RemnantRack for operators

Find, reserve and check out a suitable piece, then record a verified cut. Separate lessons cover registration, put-away, returns, quarantine and bin checks.

For operators

Read these instructions on any device. Watch or practise a chapter on a desktop or laptop, with a desktop or mobile application layout. Demonstrations use sample data and simulated scanners.

Find and reserve

  1. Find a piece for a job

    Find a piece for a job.

    The search includes allowances, kerf, trim and buffer. Looking for a piece does not reserve it.

  2. Enter the finished length

    Enter the finished length.

    The finished part is 300 millimetres. The processing allowance is separate, so the planned blank is 302 millimetres.

  3. Enter the number of blanks

    Enter the number of blanks.

    Plan two blanks. RemnantRack accounts for the separating cuts and the released loss allowances.

  4. Review candidates and rejected pieces

    Review candidates and rejected pieces.

    The job needs a guaranteed 621 millimetres. The 1200 millimetre piece fits, while the 500 millimetre piece is explicitly rejected.

  5. Reserve the chosen piece

    Reserve the chosen piece.

    Reserve the suitable piece for this job. The transaction rechecks availability so another reservation cannot silently take the same piece.

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Check out at the rack

  1. Open the station

    Open the station.

    Open the paired Training saw. Each real device must be paired by an owner before an operator uses it.

  2. Start your station session

    Start your station session.

    Start your own session. The site, units and connection state stay visible. This is a simulated scanner on synthetic stock.

  3. Check out at the station

    Check out at the station.

    Go to the recorded bin and compare the physical piece with the reservation before removing it.

  4. Reject a different offcut

    Reject a different offcut.

    The shorter piece has the same material but a different identity. It cannot satisfy this reservation.

  5. Scan the reserved piece

    Scan the reserved piece.

    Scan the correct 1200 millimetre piece and review its recorded condition and length.

  6. Scan the checkout bin

    Scan the checkout bin.

    The bin scan supplies location evidence. The command checks it again before checkout.

  7. Confirm it matches the job

    Confirm it matches the job.

    Confirm only after checking the piece and job together.

  8. Record checkout

    Record checkout.

    The piece is now in use at this station. The operation retains the demand and policy revision that authorised it.

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Record the cut and remainder

  1. Record what was actually cut

    Record what was actually cut.

    Use the actual blank count, blank length, cuts and losses. The original plan is shown alongside these entries.

  2. Enter a discrepant remainder

    Enter a discrepant remainder.

    This deliberately incorrect 560 millimetre measurement leaves twenty millimetres unaccounted for.

  3. Review the discrepancy

    Review the discrepancy.

    The material balance exceeds the uncertainty budget. If this were the real measurement, record the discrepancy and hold the work for review. Never invent a better measurement to pass.

  4. Enter the checked remainder

    Enter the checked remainder.

    In this corrected training example, a fresh measurement confirms 580 millimetres. Corrections must come from observation, not from the expected arithmetic.

  5. Review the complete balance

    Review the complete balance.

    604 millimetres of blanks, six of kerf, ten of trim and the 580 millimetre remainder account for the original 1200 millimetres.

  6. Finish the cut

    Finish the cut.

    The original piece is consumed. The remainder receives a new identity and label and waits for its own put-away confirmation.

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