Responding to Configuration Email [Setting Up Your Arda Instance Pt 1]
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Setting Up Departments and Locations [Setting up Your Arda Instance Pt 2]
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Setting Up Departments and Locations in Arda Superior Manufacturing
Objective
This SOP outlines the steps to set up departments and locations within the Arda platform for new company setups.
Key Steps
1. Overview of the Platform 0:31
Navigate through the platform using the side pages.
Access the main page by clicking on the desired section.
2. Access Getting Started Section 0:49
Go to the 'Getting Started' section to watch the introductory video and gather initial setup information.
3. Setting Up Departments 1:10
Identify and list the departments in your company (e.g., Administration, 3D).
Start broadly; you can iterate and adjust as needed.
4. Assigning Colors to Departments 2:17
Assign colors to each department for easy identification.
5. Creating Locations 2:36
Click the 'New Row' button to create a new location card.
Enter details for each location (e.g., Printer Workbench, Printing Supplies).
6. Adding Additional Locations 3:02
Repeat the process for other departments (e.g., CNC).
Use placeholders like 'TBD' if the exact location is unknown.
7. Using Color-Coding for Locations 3:38
Implement color-coding based on departments for better organization.
8. Handling Unknown Locations 4:04
If unsure about a location, use generic terms like 'Corner' or 'Shelf'.
9. Setting Up Sublocations 4:11
Follow the same process for sublocations, ensuring they tie into the main locations.
Cautionary Notes
Don't let the lack of perfect setup hinder your progress; adjustments can be made later.
Tips for Efficiency
Use placeholders like 'TBD' for locations that are not yet determined to keep the process moving.
Configuring Item Types and Use Case - [Setting Up Your Arda Instance Pt 3] - Optional
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Key Steps
1. Access the My Business Page 0:11
Navigate to the My Business page in the ARDA system.
Ensure you are logged in to your ARDA account.
2. Set Up Item Types 0:17
Locate the section for item types on the My Business page.
Click on the option to add a new row or select the blank option to create a new item type.
3. Define Item Types 0:28
Enter the name of the item types relevant to your business.
Example: 'Work in Progress' and 'Finished Goods'.
Ensure that the item types reflect the specific needs of your business.
4. Assign Colors to Item Types 0:42
Choose colors for each item type to facilitate easy identification.
Consider using a color-coding system that makes sense for your inventory.
5. Optional: Set Up Item Subtypes and Use Cases 0:55
If necessary, define item subtypes and use cases for further categorization.
Start simple and expand as needed based on your business requirements.
6. Save Changes 1:06
Review the item types and their configurations.
Save your changes to ensure that the new item types are recorded in the system.
7. Make Updates as Needed 1:16
Use the scanning feature to return to the editor for any future updates.
Regularly review and adjust item types as your business evolves.
Configuring Settings and Templates - [Setting up Your Arda Instance Pt 4]
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The Items Page
Overview
The Items page houses what your business does. Each item is a part, production, or task that you do to execute delivering value to your customer.
Here is a high level video on how you’ll navigate the page and what you can do.
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Adding Items
External Items
External Items are things your are buying from someplace else.
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Internal Items
Internal Items are the things you produce as WIP or finished goods.
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How to Create a New Internal Item in Arda
Purpose
This guide explains how to create a new internal item in the Arda system—typically products that your team produces in-house, such as components manufactured on-site. We’ll walk through an example of adding a 2-inch logo’d belt buckle to your items list.
Steps
Navigate to the Items Page
Log into your Arda workspace and go to the Items page in your dashboard.
Click ‘Draft New Internal Item’
Look for the button labeled Draft New Internal Item and click it to start a new entry.
Enter Item Details
Item Name: Enter the name of the product (e.g., 2-inch logo’d belt buckle).
Description: Add any key information about the item, such as how it’s used (e.g., produced on the CNC machine, used by sewing department).
Upload Files
CAD File: Drag and drop your CAD file into the designated area.
Image: Upload a clear image of the item to help with identification.
Set Quantities
Define the required or available quantities according to your production needs.
Create the Item
Click the Create button to finalize and save your new internal item.
Managing Draft Items
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Adding Items using UPC (2 Ways)
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Step 1: Draft an Item Using UPC 0:00
Navigate to the external section.
Select the option to draft an item.
Use the 'paste lookup value' feature.
Grab your scanner and scan the item.
Click on 'lookup UPC' to pull in the item's information.
Update the suppliers as needed, since the default may not be correct.
Step 2: Adding Multiple Items at Once 0:54
If adding multiple items, click the 'scan' button to open the scanning interface.
Click into the blue cell to start scanning items.
Scan the first item and hit 'enter'.
Continue scanning each item, hitting 'enter' after each scan.
Keep scanning until all items are added.
Step 3: Accessing Draft Items 1:36
As you scan, draft items will be created automatically in the background.
You can access these draft items by clicking into the draft section.
Alternatively, if you exit out, you can find them in the drafts folder.
Step 4: Finalizing Your Drafts 2:17
Review the drafts to ensure all items are correctly populated.
Proceed with any necessary final steps to complete the item addition process
Bulk Import Items
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Products
Overview
Products are defined by the components that go into them and the tasks required to create them. Components are a way to group the items that contribute to the product’s creation. Standard components will be automatically added to projects with that product, and optional components create a list of choices for your customers to pick from when they configure their project.
Arda treats tasks the same way we treat items for internal production or external ordering. Every item selected for a project, whether it’s a something you order, make, or do, represents a piece of work that needs to be completed. Selecting tasks and the other tasks they depend on helps define the process that your products go through during production.
Production Stages
Overview
Production stages are used to outline the production process of each of your products. Each production stage has inputs and transforms them into outputs, both of which should be separate items on your /_sup9E03t table.
Production Stages would issue order cards externally or to other departments to replenish necessary supplies, and production is triggered by receiving order cards from another part of your operation.
This list of Production Stages is not associated with any product until you create that product’s Production Process. When defining the Production Process for each of your Products, you will select which of these Production Stages that process requires and add additional details. This is simply meant to define the various parts of your process, and a particular product can require any number of these stages.
Defining your Production Stages helps determine each of your products’ cost of goods by outlining the quantity of inputs required to create each output.
The various processes undertaken during each production stage and the amount of time each process takes are outlined in the #_tu-FVNI1 table.
Production Flows
Overview
Production Flows are the sub-processes that occur in each of your #_tu7rQfa6 and are used to help measure the amount of time each stage takes to complete.
When defining the production process of your #_tuTrDtZA, Production Flows can involve one or many inputs, and help create the outputs that are defined in the associated #_tu7rQfa6.
Shopping Cart
Overview
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Link Your Email Account
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Step-By-Step Instructions
Click “Insert” in the upper-right-hand corner of the page.
Select “Packs”
Select “Gmail”
Under the search bar, select the “Settings” section of the Gmail integration pane.
Add a new private account and follow the prompts from the Gmail pop-up that should appear to authenticate and link your email address.
If you use Outlook, please reach out to us and we can get your email linked as well; it’s just a little bit more tedious and we have to set it up for you
Set Up Email Automation
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Step-By-Step Instructions
Select “Email” as the order mechanism for the items that you want to order via email.
Make sure that the Supplier for that item has a name and email address filled in.
Select an Order Cadence for the items that you want Arda to automatically order via email.
If you select “Immediately” Arda will send an email as soon as the item is added to your cart.
If you select “End of Day” the item will stay in your cart until 5:00 and then that item and any other items needed from that vendor will be aggregated into one email.
Selecting a day of the week will hold the item in your cart until that particular day, and it will be similarly aggregated into one email with other items needed from that vendor.
Under “Settings & Support” in the left navigation panel, expand the “Email Templates & Settings” section. There you will see four toggles which will allow you to do the following:
Add the item’s taxable status to its line item
Add an additional information from the “Order Description” field to each line item
Choose whether you want Arda to automatically generate emails at the time you’ve selected in your “Order Cadence” and then leave them in your email queue for you to review and send.
Choose whether you want Arda to actually send those emails without the review and approval step.
Go into Coda’s settings by clicking the gear icon at the top right of the page and do the following:
Select “Automations”
Click the “Send Emails” automation.
Turn the automation on using the toggle at the top of the automation pane.
At the bottom of the automation pane click the bar that says “Take Action As Automation Bot”, and set the automation to take action from your personal account instead (Automation Bot cannot access you personal, third-party accounts).
Go back to the list of automations and click the “Send Immediate Emails” automation all the way at the bottom.
Turn the automation on using the toggle at the top of the automation pane.
At the bottom of the automation pane click the bar that says “Take Action As Automation Bot”, and set the automation to take action from your personal account instead (Automation Bot cannot access you personal, third-party accounts).
Define Production Stages
Overview
Once you’ve created a product, you can create a draft outline of your production process using this workflow. The draft will be saved if you need to navigate away to enter new items into the system or look for additional information, and it can be accessed by clicking the blue button in the #_tuTrDtZA table next to the associated product.
Define your production process by adding Production Stages to this draft. You can do that by selecting a Production Stage from the dropdown and using the blue “Add Production Stage” button to outline the inputs, quantities, and outputs of each stage in your production process.
Additionally, you can select which Production Flows are required to complete this stage and which inputs they are associated with. When you’ve finished defining your Production Stages, you can create time estimates for each Production Flow within the Production Stage by clicking the “Add Production Flows” button. The time and wage columns are populated by default with the time set in the #_tu-FVNI1 table and the Default Hourly Wage set in /_suj6aeQy under “Production”.
Production Stages issue order cards to replenish supplies and production is triggered when order cards are received. As a result, each Production Stage should take inputs from your #_tuwudjBM table and transform them into other entries in your #_tuwudjBM table as outputs.
Customize Arda
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Projects
Tutorial: Managing Projects in Arda
Introduction
This tutorial will guide you through the process of managing projects using Arda’s Projects (Beta) workflow. You’ll learn how to draft new projects, add tasks, assign components, and track progress using the available tools.
Prerequisites
Before you begin, ensure you have:
• Access to the Arda workspace at demo.arda.cards/projects-beta-135.
• A basic understanding of Arda’s interface and navigation.
Steps
1. Draft a New Project
1. Navigate to the Projects (Beta) section in your Arda workspace.
2. Click on Draft New Project.
3. Fill in the project details:
• Project Name: Enter a descriptive name for your project.
• Product: Specify the product associated with the project.
• Department: Assign the relevant department.
• Finalized: Indicate whether the project is finalized.
• Person: Assign a responsible person for the project.
4. Click Save to create the project draft.
2. Add Components to the Project
1. Within your newly created project, locate the BOM Line Items section.
2. Click on Edit BOM.
3. Add components by specifying:
• Item: The specific component or material.
• Status: Current status of the component.
• Component Group: Group the component belongs to.
• Order Group: Associated order group, if any.
4. Click Save to update the Bill of Materials.
3. Assign and Manage Tasks
1. Navigate to the Project Tasks section.
2. Click on Add Task.
3. Enter task details:
• Item: Task name or identifier.
• Components: Associated components, if applicable.
• Status: Current status of the task.
• Person: Assign a team member to the task.
4. Click Save to add the task to the project.
4. Monitor Project Timeline
1. Go to the Project Timeline section.
2. Review the timeline to track:
• Name: Milestone or task name.
• Target Completion Date: Scheduled completion date.
• Person: Responsible individual.
• Status: Current progress status.
3. Use this timeline to ensure the project stays on schedule and to identify any delays.
Summary
By following this tutorial, you’ve learned how to:
• Create and draft new projects in Arda.
• Add and manage components using the Bill of Materials.
• Assign tasks to team members and track their progress.
• Monitor the overall project timeline to ensure timely completion.
Utilizing Arda’s Projects (Beta) workflow allows for efficient project management and collaboration within your team.
Grouping in Coda
Groups in Coda are powerful, but, at times, confusing. Here are some resources to help navigate how Grouping functions.
Overview
Coda Documentation
Most of the attributes that you can use to group things in Arda are what Coda calls “Relation” columns. This means that the dropdown list you’re selecting from is actually its own table, and each of the options you can select has another set of attributes associated with it, laid out in the source table.
Pinned Groups
You can choose to “pin” a group so that it is always visible regardless of whether or not you’ve put any items in the group. This can be useful for when you’re adding new groups and want to drag existing entries into a new group (which, because it’s new, will start blank).
Adding a new Group
To create a new group, you can hover over the bottom left corner of any of the existing groups in that column. You’ll notice that a plus sign will appear, and clicking it will create a new, blank group.
You can click into the new, blank group to select that attribute that you want to group by. By default, this group will be empty (because it’s brand new), and pinned so that you can drag existing entries into it.
Table
Managing New Sub-Groups
Sometimes this workflow can be very confusing. If you create a new group in a nested grouping scheme that’s a sub-category of a different group, the new, blank group will show up pinned as a sub-group for each of the parent groups.
Typically the easiest way to resolve this is to select the option you want to group by, create a row in that group (dragging an existing row into the group works just as well as creating a new, blank row), and then right-click the group you just created to un-pin it.
This will preserve that sub-group as an option in its parent group but get rid of it as a sub-group for the other parent groups where it doesn’t apply.
Table 2
Bulk Add To Cart
Instructions
Video
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Set the scanner to add a carriage return and line feed. Change the setting by scanning this barcode.
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Click the cell once to make sure it’s “selected” rather than double clicking to make it “active”
Selected (No cursor, blue circle)
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Active (Blinking cursor, expand icon)
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Setting Up Your Arda Printer
HP9730E
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Objective
This SOP outlines the steps to set up and maintain the HP printer for printing index cards and labels efficiently.
Key Steps
1. Printer Location and Setup 0:22
Ensure the printer is located in a space that is easily accessible from both the front and back.
Keep the area around the printer clear for easy maintenance.
2. Loading Index Cards and Labels 0:36
Load 3x5 index cards into the upper tray of the printer.
Load Avery Labels (8.5x11) into the bottom tray.
3. Configuring Printer Trays 1:10
Access the printer menu and scroll down to 'Trays' under 'Utilities'.
Select 'Tray 1' (upper tray) and click 'Modify'.
Set the paper type to 'Plain Paper Thick'.
Change the card size to '3x5' (default is usually 'Letter').
For 'Tray 2' (bottom tray), ensure it is set to 'Plain Paper' and '8.5x11'.
4. Printer Warm-Up 2:04
If the printer is in a cold environment, print standard 8.5x11 sheets to warm it up.
Consider using a space heater near the printer if jams are frequent due to cold.
5. Access for Maintenance 2:31
Ensure that the printer is positioned to allow easy access to both the front and back for clearing jams.
Cautionary Notes
If you experience consistent paper jams, try warming the device