing orders, line items, and print jobs that are specifically set to "Location: Sheffield".

When can Orders and Line Items be seen by other user roles?

Note: Order or Line Items not assigned to a specific location will NOT be visible to location-based users. This prevents location-based users from changing the Location field to their own manufacturing Location.

"Manager" and 'global-user' roles are able to view, edit, and use resources across all locations. This allows Authentise customers to assign a manager or managers to distribute work that is being done across the network.