Print Label activity

Text entry area

Use the text entry area to enter instructional text for the activity (the work instructions operators will see and use in production).

Tip

Hover over any of the toolbar buttons on the Formatting tab to see a description and a keyboard shortcut (if one exists).

Formatting tab toolbar

The Formatting tab toolbar allows you to change text characteristics such as font, font size, style, alignment, color, and so on. These tools are similar to those found in popular word processing programs such as Microsoft Word.

Insert tab toolbar

The Insert tab toolbar allows you to insert Smart Text tags, global text, measurements, tables, pictures, and hyperlinks for the activity.

Note

For more information about global text, see Add items to a template. For details about using Smart Text tags, see Use Smart Text tags in an Active Work Instruction.

Is Activity Required?

Use this check box to specify whether the activity is required in order to complete a WIP transaction for the associated step.

Never Repeat

Prevents any activity from being executed more than once for any serialized unit being built in FactoryLogix Operations.

When Never Repeat (for a serialized unit) is selected, once the activity is marked as Completed, the shop floor operator cannot clear the Activity Completed check box in FactoryLogix Operations.

Note

Never Repeat applies to serialized tracked work executed within a receiving process but doesn’t impact any non-serialized work in a production or receiving process.

Print Label

Select Label Template - Use the drop-down to select an existing printed label template, or select the Add button to display the Create Label Template dialog where you can create a new printed label template.

Label Printing Mode - The mode used to print labels in FactoryLogix Operations:

• Automatically print when barcode started - Each time a barcode is scanned/started, a label will print automatically.

• Requires user to click on Print button - The shop floor operator must select the Print button to print the label.

Add button - Displays the Create Label Template dialog where you can create a new printed label template.

• Name - Enter a name for the new printed label template.

• Description - Enter an (optional) description to more easily recognize what the printed label template should be used for (for example, Line 1 Packout Label template or similar).

Type - Select the type of label this template will be used to print: General, Product, Packout, Materials, Traveler, Shipment, Failed Material, Receive Shipment, or Non-Conformance.

Label Template File - Select the label template file, for example BarTender, NiceLabel, or TekLynx Sentinal), then select Open.

Field Mappings - Map the label template file’s fields to the corresponding Aegis/FactoryLogix fields.

Custom Color Sorting 

The Part Assignments tab allows you to specify custom color coding/sorting for parts.

Color Assignments by - Specifies how you want parts to be sorted for color coding:

• Part Number - Colors parts automatically by part number.

• Reference - Colors parts automatically by reference.

• Line Item - Colors parts automatically by BOM line item.

Sort - Specifies the sorting order for the color-coded parts listed for each activity:

• Alphanumeric - Footprint Name - Sorts parts alphabetically by footprint name.

• Alphanumeric - Part Number - Sorts parts alphabetically by part number.

• BOM Line Item - Sorts parts by BOM line items.

• Customer Part Number - Sorts parts by customer part numbers.

• Footprint Size - Sorts parts by the size of the footprint.

• Manual - Allows you to sort parts manually.

• Manufacturer Part Number - Sorts parts by manufacturer part number.

• Polarity - Sorts parts by polarity: positive (+) and negative (−).

• Quantity - Sorts parts by quantity.

• References - Sorts parts by reference designator.

• Socket - Sorts parts by socket type.

• X - Sorts parts by X-axis location.

• XY - Sorts parts by X-axis location, then Y-axis location.

• Y - Sorts parts by Y-axis location.

When you insert a BOM block on the Visual Aid Tools tab, the color coding you selected is used to display the part numbers.

• Use the Assign Parts button to select parts for color coding.

• Use the Move Up and Move Down buttons to rearrange color-coded parts.

• Use the ASC (Ascending) and DSC (Descending) buttons under Sorting to select the sort order for the parts listed for each activity. Select More Sort Options (...) to the right of the Sort drop-down to display two additional levels of sorting options. (These options also have ASC and DSC sort order options.)