General System Settings (System Settings)

Introduction: 

The General System Settings customizes the MachineMetrics system with your specific needs around how jobs are displayed and how cycle times are configured.

How to get there: 

Login into MachineMetrics > hover over Settings > select System Settings. 

Topics covered in this article:

• Region
• Default Dashboard View
• Custom Job Name Display (Optional) 
• Cycle Time Entry

Region

The region associated with your company is the current country location. Use the drop-down to select the appropriate company associated with the factory shop MachineMetrics Account. 

Default Dashboard View

The default dashboard view allows you to select the Dashboard that displays when you first log into MachineMetrics and when you come back to your Current Shift Dashboard from another Dashboard view. The Dashboard options include the following:

• OEE
• Parts Goal
• Utilization
• Downtime

Companies that have begun importing their jobs usually set their default Dashboard as either Parts Goal or OEE.

Custom Job Name Display (Optional)

This setting controls how job names are displayed in MachineMetrics. You can set up your job name format to conform with whatever information an operator needs to know to recognize a job and what makes sense for your operations team.

There are a few rules to consider when adding to this field: 

• Add field within brackets { } 
• Text should match text in the CSV file
• Multiple values should be separated by semicolons

For example: 

Name: {name}; Part: {part}; Op: {operation}; Lot{lot}

Cycle Time Entry

Your Cycle Time Entry selection determines how MachineMetrics translates cycle time entered by users for jobs. The MachineMetrics options for Cycle Time Entry include:

Single Part Duration: Treat cycle time entered by users as the average time to produce a single part during each cycle. This is the most common selection. Our users will use this for system displays the amount of time it takes to complete a part. This is often in minutes. An example would be a complex part taking 120 minutes to machine in a single operation

Full Cycle Duration: Treat cycle time entered by users as the total time to complete all parts in each operational cycle. Is used when multiple parts are ran in a cycle. While Single Part Duration could work, the Full Cycle Duration simplifies the process and looks at the cycle as a whole for time standards. An example would be a horizontal CNC mill producing 10 parts on a tombstone taking 10 minutes to complete the cycle. That is 1 minute per part. It is also 10 minutes per cycle. There is flexibility in how those standards function.

Parts Per Hour: Treat cycle time entered by users as the average number of parts produced in an hour. This is often the preferred cycle time setting for manufacturers with very high volume jobs. Is used when there are many parts produced (like seconds per part) and the customer has rate standards like Parts Per Hour. This is common in Swiss CNC shops producing thousands of parts

Note: Your ideal cycle time that is used in your Job Import CSV file should always be single-part duration data regardless of the Cycle Time Entry setting you select in this field. If you select Full Cycle Duration or Parts Per Hour here, MachineMetrics will make the necessary adjustments and calculations based on the Single Part Duration for your ideal cycle time that you have in your Job Import CSV.