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RemnantRack handbook

Measure, label, find and use retained material with exact allowances, controlled releases and traceable remainders.

Review edition · 25 October 2026

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RemnantRack

Your role

Start here: Operator

Register, locate and use a measured piece while keeping its label and physical location together.

Operator
Your role

Start here: Supervisor

Review held cuts, missing pieces, disposal decisions and other people's unfinished work.

Supervisor
Your role

Start here: Author

Draft exact material definitions, policy rules, defaults and examples before review.

Author
Your role

Start here: Reviewer

Check material changes and the saved policy proof before making a version live.

Reviewer
Your role

Start here: Owner

Set up the site, people, racks and integration settings while keeping production decisions with their roles.

Owner
Your role

Start here: Viewer

Read piece history, search explanations and reports without reserving or changing stock.

Viewer
Reference

Roles, actions and additional checks

Check who can perform each task, when a station or recent verification is needed, and which reviews require independent people.

Owner · Author · Reviewer · Supervisor · Operator · Viewer
Reference

Remnant measurements and cut-result inputs

Check the exposed field formats, units, bounds and required evidence, then resolve the actual refusal before recording work.

Operator · Supervisor
Everyday work

Register and put away a piece

Measure and put away a piece, then follow an illustrative fit, cut-balance and kept-child handover.

Operator · Supervisor
Everyday work

Find a piece that fits

Enter a complete demand, read candidates and rejection reasons, then reserve an exact piece.

Operator · Supervisor · Author · Reviewer · Viewer
Reference

Understand exact lengths, kerf and uncertainty

Read accepted measurement entries and the guaranteed length needed for a cut.

Operator · Supervisor · Author · Reviewer · Viewer
Everyday work

Manage reservations and check out a piece

Hold a candidate for a job, verify it at the bin and handle expiry or release correctly.

Operator · Supervisor
Everyday work

Complete a cut and account for the remainder

Record actual output and losses, review the balance and put away the child piece.

Operator · Supervisor
Everyday work

Record whole use, an unchanged return or quarantine

Choose the ending that describes the physical outcome of checked-out material.

Operator · Supervisor
Rules and releases

Control exact materials and aliases

Draft material changes and scanner aliases, then release the checked set independently.

Author · Reviewer · Owner
Rules and releases

Draft policy rules and independent examples

Choose outcomes, write conditions and save challenge cases before running proof.

Author · Reviewer
Rules and releases

Prove, release or roll back policy

Inspect the current saved proof and understand what activation does to reservations and open work.

Author · Reviewer
Exceptions

Resolve held cuts, missing stock and label exceptions

Use a supervisor decision that preserves the actual measurements, identity and physical outcome.

Supervisor · Operator
Everyday work

Check a rack and review discrepancies

Record witnessed piece sightings against a fixed location baseline before resolving differences.

Operator · Supervisor
Site administration

Prepare a site, rack and station

Arrange roles, location cards and station access before production begins.

Owner
Troubleshooting

Handle a lost answer, locked station or rejected scan

Establish what the server recorded before repeating a physical action.

Operator · Supervisor · Owner
Records and evidence

Read piece history and current state

Follow identity, custody, label generations and parent-child lineage without mistaking them for fresh inspection.

Operator · Supervisor · Author · Reviewer · Viewer
Site administration

Export records and close a site

Choose the right archive, preserve exact values and resolve open work before closure.

Owner · Supervisor
Specialist tasks

Preview and adopt reference or opening-stock imports

Choose the correct importing role, resolve the complete preview and keep provisional stock separate from available pieces.

Owner · Author · Supervisor
Specialist tasks

Manage read credentials and outgoing event delivery

Issue site-bound credentials, maintain subscriptions and preview deliberate replay without treating delivery as a stock action.

Owner