Panels and the factory acceptance test (FAT)

Panels are the control panels a project builds in your factory. Each panel has its drawings (a panel-drawing submittal), a work order that builds it, a factory acceptance test (FAT) and, once it passes, a delivery to site.

Add the panels

1. Open the project and go to Panels.

2. Select Add panel: its code and name, type, location, task, the finished-goods item the work order makes, and its panel-drawing submittal.

3. Select Link work order to attach the manufacturing work order that builds it. The work order takes the panel's project and task, so its finished goods are held for the project.

A panel shows Drawings approved once its panel-drawing submittal is answered A or B, and Drawings pending before that. When your company turns on Release panel work orders only with approved drawings in Process settings, the work order cannot be released until then.

Run the FAT

1. On the panel, select Start FAT. The checklist comes from your FAT template (see Process settings).

2. For each item choose Pass, Fail (with a note), N/A, or Punch item for something to fix: give it a title, severity and who fixes it. See Punch items.

3. Select Complete checklist. The FAT passes when no item failed and every punch item is closed or accepted.

4. Select Record certificate, enter the Witness (and Witness company) and attach the Signed copy. The certificate is numbered for the project (for example PRJ-0001-FAT-001), the panel shows FAT passed and the project's gate 6 is recorded.

When your company turns on Factory test before completion and dispatch, the panel's work order completes, and the panel ships on a delivery note, only after the FAT certificate.

Common questions

The FAT failed. What now? Fix the punch items, then run the FAT again (start a new checklist).

Where do the controller programs go? On the project's document register, under the controller programs row: attach each new version there.