Process a Material#

Smart Barcode Scanning can streamline several key operations during material processing, including dispatch, track-in, and move-next operations. By configuring the barcode field mappings correctly, the system can parse and populate required fields automatically - eliminating manual inputs and reducing operator workload.

Configuration#

This section explains how to configure the LabelSpecificationField Generic Table to support Smart Barcode Scanning in the most common processing scenarios.

Dispatch#

To enable barcode scanning when dispatching a material, you need to add the following fields in the LabelSpecificationField table. These define the resource and its queue order, which the system will extract from the barcode.

Table: Fields required for enabling Smart Barcode Scanning in the Dispatch Material wizard

Once the values have been added, refresh your application. The following image illustrates the configuration:

Track-In/Track-Out#

When performing a Track-In or Track-Out operation, you can configure the system to retrieve the required state transition and, optionally, a reason from the barcode. This is particularly useful when working with materials which have state models that require reasons for each transition (for example, the SEMI E58 state model). The table below shows the specifications that you need to add to the LabelSpecificationField table.

Table: Fields required for enabling Smart Barcode Scanning in the Track-In/Track-Out wizard

If your state model does not require a reason, you can omit that entry. After configuring these values, refresh the application to apply the changes.

Special Move-Next#

For operations that require sending a material to a specific step using the Special Move-Next operation, barcode scanning can be used to automatically provide the flow and step information, using the specifications displayed in the table below.

Table: Fields required for enabling Smart Barcode Scanning in the Special Move-Next Material wizard

As before, apply the changes by refreshing your application. You can confirm your setup using the image below:

Barcode Scanning in Action#

With the configuration complete, you can now scan barcodes to perform each of the material processing operations. The examples below show the barcode strings used in the video demonstration. Each string contains segments that begin with a prefix defined in the configuration. These prefixes are used by the system to identify the correct target fields. The order of the segments is not important - as long as the prefixes match, the fields will be populated correctly.

For example, for the Dispatch Material operation, the following string was used to generate the corresponding barcode:

AAMixer-01%BALast

The barcode below identifies the resource as Mixer-01 and defines the queue order as Last:

For the Track-In Material operation, the following string was used to generate the corresponding barcode:

ABEngineering%ACStandard

This barcode provides the name of the state transition (Engineering) and the reason (Standard), which may be required depending on the resource state model.

In some cases, you may need to scan the same barcode twice. This happens when certain fields depend on the values of others, and the system requires the data to be resolved in sequence.

For the Track-Out Material operation, the string below was used to generate the barcode:

ACSBY/No operator

The barcode generated and shown below includes only a reason (SBY/No operator) to complete the transition. In this case, a reason is mandatory since the resource state model used is SEMI E58.

For the Special Material Move-Next operation, the string below was used to generate the barcode:

HXBaking

The barcode below specifies that the material should move to the Baking step.

The video below demonstrates how each barcode is scanned and processed across the different operations: