If a mechanic attempts to book time during a fixed break, then the booking will be moved to the end of the break.

For example, a fixed break for lunch exists from 12:00 to 12:30 and a mechanic clocks onto order A at the beginning of the day (see diagram below).

The mechanic will automatically be clocked onto lunch break at 12:00. Also at 12:00, a record will be created to clock the mechanic back onto the current activity, order A, at 12:30, end of lunch break.

New parameter TIM007 = x minutes from start or end of the fixed break (for example 10 minutes). TIM007 value is in minutes or decimals depending on the value of HME001.

If the mechanic makes no further time bookings, then he will work on order A with a fixed break from 12:00 to 12:30.

If the mechanic clocks onto order B at 12:01 (or 12:21 for example), within the TIM007=10 minute buffer at the start and end of the fixed break, then he will be clocked onto order B at 12:30 at the end of the fixed break.

If the mechanic attempts to clock onto another activity (cleaning XCLEN for example) at 12:07 or 12:27, also within the TIM007=10 minute buffer, this will also be allowed but it will overwrite order B at 12:30. In this case no time would be recorded for order B.

If the mechanic attempts to clock onto an activity during the fixed break between 12:11 and 12:19 (outside the TIM007 buffer), he will be prevented with the message, ‘Online time recording is not allowed during a break. If working during a break you should contact the workshop manager’.

If TIM007 = 0, then no time booking is allowed at any time during the fixed break.

If TIM007 = 20 (or a similar high value equal to or greater than 50% of break time), then a time booking can be made at any point during the fixed break. It is the dealer’s responsibility to ensure that TIM007 is set to a sensible value. If not, more manual corrections of time recording entries by the workshop supervisor may be necessary using Manual Time Recording.

In this way fixed breaks remain intact, booked hours are accurately reported and mechanics have some flexibility to book time during a fixed break.

If real-time fixed breaks are not activated, then fixed breaks will applied in the same way as before, at the end of the day (when XFNSH is created).

 

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Parameters:

Parameter	Format	Description	Value
REC505	1A	Future Fixed Break Source Code	‘B’
TIM007	3,0	Fixed Break Clocking Buffer	*

* The value will be in either minutes (e.g. 005) or decimals (e.g. 010 = 10% hour = 6 minutes) depending on the value of HME001.