In Katana, production operations, resources, and shop floor operators are closely linked to streamline manufacturing workflows. Operations define the steps in the production process, resources include the materials and equipment used, and operators are the individuals performing the tasks.

Let's have a look at how production operations, resources, and operators are related.

Production operations are the steps needed to be completed to make a product. Operations can be defined for each product variant on the product card. Read more

A resource is a workstation where the operation needs to be completed. It can also be an employee who needs to complete an operation. A resource is not the same as an operator.

Resources can be assigned to operations. You can define a default resource for each production operation step on each product card (one resource per operation).

Shop floor operators are SFC app users. You can assign operators to operations on a manufacturing order (MO) or assign default operator(s) to each resource in Settings screen > Resources (read more). Default operators cannot be mapped directly to production operations, but only to resources.

You can assign multiple operators to the same resource so multiple operators can complete a task.

When a MO is created for a product, Katana pulls the default production operations, resources, and assigned operators to the order. You can edit these on each MO.

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